Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

#1

Post by allig256 » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 12:45 AM UTC

The site is completely customisable, you can create a start page that suits your own style.

Initially, I built the site to only work for me, however I wanted the website to be re-usable for anyone. You can now login to your own Twitter/Spotify/Strava accounts for your own personal feed.

Everything is stored locally in your own browser so there's none of your data floating around in the clouds somewhere.

You can find the code at https://github.com/allister-grange/startertab.

Here are some examples of themes in a gif: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/18430086/193997502....

Show HN: I solved my New Tab page
startertab.com

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

#2

Post by smoldesu » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 1:00 AM UTC

Well done, just made it my homepage too :)

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

#3

Post by allig256 » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 1:02 AM UTC

smoldesu wrote: post #2

Well done, just made it my homepage too :)

Awesome, glad to hear it! Let me know if you have any questions :)

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

#4

Post by culanuchachamim » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 1:23 AM UTC

Bravo! Very nice!

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

#5

Post by binarytide » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 1:30 AM UTC

I've been working on the same idea as a side project. this is a hell of a bar. great job

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

#6

Post by tarshey » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 1:33 AM UTC

This is impressive, love the background with a gif!

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

#7

Post by raldi » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 1:34 AM UTC

A lot of people are going to arrive on mobile, get turned away, and never come back again. Consider putting together something to give an impression of what you’ve done, or a “Show me anyway, even though it’s not optimized for mobile” button, or even just some screenshots.

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

#8

Post by allig256 » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 1:36 AM UTC

raldi wrote: post #7

A lot of people are going to arrive on mobile, get turned away, and never come back again. Consider putting together something to give an impression of what you’ve done, or a “Show me anyway, even though it’s not optimized for mobile” button, or even just some screenshots.

A very good call, to be honest I had completely forgotten about that part of the code it's been so long I implemented that.

Thanks for the reminder, I'll fix it now

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

#9

Post by lvturner » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 1:43 AM UTC

This is wonderful -- only thing missing is a bookmarks tile!

Edit: Just saw the readme, maybe I should attempt to add my own!

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

#10

Post by PhasmaFelis » Thu, Oct 27, 2022, 1:44 AM UTC

Lovely work, but Jesus Christ, if I put Reddit and HN on my home tab I would never get anything done.