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Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

#61
This is very nice. It does, however, assume you only use one browser, or one device. I use a static page (https://github.com/rcarmo/sui) that I’ve since hacked to have zero off-LAN dependencies other than the weather, and which I set as home in everything.

But I like the idea of having a few widgets, so this is good inspiration - I just need to add an express server to store a bit of JSON.

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

#62
Hmm. It just shows me a blank page, like about:blank, only it uses 112% CPU. That doesn't seem very useful.

Oh, I see: looking in the console is an infinity of error messages, mostly "Error handling response: Error: Failed to read the 'localStorage' property from 'Window': Access is denied for this document." Yeah: yet another page that can't load correctly with cookies disabled—only this one also manages to drain my battery.

Look: I am sure your page is very pretty, but if you can't even manage to write code that fails gracefully in this very simple and common scenario, I don't think I trust you to not have made mistakes with more serious consequences.

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

#63
nice!

Some suggestions for me at least

1. Why I can't I set any tile to any type?

2. An RSS feed tile would be nice. It seems I can only follow HN, Reddit, Twitter

3. Would be great if I could drag and drop tiles to arrange like (https://nomcopter.github.io/react-mosaic/) or (https://xcfox.github.io/react-tile-pane/demo/) etc...

4. A random image tile would be nice

5. Use the extension sync to sync across machines? (maybe that's already in the extension version)

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

#65
I also run a customizable start page http://myfav.es

its cost $100/month for 10 years to run but i keep it up because a lot of schools use it to help set up their shared computers and i couldn’t ever have the heart to shut it down.

Once you set it up you can also run it entirely offline using app manifests from myfav.es/fast if you don’t like the idea of your new tab experience being slowed down by web requests.

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

#67
post #64

Impressively fast! I love the bonsai. Way too much distractions for me though. Shameless plug: I made a new tab page that's just markdown notes and bookmarks - https://nutab.co

I love this. This is exactly what I was looking for.

But please, make it open source or announce your monetization plans. Freeware extensions tend to be acquired by the worst companies or bundle malware eventually. If you say you have no plans and intend to keep your word, I shall make an open-source version myself.

But don't let this rant detract from the main point: I love this a lot. If it were somehow synced with Firefox sync, I'd gladly throw even more money (donation, one time purchase) your way.

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

#68
post #65

I also run a customizable start page http://myfav.es its cost $100/month for 10 years to run but i keep it up because a lot of schools use it to help set up their shared computers and i couldn’t ever have the heart to shut it down. Once you set it up you can also run it entirely offline using app manifests from myfav.es/fast if you don’t like the idea of your new tab experience being slowed down by web requests.

Why so expensive?

Re: Show HN: I solved my New Tab page

#70
post #67
post #64

Impressively fast! I love the bonsai. Way too much distractions for me though. Shameless plug: I made a new tab page that's just markdown notes and bookmarks - https://nutab.co

I love this. This is exactly what I was looking for. But please, make it open source or announce your monetization plans. Freeware extensions tend to be acquired by the worst companies or bundle malware eventually. If you say you have no plans and intend to keep your word, I shall make an open-source version myself. But don't let this rant detract from the main point: I love this a lot. If it were somehow synced with…

Thank you! First and foremost, I made nuTab for myself. I wanted a minimal, private notepad as my new tab page. I really don't want to sell it or make it invasive in any way.

Also, no monetization plans yet, but if they come, I'll make sure they're not breaking the original promise of privacy and simplicity.

Firefox sync would be nice, although I would make it optional.

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