Toby - Better Than Bookmarks

@ghobs91 hahaha "You think I have a machine for measuring bee hives?" But seriously, Toby was named after my dog. And it kinda sounds like Tabs, sort of. So there's a fun fact for you.

@bcjordan @mackflavelle The final version ended up looking quite like the initial design vision, with some changes and simplifications here and there. The idea was always to have a board for my tabs, and drag them around. Some original ideas we still plan on adding (like integrating with your history), and others just came along the way, like better way to highlight search items and overall design. If you want to check out one of my early experiences with the UX, check out this codepen I wrote a while ago and drag "tabs" around: http://codepen.io/arthurcamara1/... I think the most unexpected thing I found was all the different ways people have been using Toby. Some people really use it to organize their tabs, and other have repurposed it to function like a Todo list or bookmarks. It's awesome to see all the different ways people use it and get feedback from each one of them. Thanks for trying it out and let me know if you have any thoughts Brian.

@arthur_camara that's awesome, thanks for sharing that! Love using CodePen as a way to quickly mock up an idea

@bcjordan Yep, same here. CodePen is fun. I haven't had time to post much over there lately, but feel free to check out a few things I have in there http://codepen.io/arthurcamara1/ ;)

@hopkinschris Yeah, I thought pinned tabs shouldn't be draggable because they're always there anyways, but I should give it another thought! I'll also look into Session Buddy and check out how that works. Thanks for using Toby, Christopher!

@hopkinschris Second this!

@mikelholford @hopkinschris Hey guys, I changed the way pinned tabs work now. So, you can drag them (but they wont close) and they look different, so you know which ones are pinned. There's also a new "Save Session" feature that I find really handy. Let me know what you think of version 0.2.2 and keep those thoughts coming. They are really helpful. Thanks! Also, you can read a blog post about all the new features here: http://www.gettoby.com/blog/post...

@arthur_camara Nice work! I gave it a quick try but still doesn't do the trick for me compared to "Session Buddy". When I see "Save Session" and click that I expected all of the pinned and non-pinned tabs open in my current browser window to be saved to a single list and the tab's state (pinned vs. unpinned) to be stored so I can restore a saved session after Chrome closes or I have to do a restart. I will circle back soon! The UI/UX is next level compared to "Session Buddy".

@hopkinschris alright Chris. Thank you for giving it a try :) I guess the pinned tabs are used very differently by different people and some hate to have them being closed - ever (that's why they pinned them in the first place). But I'll make sure I give it some extra thought and brainstorm a lot on this to see what we can do to make folks who use tabs like you're describing happy with Toby as well. I appreciate your feedback :) have an awesome week

@ldesserrey Great to hear Laurent! Let me know how it's working for you

@taylorpoe @arthur_camara THAT's THE WORST. It's the only lame part of PH, when you see somebody had almost shipped something and somebody else got something similar out the door right before. But Mono-Tab looks cool. If you want me to post it to Product Hunt when you're ready let me know and I'll get it done!

@mackflavelle @arthur_camara Thanks, and that's super kind of you. Congrats again on the release — the product design is really nice! I'm going to make sure I'm not building the same thing as you guys for the next project, that's for sure. ;)

@taylorpoe @mackflavelle Thanks Tea! And I'm definitely checking your extension as well.

@arthur_camara Thanks for checking it out! It's kinda nice too right? Like I said to @mackflavelle though, you guys really knocked it out of the park! Love the product design and implementation. Super tasty stuff. Also checked out www.hammerandtusk.com. Once I make the plunge into VR I'm going to be headed over to see what you guys are up to.

@basictechy To me, the user experience and the interface of Toby make it unique. But yeah, there are tons of good extensions out there and people are productive in different ways, so as long as this helps other people as much as it helps me, I'm super happy and stoked to keep developing it. Thanks for trying Toby, Andrew!

@arthur_camara oneTap as a way of moving tabs to no new desktop, am scared I might lose important links if my system crash. Can I backup or something

@basictechy You'll be able to backup soon, that's almost there - I'd say 95% done. But not in the current version. I'll push a new version as soon as we finish that.

@menjvillalobos That was also one of my initial thoughts - focusing on UX and UI a bit more was key. Thanks for using Toby

@arthur_camara cool! :) I hope you can add the option to hide the right "sidebar". That would be awesome!

@menjvillalobos I had that in an early prototype, maybe I'll reintroduce it and ask what you guys think. Thanks for the feedback.

@arthur_camara sure thanks for the response! cheers!

@mariepoopins Great point! I totally understand how it might feel like a bug if that's the first tab you try to drag. Good insight, thanks for sharing Marie!

@mariepoopins Updated this! Let me know how you like version 0.2.2

@arthur_camara Hey they're now draggable too. Nice!!

@mariepoopins Yes! Glad you like it Marie