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I downloaded this excited to try it... and then it's Mac only. Maybe the website should mention that? Also, are you considering a Windows and/or Linux version?
Nice product. Love the idea and the right-click menu which has only one option - open a new tab. But as Ben said, moving to a new browser is a big commitment. I would definitely try a Chrome extension with the same functionality.
@yuvmaoz Thanks for the feedback! We will add more features to make this swap easier.
We considered a Chrome extension, but decided that a new application would leave us more freedom. With a new app we can tailor the user interface to the functionality. We try to improve the modern browser as a whole.
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@yuvmaoz I agree, what was the rationale for not doing the extension route?
A couple of thoughts :
- I find the product to be beautiful, very light & clean, great job!
- I really like the idea of having a task based navigation: have you thought about binding browsing history to a specific task (What pages did I browse when looking to book my holidays? Which stack overflow answers did I skim through to solve this particular problem). This is a real opportunity to have a context-based history.
Now for the questions:
- Why not build a chrome extension instead?
- Are there any plans to bind tasks to trello / waffle boards? This + the context-based history would be a real time saver in my case!
Again, great product, great execution and design!
@widawskij Thanks for your feedback! A context-based history sounds great.
We are planning an archive for done tasks, where you see all the open tabs or "starred urls" for this task.
We considered a Chrome extension, but decided that a new application would leave us more freedom. With a new app we can tailor the user interface to the functionality.
The possiblity to bind tasks to task-management tools like trello is not planned for the near feature, but it is definetly an improvement we will keep in mind.
Hello Product Hunt!
I'm the developer and designer of Alloy.
The idea of a task-based browser went to my mind as I had multiple Chrome windows open, each packed with Tabs for different tasks and purposes.
I started developing a sample application as a proof of concept for this task-based browser. After a lot of improvements and added functionality, Alloy was born. Alloy is built up on Tasks, of which every has its own Tablist. You only see the relevant Tabs for your current Task.
Currently Alloy is still an alpha release and we'd love to hear your opinion and feedback.
If you've got any questions feel free to ask them here or tweet us https://twitter.com/browsewithalloy
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@simoncaminada I use a similar concept - windows with multiple tabs for the window's topic (currently at 243 tabs).
Though, I require a lot of plug-in functionality like rescuetime, evernote, buffer, black menu, hangout, grammarly, datanyze and so many used daily.
I can imagine this going to be good, keep up.
@andmitsch Thanks, extensions are for many users a trival requirement, so we are planning to implement them as soon as possible.
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@simoncaminada Wow, I have often wondered if I am really badly organised to need 20-30+ browser tabs open at a time of things I need to do/follow up. I'm going to give this a try and hopefully it'll make my life a LOT easier! Edit: damn, Mac only!
@boogsau Windows/Linux releases are planned for the future, you can sign up to our newsletter on our website and opt-in for these updates (http://alloy.simoncaminada.ch/)
@ryh1113 Thanks for the info. Currently it's still an alpha release so bugs could occur from time to time. If you'd like to help us improve our browser, we'd be thankful if you'd post a screenshot and a short description of the problem to twitter (https://twitter.com/browsewithalloy) or email us (alloy@simoncaminada.ch).
@simoncaminada Sure! Once I download it I'll provide some feedback :) That's great! Happy to see another Swiss Product Hunter :D Had to look hard for the hint, Saw the AirBNB finally haha :)
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This sounds really interesting! I face this problem all the time - various tabs open belonging to a specific thing I'm trying to achieve right now, and then a bunch more for another, leading to tab overload. I usually distribute to multiple windows, or even seperate browsers sometimes, to get around this currently. @simoncaminada in Alloy are all tabs open all the time and you're just showing and hiding them as required? Or are you actually closing and re-opening tabs? I can see the latter being beneficial for memory footprint.
Also what about assigning single tabs to multiple tasks - can you do that?
And is this built on Electron? I presume so from some of the comments. Haven't downloaded yet myself but will do as soon as I can to give it a try.
@mposborne Thanks! I think many users know this problem too well.
Currently all tabs are loaded and visible/hidden based on the current task. The reason for this is audio playback and live updates like messaging apps in different tasks. This is one of the top topics in performance optimization.
Assigning single tabs to multiple tasks isn't possible at the moment, but that is an interesting feature we will consider to implement.
Yes, Alloy is currently built on Electron. With the growth of the app we probably will rethink the development process and consider to rebuild the app without it.
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