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Comment on Looking for early users to try my app in ~tech
hydravion Link ParentThanks for the advice. I agree with you that the artificial limits might repel some users. I may increase the quotas if they're too low. Maybe I'll get rid of them if entirely if they seem to...Thanks for the advice.
I agree with you that the artificial limits might repel some users. I may increase the quotas if they're too low. Maybe I'll get rid of them if entirely if they seem to cause more harm than anything.
I agree with your point about syncing and mobile apps, however I have yet to develop these features, so I cannot monetize that for now.
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Comment on Looking for early users to try my app in ~tech
hydravion Link ParentYes, I'm still working on the screenshots with the designer, but I'll eventually add them. An About section is definitely needed, you're right. Currently, the app/extension stores data locally in...Yes, I'm still working on the screenshots with the designer, but I'll eventually add them. An About section is definitely needed, you're right.
Currently, the app/extension stores data locally in your browser (the bookmarks and IndexedDb), so search is performed locally. Your browser might save your bookmarks into the cloud though.
My project is a composed of a website, a web app, and a browser extension. The web app is served in the browser's side panel through an iframe. Originally, it was a pure browser extension, but I had to move to a hosted web app model to comply with the licensing requirements of some software that I am using under the hood.
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Comment on Looking for early users to try my app in ~tech
hydravion Link ParentHey sorry about that, it's mentioned in the waitlist. It will be clearer after launch with the download buttons for Chrome, Edge, etc. It's a web app working in conjunction with a browser extension.Hey sorry about that, it's mentioned in the waitlist. It will be clearer after launch with the download buttons for Chrome, Edge, etc.
It's a web app working in conjunction with a browser extension.
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Comment on Looking for early users to try my app in ~tech
hydravion Link ParentI've spent close to 4000 hours on this project, I'm basically $150'000 to $200'000 deep into it assuming a relatively low hourly rate for software development. One cup of coffee per month sounds...I've spent close to 4000 hours on this project, I'm basically $150'000 to $200'000 deep into it assuming a relatively low hourly rate for software development. One cup of coffee per month sounds like a reasonable price to me, not to mention all the future updates.
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Comment on Looking for early users to try my app in ~tech
hydravion (edited )Link ParentFair enough, I totally agree. I initially started this project to answer a personal need, the desire to monetize it came a long time after that. At the time, Zen Browser didn't exist and I only...Fair enough, I totally agree. I initially started this project to answer a personal need, the desire to monetize it came a long time after that. At the time, Zen Browser didn't exist and I only discovered it recently. As for Sidebery, it isn't available on Chrome.
Regarding the advantages, one is that my extension continuously synchronizes your tabs and bookmarks, making it easy to switch from a bookmark to a tab and vice versa. This means you don't have to save your tabs at the end of the day, they're already saved and categorized as bookmarks in folders. This way, you don't end up with multiple folders for session 1, session 2, session 3, ... which would have a lot of duplicates in common, while some bookmarks are only in some folders, and not necessarily the last one. With my app, you always have a single up-to-date snapshot of your bookmarks. No duplication like that.
There's other things too, workflows become almost friction-less. Need to save an entire subtree of folders and tabs? It's only one click. All your tabs? Also one click. No need to go through menus. People don't save their tabs as bookmarks because of that friction, but here, the friction is gone. So you can turn off your computer instead of keeping it on for years. And when it crashes, your tabs are saved as bookmarks, so you're less likely to lose them.
You can also easily save tabs for later. So you don't have 50 tabs at any time, but you can save 45 of them in one click and reopen them later, when you actually need them. You just keep the remaining 5 open, because you need them now. And again, it's just one click, no need to hop through menus.
With the folders, you can break down big tasks into smaller ones, the medium into small ones, etc.
Another big one is that you can focus on one task at a time, by displaying only a current folder. This means you don't have to navigate numerous tabs/bookmarks as it can quickly get crowded. You just see what you need.
At first glance, Zen and Sidebery don't seem to offer these advantages, but I haven't played with them enough to know for sure.
Not to mention that I have other plans for the app in the future. I'd like to make it more than a tab manager and add a social component to it, where one can share collections of bookmarks with others, etc.
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Comment on Looking for early users to try my app in ~tech
hydravion Link ParentHi, thanks a lot. I'd like to support Firefox in the near future, but I'll need to make a few changes here and there.Hi, thanks a lot. I'd like to support Firefox in the near future, but I'll need to make a few changes here and there.
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Comment on Apple announces Macbook Neo, a new budget Mac in ~tech
hydravion Link ParentNo worries, not a problem at all. Thanks for the feedback!No worries, not a problem at all. Thanks for the feedback!
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Comment on Apple announces Macbook Neo, a new budget Mac in ~tech
hydravion Link ParentIf you want to give it a try, I'm looking for early users before launch. I'm of course biased here, but I've found it to really make a difference in my day-to-day workflows in the browser. I'm...If you want to give it a try, I'm looking for early users before launch. I'm of course biased here, but I've found it to really make a difference in my day-to-day workflows in the browser. I'm happy to offer you a year free if you want.
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Looking for early users to try my app
Hello tilderinos, I'd like to launch my tab manager soon and to ensure a smooth launch, I'm looking for early users who would be willing to try my app as part of the private beta. For those who...
Hello tilderinos,
I'd like to launch my tab manager soon and to ensure a smooth launch, I'm looking for early users who would be willing to try my app as part of the private beta.
For those who would actually need this product, I'm happy to offer one year free (or more!), but even if you don't need it, I'd really appreciate the help.
I don't really need anything fancy, I'd just like to have some people install the app and try it to know if it works properly for them or if any unexpected issues come up, especially major ones. I'd like to make sure that the actual launch will be smooth, especially considering that I've been working on this project for four years now. It'd be a shame if it all went to waste.
Thanks a lot in advance!
PS - I wasn't sure in which group to post
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Comment on Apple announces Macbook Neo, a new budget Mac in ~tech
hydravion Link ParentYou might want to have a look at TidyBee (I built it). The problem is that you're not saving your tabs as bookmarks (or going through your saved bookmarks) because there's too much friction. It...You might want to have a look at TidyBee (I built it).
5% are something I would likely go back to, and the other 5% are things I kept around hoping to go back to them but didn't have the time to deal with it at that particular moment that I opened them. And I could bookmark them, I have tons of bookmarks, but I don't even go through my bookmarks. So I end up keeping a tab open as the more likely way that I'll re-engage with whatever is on that tab. But then there's other tabs where they may fit the 5% that I'd likely go back to, so I don't close them right away, and then it just kinda spirals.
The problem is that you're not saving your tabs as bookmarks (or going through your saved bookmarks) because there's too much friction. It feels like too much work, so people don't do it. With my app, you don't have to save your tabs, the app automatically saves your tabs as bookmarks as you browse (it continuously synchronizes your tabs and bookmarks). If you close a tab normally, it deletes the associated bookmark (so there's no clutter). If you close it from the app, it saves it.
What this buys you is that there's virtually zero friction to saving your tabs now. It's basically one click.
So instead of keeping tabs around because you might revisit them soon, you can just close the folder that contains them in a single click (they're already saved as bookmarks), and when you need them again later, you can just reopen them.On top of that, the app shows you both your tabs and bookmarks in a tree with folders (or just your tabs, or just your bookmarks; you can use filters). So instead of having to open your browser's bookmark manager to go through them, you can just see your existing bookmarks in the app, alongside your tabs.
You can see that the line between the two concepts becomes kind of blurry. You can organize your tabs in folders as if they were bookmarks. You can easily close a tab or open a bookmark. You just switch between the two.
So with the app, you are likely to re-engage your tabs/bookmarks, but you can still save your tabs as bookmarks when you don't need them right now. And with almost zero friction, you'll actually do it.
Going back to your example, you could have a structure like this in the app. If you want to save and close all tabs related to
Self-Hosted Photos(or even toProjects), it's just one click. Also, if you want to focus on a specific project, you can "zoom into" a folder of the tree and show only that folder, instead of the entire tree. This is super helpful to focus on a single task at a time. The entire tree would become overwhelming over time, but since you're only showing the part that's currently relevant, it's manageable. This lets you break down big tasks into small ones (an entire project into sub-tasks, sub-sub-tasks etc.).Bookmarks bar │ ├── Projects │ ├── Self-Hosted Photos │ │ ├── Ente setup │ │ ├── Migration from Google Photos │ │ └── Server / Docker configuration │ │ │ └── Hardware Setup │ ├── BIOS update instructions │ └── Firmware downloads │ ├── Shopping │ ├── Standing Desk │ │ ├── Desk models │ │ ├── Reviews │ │ └── Price comparisons │ │ │ └── USB Drives │ ├── Product listings │ └── Capacity comparisons │ └── Misc └── Temporary / To Review -
Comment on Bookmark management for non-technical people? in ~tech
hydravion Link ParentSo it's more about how we show the data to the user than how it's structured? I think that what you're describing amounts to being able to display your folders in a sort of grid. I think that you...So it's more about how we show the data to the user than how it's structured? I think that what you're describing amounts to being able to display your folders in a sort of grid.
I think that you could achieve something similar with a split-screen feature where each screen shows a different part of the tree (e.g. the folders of your start page). You'd be able to display each folder in a different screen and recreate your start page, but also to open subfolders in these folders or navigate up and down the trees. It would be more powerful in a sense, but maybe lose in terms of simplicity.
I think that I could also offer a simple grid view (separate from the tree view) where we simply choose folders to display and drag & drop them wherever we want them to be. I'm thinking that I could also offer a graph view à la Obsidian to allow for more complex structures to emerge. So the user would be able to switch between the grid, tree, and graph views depending on what they're currently trying to achieve.
By the way, is there anything that you would need from your tab/bookmark manager that start.me (or other solutions you've tried) does not provide? Do you have a dream solution that would make your life easier, but you haven't found anything on the market that fully matches what you need?
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Comment on Bookmark management for non-technical people? in ~tech
hydravion Link ParentI see. Would you say that you could use folders for that purpose? Is there a specific pain point that folders do not handle well here? I'm guessing that you could simply have a main folder and a...I see. Would you say that you could use folders for that purpose? Is there a specific pain point that folders do not handle well here? I'm guessing that you could simply have a main folder and a misc folder and that would work well?
I'm asking because I'm trying to understand if there's something that folders don't cover well here, if that's the case, I could use your feedback to improve my tab manager.
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Comment on Bookmark management for non-technical people? in ~tech
hydravion Link ParentIt's okay, no worries :) It's true that I only officially support Chrome for now but I intend to support other browsers in the future, including Firefox. I am focusing on Chrome only for now as I...Unfortunately, I don’t actually think I’m in your target demographic
It's okay, no worries :) It's true that I only officially support Chrome for now but I intend to support other browsers in the future, including Firefox. I am focusing on Chrome only for now as I am the only person working on the app and building it ended up being a lot of work. If I start getting some revenue and can hire other developers, I'd love to support other browsers too. There's a link in the waitlist to share which browsers you would like me to support by the way.
For the note taking, I definitely agree, it's a planned feature. I'd like to eventually offer extensive note-taking capabilities.
E.g. [link] discovered via [other related bookmark], saved on yyyy-mm-dd, Internet Archive version as a related link, etc. etc.
If I understand correctly, you'd like to be able to reference a link using [link] like one can reference a node in Obsidian using [[node]] ? In any case, I'd love to develop what you need at some point. A core value of my company is that we should always listen to our users.
As a user, I find it frustrating when companies do not listen to their users and implement their feature requests. If you have a great need for a specific feature and the company does not listen, then you're either stuck with your problem, or you have to invest a lot of energy into building your own software. This is kind of how I ended up building my own tab manager to be honest.
The upside is that even though I've lost thousands of hours of my life to this project, if it happens to be commercially successful, it will end up being a net positive for me overall, so that's cool.
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Comment on Bookmark management for non-technical people? in ~tech
hydravion Link ParentQuick note: my tab manager works in tandem with the browser, if that's what you'd like. The tabs and bookmarks are synced in the browser as you browse. Also, why did it help to use pages instead...So, I put all my bookmarks into it and now use that site as my bookmark manager, rather than keeping them in Firefox directly. It's essentially a replacement, rather than working in tandem.
Quick note: my tab manager works in tandem with the browser, if that's what you'd like. The tabs and bookmarks are synced in the browser as you browse.
Also, why did it help to use pages instead of folders to separate the different "spaces" for your bookmarks?
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hydravion Link ParentI intend to add split-screen to my tab manager at some point, so you should be able to work with different folders at a time.I intend to add split-screen to my tab manager at some point, so you should be able to work with different folders at a time.
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Comment on Bookmark management for non-technical people? in ~tech
hydravion (edited )Link ParentI used to have issues with that as well, so I ended up spending the past few years building a new tab and bookmark management solution, which I plan on releasing in a month or two hopefully. It's...I used to have issues with that as well, so I ended up spending the past few years building a new tab and bookmark management solution, which I plan on releasing in a month or two hopefully.
It's basically an outliner but for tabs and bookmarks. You get nested folders, drag and drop, filters, tags, search, etc.
Main strengths:
- divide & conquer (break down complex tasks into simple ones with as many levels of nested folders as you need, focus on a single task at once by showing only a given folder at a time)
- up-to-date folders (tabs and bookmarks are synchronized constantly, so you get only one up-to-date version of your bookmarks instead of multiple snapshots of the same research session: you don't save your bookmarks at the end of the day and end up with multiple folders with duplicates, you just have an up-to-date version of your folders with your latest bookmarks, a single snapshot over multiple ones so to speak).
- less friction (save a tab in one click, save all your tabs and close your browser in one click, etc.)
I'm happy to take any kind of feedback. Please let me know what you guys actually need and I'd love to build it for you.
I'm actually looking for early users to try the beta version before the official launch, so if anyone wants early access, send me a DM with a Gmail email address (it has to be Gmail) and I'll add you to the private beta for Chrome. Otherwise you can also subscribe to the waiting list to get an email at launch.
Check it out here.
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Comment on What's something you're "in too deep" on? in ~talk
hydravion Link ParentInteresting, it does sound complicated. I wonder if it would be worth the trouble.Interesting, it does sound complicated. I wonder if it would be worth the trouble.
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Comment on Feeling weird about my career with respect to AI in ~life
hydravion Link ParentYour point about meaningful work being automated away reminded me of the second point I made in a thread I posted here on Tildes about two years ago. The more directly relevant counterargument I...Your point about meaningful work being automated away reminded me of the second point I made in a thread I posted here on Tildes about two years ago. The more directly relevant counterargument I got in response:
Why live this life if the development of civilization will eventually lead to a life devoid of fulfilment and happiness?
This is not possible, because we'd either have the meaningful work of improving our situation (making ourselves fulfilled and happy), or we would be fulfilled and happy, even if there was no work left.The rest of the discussion might not be directly relevant, but you might find some arguments tangentially helpful.
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Comment on What's something you're "in too deep" on? in ~talk
hydravion (edited )Link ParentWhy don't you strike a deal with the copyright holders and sell this as a service? I wouldn't be surprised if tons of people wanted to relive their childhood through this experience and it'd be...Why don't you strike a deal with the copyright holders and sell this as a service?
I wouldn't be surprised if tons of people wanted to relive their childhood through this experience and it'd be something pretty original to show friends stopping by at your house. If they like it so much that they get it for themselves and end up showing their friends in turn it could even grow viral without any paid marketing.
It would be so funny if you ended up retiring within the next five years because of what was initially a niche, time-consuming hobby.
Then you'd really have a lot of time for niche, time-consuming hobbies haha
Thanks a lot for the advice! The home page does need some more work.
For the pictures, I plan to add them, I'm still working on that with the designer.