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Re: Show HN: TapTab – Tab switching web extension for Safari

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Post by Whatarethese »

cpressland wrote: post #5

Safari is slowly getting there as something I can tolerate. I currently use Edge on my Mac, I tried switching to Firefox but multi-account containers just don’t feel the same as Edge/Chrome profiles. Safari has a nice feel to it, but without profiles it’s a non-starter for me. On topic - these kind of extensions make Safari so much better, thank you for your hard work.

I just want proper extension support again. I miss Ublock Origin. I've been running Orion browser which allows you to use Firefox and Chrome extensions but its a litte buggy.

Re: Show HN: TapTab – Tab switching web extension for Safari

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Post by manibatra »

thewebcount wrote: post #12

In case others didn’t know, you can already switch tabs from the keyboard in Safari without an extension. Cntl-Tab switches to the next tab and Cntl-Shift-Tab switches to the previous tab. The rest of this looks really interesting, though!

Yup I used to use this all the time. Tedious when you have a bunch of tabs open but useful nonetheless.

And thanks! I am glad you find it interesting!

Re: Show HN: TapTab – Tab switching web extension for Safari

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Post by SebastianKra »

Similar searching behaviour is supported in all major browsers including Safari:

Press CMD + L and enter the name of a Tab. One of the results will be an option to switch to an open tab.

In Safari, CMD + UP/Down jumps between sections, so that usually selects the "Switch to Tab" option.

Re: Show HN: TapTab – Tab switching web extension for Safari

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Post by ancienthope »

SebastianKra wrote: post #14

Similar searching behaviour is supported in all major browsers including Safari: Press CMD + L and enter the name of a Tab. One of the results will be an option to switch to an open tab. In Safari, CMD + UP/Down jumps between sections, so that usually selects the "Switch to Tab" option.

In chrome, you can also do cmd+shift+a. Perhaps Ctrl+shift+a in windows.

Re: Show HN: TapTab – Tab switching web extension for Safari

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Post by manibatra »

SebastianKra wrote: post #14

Similar searching behaviour is supported in all major browsers including Safari: Press CMD + L and enter the name of a Tab. One of the results will be an option to switch to an open tab. In Safari, CMD + UP/Down jumps between sections, so that usually selects the "Switch to Tab" option.

It does but I needed something a little more focussed and featured. Safari surfaces a lot of information from Google suggestions to bookmarks. My brain really wants the focus to be just tabs. I like the idea of visually seeing a list. And on top of that really focussing the keyboard shortcuts.Also

- I can't switch between two tabs really fast. My workflow often involves alternating between two tabs.

- I can't quit, pin, mute a bunch of tabs using the Tab Overview with just keyboard shortcuts.

Re: Show HN: TapTab – Tab switching web extension for Safari

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Post by manibatra »

ancienthope wrote: post #15
SebastianKra wrote: post #14

Similar searching behaviour is supported in all major browsers including Safari: Press CMD + L and enter the name of a Tab. One of the results will be an option to switch to an open tab. In Safari, CMD + UP/Down jumps between sections, so that usually selects the "Switch to Tab" option.

In chrome, you can also do cmd+shift+a. Perhaps Ctrl+shift+a in windows.

Yup the cmd+shift+a in Chrome was something I wanted in Safari and was the inspiration behind this.

Re: Show HN: TapTab – Tab switching web extension for Safari

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Post by kwkelly »

This works well and makes finding my many tabs so much easier. One issue I've encountered is that inertial scrolling is partially broken. Sometimes it works, sometimes the scroll stops immediately when I lift my hand from the trackpad. I haven't been able to identify a pattern for when it works and when it doesn't.

Re: Show HN: TapTab – Tab switching web extension for Safari

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Post by manibatra »

kwkelly wrote: post #18

This works well and makes finding my many tabs so much easier. One issue I've encountered is that inertial scrolling is partially broken. Sometimes it works, sometimes the scroll stops immediately when I lift my hand from the trackpad. I haven't been able to identify a pattern for when it works and when it doesn't.

Is that the inertial scrolling in the extension? I agree the scrolling could be smoother and is on my list to fix. I don't use scrolling much as I rely on fuzzy search hence it's not made the top of the list. Thanks a bunch for the feedback. Appreciate it!

Re: Show HN: TapTab – Tab switching web extension for Safari

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Post by bobbylarrybobby »

SebastianKra wrote: post #14

Similar searching behaviour is supported in all major browsers including Safari: Press CMD + L and enter the name of a Tab. One of the results will be an option to switch to an open tab. In Safari, CMD + UP/Down jumps between sections, so that usually selects the "Switch to Tab" option.

Can also press either cmd backslash or cmd shift backslash (Idr which and I'm not at my computer rn) to get a more or less useless tab overview, and then cmd F for your tab.
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