Hadn't considered Super Search for general browsing but that'd certainly work.

Might need to limit the search somewhat (eg, by date) -- when I tried the Modules example, I got:
    Query was not run; Server is too busy ("explain" took 3.94 seconds).
Even if that's atypical, it does suggest that this might be expensive for a general solution. (Of course, this is still nicer than opening one at a time!)