Show HN: Minimal, customizable new tab for Chrome/Firefox • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Minimal, customizable new tab for Chrome/Firefox

#11

Post by Ringz » Mon, Nov 25, 2024, 6:33 PM UTC

> Flowtide is a beautiful, smart New Tab page for your browser.

Than, please, add a screenshot to the repository.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42201300

Re: Show HN: Minimal, customizable new tab for Chrome/Firefox

#12

Post by georg-stone » Mon, Nov 25, 2024, 6:37 PM UTC

Ringz wrote: post #11

> Flowtide is a beautiful, smart New Tab page for your browser. Than, please, add a screenshot to the repository. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42201300

I added it! Thanks so much for your feedback!

Re: Show HN: Minimal, customizable new tab for Chrome/Firefox

#13

Post by elpocko » Mon, Nov 25, 2024, 6:38 PM UTC

I already have the minimal number of features in my new tab in Firefox and I didn't even need to install a 3rd party addon: it's called "Blank page", you can find it in the settings.

Re: Show HN: Minimal, customizable new tab for Chrome/Firefox

#14

Post by Y-bar » Mon, Nov 25, 2024, 6:38 PM UTC

georg-stone wrote: post #7

Y-bar wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I did not know what they were called.

Currently, you can't. Chrome doesn't have a built-in API for getting these, but you can have a bookmarks widget.

What about Firefox? Which is what I am using.

Re: Show HN: Minimal, customizable new tab for Chrome/Firefox

#15

Post by georg-stone » Mon, Nov 25, 2024, 6:53 PM UTC

Y-bar wrote: post #14

georg-stone wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Currently, you can't. Chrome doesn't have a built-in API for getting these, but you can have a bookmarks widget.

What about Firefox? Which is what I am using.

After some research, it doesn't seem like Firefox supports it.

Re: Show HN: Minimal, customizable new tab for Chrome/Firefox

#16

Post by djbusby » Mon, Nov 25, 2024, 6:58 PM UTC

I love these things. I have a custom NTP for my Chrome and FF profiles. It's my productivity hack.

I put all my super frequent bookmarks there, big buttons are easy to click, keyboard shortcut.

Doesn't sync tho :(

Re: Show HN: Minimal, customizable new tab for Chrome/Firefox

#17

Post by yapyap » Mon, Nov 25, 2024, 7:02 PM UTC

djbusby wrote: post #16

I love these things. I have a custom NTP for my Chrome and FF profiles. It's my productivity hack. I put all my super frequent bookmarks there, big buttons are easy to click, keyboard shortcut. Doesn't sync tho :(

> Doesn't sync tho :(

maybe try synchronizing over github or gitlab thru git?

Re: Show HN: Minimal, customizable new tab for Chrome/Firefox

#18

Post by hxii » Mon, Nov 25, 2024, 7:05 PM UTC

Neat! Reminds me of Tabliss (https://github.com/joelshepherd/tabliss) as well.

Re: Show HN: Minimal, customizable new tab for Chrome/Firefox

#19

Post by kelvinjps10 » Mon, Nov 25, 2024, 7:09 PM UTC

andrelaszlo wrote: post #8

It looks really nice. The first question that pops into my head (being aware that this is a popular category of apps) is: when do people look at blank tabs? Whenever I open a new tab, it's with the intention of entering an address or a search term, and any content would be an unwelcome distraction. I'd be more likely to use something like this if it lived under a regular domain name and I could put it into a pinned t…

I leave a new tab open, and seeing this kind of information is useful

Re: Show HN: Minimal, customizable new tab for Chrome/Firefox

#20

Post by Kavenerinds » Mon, Nov 25, 2024, 7:17 PM UTC

As a longtime user of Momentum that switched to Bonjourr about 5 months ago, this looks cool. The search function would be the reason for me to switch to this. Thanks for sharing!