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Show HN: Doogie – A Chromium-Based Browser with Tree-Style Pages

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Re: Show HN: Doogie – A Chromium-Based Browser with Tree-Style Pages

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Post by gnicholas »

mateuszf wrote: post #2

Looks great! I'll wait for the OSX version. Also - vim or emacs shortcuts would be appreciated.

You will be in good company! The only reason I use FF anymore is Tree Style Tabs. But now that they're transitioning their addon framework, I'm forced to choose between new goodies and critical addons (for me) like TST. Can't wait to try this!

Re: Show HN: Doogie – A Chromium-Based Browser with Tree-Style Pages

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Post by bradhe »

TheCoreh wrote: post #4
bradhe wrote: post #3

What problem is this solving exactly?

The problem of existing browsers poorly handling usage-cases with hundreds, perhaps thousands of tabs open.

So is it just a new way of organizing tabs? I'm not sure what the issue is with browsers having many tabs open, besides it being difficult to navigate between them (and obviously resource consumption)

Re: Show HN: Doogie – A Chromium-Based Browser with Tree-Style Pages

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Post by kodablah »

mateuszf wrote: post #2

Looks great! I'll wait for the OSX version. Also - vim or emacs shortcuts would be appreciated.

Yeah, sorry. I developed this on my Thinkpad and I didn't really want to dev this in a hackintosh VM. My fear is that even if I develop a OSX version, it will become stale because I don't use it regularly. I abstracted all the platform-specific stuff, so it should be really easy for anyone wanting to add OSX support. I'll happily help/guide anyone.

Re: Show HN: Doogie – A Chromium-Based Browser with Tree-Style Pages

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Post by kodablah »

bradhe wrote: post #6
TheCoreh wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem of existing browsers poorly handling usage-cases with hundreds, perhaps thousands of tabs open.

So is it just a new way of organizing tabs? I'm not sure what the issue is with browsers having many tabs open, besides it being difficult to navigate between them (and obviously resource consumption)

> besides it being difficult to navigate between them

That's it. Hierarchical pages makes it really easy to contextually browse or what I call "immutable browsing" which is never just clicking, but always ctrl+clicking links to never change your current page.

Also, the one thing many people don't realize is how easy it should be to close dozens of pages. A simple drag across the close buttons in Doogie (or drag over which ones you want) helps close swaths of pages.

Re: Show HN: Doogie – A Chromium-Based Browser with Tree-Style Pages

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Post by schindlabua »

bradhe wrote: post #6
TheCoreh wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem of existing browsers poorly handling usage-cases with hundreds, perhaps thousands of tabs open.

So is it just a new way of organizing tabs? I'm not sure what the issue is with browsers having many tabs open, besides it being difficult to navigate between them (and obviously resource consumption)

Difficult navigation is enough of a problem. Seeing just a single letter of the page title because you have a hundred tabs open makes finding tabs really hard and cumbersome.
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