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hzlzh

MenubarX - A powerful menu bar browser. Pin websites like Native Apps.

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MenubarX is a powerful menu bar browser. Pin web pages to the menu bar just like Native Apps.
It will open up a new world for Web Apps.
Do anything in the menu bar, like searching, reading, watching videos, listening to music, and playing games.

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hzlzh
Maker
šŸŸ£ It perfectly supports various Web, WPA, and PWA websites. Enjoy all the WebApps services with just one link. You will instantly get various simulators, like iPhone, iPad, Android or even Kindle. šŸŸ£ It is a great productivity tool for Mac power users, making it possible to do anything in the menu bar, including searching, reading, watching videos, listening to music, and playing games with just one click. Up to 24+ features: āšˆ 1. Unlimited Tabs More WebApps, Less Apps. Web 3.0 is at your fingertips. āšˆ 2. Unlimited Bookmarks Bookmark all your favorite websites to get started in a second. āšˆ 3. Custom Homepage Customize the homepage URL as your own. āšˆ 4. Custom Site Icon Change any icon and apply it to the website. āšˆ 5. Low Memory Usage Web-based makes less usage of memory, CPU, and storage. āšˆ 6. Plenty of Web Apps 80+ featured WebApps on the homepage, no need to download. āšˆ 7. Pinned Window Detach the Window from the menu bar and drag it anywhere. āšˆ 8. Detach Window Detach the Window from the menubar, and drag it anywhere. āšˆ 9. Devices Simulator Get simulators for iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle, etc. āšˆ 10. Switch User-Agent Switch Mobile and PC websites with just one click. āšˆ 11. Resize Responsive Customize window size for the best web responsive web view. āšˆ 12. Auto Refresh Customize Refresh frequency to update content in real-time. āšˆ 13. Boss Keys Hide windows instantly with the ESC key or other ways. āšˆ 14. Dark Mode Perfect look in both Dark and Light modes. āšˆ 15. Shortcuts All shortcuts are ready for Power User. āšˆ 16. 5 Languages Support English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese āšˆ 17. Download Manager Save time with Multi-threaded download. āšˆ 18. Colorful Icon Style Different styles make icons mono-black or colorful. āšˆ 19. Web Notifications Push The standard HTML 5 Notification Push API is supported. āšˆ 20. Quick Search Search directly in the address bar with several search engines. āšˆ 21. Native App Mode Hide the address bar for a more immersive native experience. āšˆ 22. Background Audio Perfectly supports music, Radio, Podcast, White noise, and more. āšˆ 23. Local Debugging A developer tool for debugging (localhost, 127.0.0.1 and cache-clean supported) āšˆ 24. Third-Part Integration Integrate any website with URL Scheme to get a native App instantly Do you like it? If there is any other features you want, please let me know.
Julie Chabin
@hzlzh Love it! Great little app you made there āœØ
Alex Bauer
Love the landing page! A keyboard shortcut to open the window would be awesome šŸ¤ž
hzlzh
Maker
@alexdbauer nice idea, will add next update.
hzlzh
Maker
@alexdbauer Keyboard shortcut already supported in v1.2.4
Ryan Hoover
I'm a fan of tiny, simple menubar apps. Nice job, @hzlzh. šŸ‘šŸ¼
hzlzh
Maker
@rrhoover wow, so glad you like it šŸŽ‰
Jinyu Meng
Maker
@rrhoover Thank you! We will continue to improve!
Yitzi G
@rrhoover Which others do you like?
Ivo Daniel
I really like it - congratulations :) Can it support the presentation of notifications from web apps like WhatsApp?
hzlzh
Maker
@ivo_daniel1 good idea, added into my feature list~
Jinyu Meng
Maker
@ivo_daniel1 It won't be an easy one. But we will give it a try.
Nate Dame
Love it! ALMOST perfect - can you make it so a "tab" runs in the background? Playing music via a menubar tab stops if you close :(
hzlzh
Maker
@nate_dame You can Pin window and resize it into a very small one, or you can use Option + X as a keyboard shortcut to toggle the window.
Nate Dame
@hzlzh Amazing! That did it - thank you so much! IMO if this ability to "keep it open even after you navigate away" was easier to get to or easier to accomplish, may help enablement - at least it sure would have helped me :) Keep it up!!
hzlzh
Maker
@nate_dame pls update to 1.2.7, we have fixed to support music background playing like Youtube Music
Nate Dame
Hi again! A couple things: - If I click away from a MenubarX window, it doesn't close. The only way to close it is by clicking the icon in the top menu. Would be nicer just to be able to click away to close it :) - Why only provide widths and heights as per popular phones? Being able to drag bigger/smaller would make day-to-day use easier. Oh and BTW I couldn't remember the name of the app (sorry, that's on me) and I couldn't find it anywhere even in Preferences! Finally stumbled on it in the "Pro" section of preferences. Just a thought :)
hzlzh
Maker
@nate_dame Thank you for those feedbacks. Please make sure you have MenubarX version 1.2.5+. - Now you can toggle MenubarX by `Option + X` and hide window by `CMD + W / H / M` - Also you can drag the window to resize it now. Check this https://menubarx.app/faq/ About the name, you can find it in dropdown menu and `About Page`.
Nate Dame
@hzlzh Thank you! I do have version 1.2.5. It still would be helpful to be able to click away from the MenubarX window and have it close IMO. And to have fully customizable widths/heights, not just a preset list of possibilities. And thanks I found the name, just wanted you to know it was hard to find. Hard to share with friends if I can't remember or easily find the name :) :)
hzlzh
Maker
@nate_dame v1.2.7 released. You can use keyboard shortcut like `OPTION+X` to toggle window, and `CMD+H` `CMD+M` to hide/close it. We have support window resize from right bottom of the location bar. You can share MenubarX to your friend by send official Homepage MenubarX.app - A powerful menu bar browser.
Nate Dame
@hzlzh Hurray custom resizing! Although consider allowing resizing from any edge of the window (just like regular windows). It gets clunky just being able to adjust only from bottom right (for example, can only make it so wide before my cursor hits the edge of my screen), plus I never would have found that on my own!! Just a thought. Keep it up this is shaping up to be pretty awesome!!
Nate Dame
@hzlzh I don't do much on Twitter but definitely shared it!!! https://twitter.com/seonate/stat...
Popeye
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hzlzh
Maker
@popeye `HTTPS` is needed because of App Store submit issues, I will find some other way to solve it next version.
Jinyu Meng
Maker
@popeye Sorry for that. It might be impossible for an App Store app. And we still don't have a plan to release this app outside App Sore.
SaaS Master
As soon I installed I liked it and made this video about MenubarX https://youtu.be/cGko2Y2-2yA
hzlzh
Maker
@jorge_aguilar_avendano Thank you for the video review, and the good news is that free limited-time activities will continue for a period of time ā¤ļø
Maria
Great! *_* Seems to be awesome tool that can make our interfaces more neatly ordered! ^_^ Congratulations on the launch! ^_^ Do you have in plans to expand, or it stays just for Mac? :))
hzlzh
Maker
@maria_brm Windows? maybe later
Kiran Kanakadandi (yugahq.com)
This is awesome! I hope you continue building features for this. I just installed a tried it a bit and can be the host for webapps I frequently visit (reddit, whatsapp, for example). Like some others asked, I'd love to have a keyboard shortcut to launch the windows. Regardless, thanks!!
hzlzh
Maker
@kirank5a keyboard shortcut will be supported next version šŸŽ‰
Dana Wilde
Does this work on Safari?
hzlzh
Maker
@dana_wilde it's like safari, but it's on menu bar
Kaiwen Cai
I love it, but it would be great if it supported shortcuts.
hzlzh
Maker
@kaiwen_cai Keyboard shortcut already supported in v1.2.4, please update it.
Kyle Stenson
Hi, @hzlzh I really like the concept for this! That said, I do have a few suggestions, requests, bugs, and observations: 1ļøāƒ£ There is quite a bit of lag when clicking on any menu bar icon (my machine should easily be able to handle this, as no other program/app lag. 2ļøāƒ£ Consolidate open tabs into a dropdown list, rather than all having their own menu bar icon. It just takes up too much menu bar real estate. 3ļøāƒ£ Add default 'User Agent' and Window Size settings for opening a new tab. 4ļøāƒ£ There are bugs with Facebook Messenger when setting 'Window Size' to any of the mobile or tablet sizes. I could only get it to work when I set it to one of the Desktop window sizes. 5ļøāƒ£ TikTok videos autoplay and even when switching tabs, the video's audio doesn't stop playing. I had to quit that tab to get it to stop. 6ļøāƒ£ I'd like the ability to reorder favorites. 7ļøāƒ£ I'd like the ability to rename favorites. ex. Facebook Messenger shows up as, (1) Facebook". Twitter shows up as "Home / Twitter", Reddit shows up as, "Reddit - Dive into anything", and TikTok shows up as, "Watch trending..." 8ļøāƒ£ Option to make bookmarked icons the same as what's below (iOS app icon). Thanks, in advance for any consideration. Keep up the great work!
hzlzh
Maker
@kylestenson Thank you so much for the excellent advices!ā¤ļø 1ļøāƒ£ Please check if you are using a menu bar manager app like Bartender, they may cause the lag issue. 2ļøāƒ£ Mutil-Tab feature is cool, we do have a plan for it. 3ļøāƒ£ As you can already quick resize the window by mouse drag on the edge of the window and quick switch User-Agent by right click on the device icon 4ļøāƒ£ Please try "CMD -" to zoom in on the page to see if it will be ok 5ļøāƒ£ That is JS event writing by TikTok's developer 6ļøāƒ£ Reorder favorites will be supported. 7ļøāƒ£ Rename features will be supported. 8ļøāƒ£ Since not all the websites are providing an iOS app icon, we use that small favicon instead, but we will try it with an iOS app icon. Please fell free to tell us any other feedbacks šŸ˜˜
Stefani Kovachevska
Looks very compact and practical. Thanks, awesome work! @hzlzh
LaĆ­s Eing
Wow, what a great idea. Loved it!
Vatsal Mehta
Amazing!!!!!!!!
EspƩra AWO
I love it :heart
Alessia Armenise
Looks like a great idea! Will try it!
hzlzh
Maker
@alessia_armenise Glad you like this app, enjoy it! ā¤ļø
Anthony Constantinou
This is great
Sandra Djajic
Interesting product! I love that it's compact and very easy to navigate.