It's only me or someone also noticed that the logo looks similar to terra's logo
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#22It's only me or someone also noticed that the logo looks similar to terra's logo
Do you mean Terraform? If so, then I suppose yes... both resemble a T :)
This should be an original logo though - not made by me, but made explicitly for this project by someone.
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#23Can't you just open the sites in separate windows and resize them to the same effect?
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#24I legit was looking for something to do this Friday during work. Going to try it out for sure!
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#25Can't you just open the sites in separate windows and resize them to the same effect?
No, because as soon as you click on "large" browser window, the smaller one will drop to the background immediately. It won't stay on top.
You could of course move the window next to your main browser window - but, you would need to first open a new window, move your tab into that window, resize and position it manually... it's tedious.
with TabFloater it's just one click :)
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#26Was also disappointed to find that browser picture in picture support was limited to a video element. Wish I could just use it on any element, like with fullscreen. I can imagine some complexity as explained. But for example it seems reasonable to me to limit browser panel/PiP support to a single element at a time like it is now for video to avoid some of that. This looks interesting!
> Was also disappointed to find that browser picture in picture support was limited to a video element. Wish I could just use it on any element, like with fullscreen.
I have not yet experimented, but perhaps a video element can be styled or injected with HTML/CSS to present non-video content.
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#27Can't you just open the sites in separate windows and resize them to the same effect?
No, because as soon as you click on "large" browser window, the smaller one will drop to the background immediately. It won't stay on top. You could of course move the window next to your main browser window - but, you would need to first open a new window, move your tab into that window, resize and position it manually... it's tedious. with TabFloater it's just one click :)
Well, I can grab the tab off the browser window, then enable 'always on top'. But yep, that's more than one click, so I guess if someone does this all the time then it makes sense for them to automate it.
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#28Hello everybody! I created a browser extension called TabFloater, which can replicate the picture-in-picture functionality with any website. It moves a chosen tab into a smaller window, which is going to remain always on top, so you can interact with both websites at the same time. This is my very first post on HN. I have been working on this pet project for a bit over a year now. The motivation for it was simple: be…
It's too bad the companion does not work for Mac. So, when I use this, it does not stay "on top".
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#29Kinda breaks on i3 (tiled window manager)
Using it on i3 I don't see that it "breaks" anything. A new floating window is opened which can be moved around.
On i3 it looks like this add-on essentially automates opening the tab in a new window, and floating it. Which I think has some value.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, because as soon as you click on "large" browser window, the smaller one will drop to the background immediately. It won't stay on top. You could of course move the window next to your main browser window - but, you would need to first open a new window, move your tab into that window, resize and position it manually... it's tedious. with TabFloater it's just one click :)
Well, I can grab the tab off the browser window, then enable 'always on top'. But yep, that's more than one click, so I guess if someone does this all the time then it makes sense for them to automate it.
What OS do you use? In Linux, there is a built in "always-on-top" feature, but on Windows there is not.
Also, don't forget you have Smart Positioning :) That feature is pretty powerful IMO.