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Task-Based Electron Web Browser

Shown by ahakki on Apr 30, 2016. Click the card to turn it over.

148points

29comments

#226of 2,264 in 2016

Top 10%of 2016 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

6 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.11.

Idea: 3 for, 1 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against

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High battery and energy use compared to Chrome
From 1 comment
- Really love the UI and simplicity of adding tasks/task groups, but this app is (for some reason) a beast on my battery life. I sent you an email about this as well, but it was…
  bx_ on HN
Electron security concerns for a browser
From 2 comments
- Security-wise, it's a rather bad idea to build a web browser on top of the Atom Electron framework at the moment [1], at least unless you are willing to fork or contribute…
  jarek-foksa on HN
- I don't know how Electron is engineered other than that it's based on Chromium. I know that Atom which runs in Electron has access to all your files where as Chromium does not.…
  greggman on HN
Lacks browser features like security and developer tools
From 1 comment
- Interesting, but a full-featured browser (like Chrome) brings a lot more than UI and a renderer to the table. There's other features (security stuff, developer tools, etc.) that…
  sdegutis on HN
Some pages fail to load
From 1 comment
- I would love a fully functioning version of this. However, it didn't load the first web page I tried (www.tradingview.com).
  ScottAS on HN

Keyboard-only task switching
From 1 comment
- Key feature for me would be the ability to switch/manipulate tasks through the keyboard only. Nice PoC!
  garrettr_ on HN
Store text snippets or images in tasks, sync with notes apps
From 1 comment
- Really like the concept; I do something similar with a tab groups extension. Would be great if we could store little snippets of text/images within each task, and perhaps sync…
  osrec on HN
Browser extension version for Chrome or Firefox
From 1 comment
- Clever UI concept. I'd like to have it as a chrome/ff extension, because I don't want to change my browser. Looks nice, though.
  pfraze on HN
Predictive search like Chrome
From 1 comment
- very cool...only thing i miss is the predictive search that is in chrome
  jti107 on HN

Is it open source?
From 1 comment
- Is this open sourced?
  ConAntonakos on HN
What rendering engine is used?
From 1 comment
- Really like the concept; I do something similar with a tab groups extension. Would be great if we could store little snippets of text/images within each task, and perhaps sync…
  osrec on HN
How secure is it compared to Chromium?
From 1 comment
- I don't know how Electron is engineered other than that it's based on Chromium. I know that Atom which runs in Electron has access to all your files where as Chromium does not.…
  greggman on HN

Firefox tab groups (Panorama)
From 2 comments
- Firefox already has the tabgroups feature.
  gkya on HN
- Yes, but the functionality is still available as an Add-On: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tab-groups-removal
  jamessb on HN
Chrome windows used as tab groups
From 1 comment
- This is exactly how I use Chrome today, using Chrome windows as a tab grouping mechanism ("social", "personal project A", "personal project B", "work", etc.). I prefer your UI…
  adamrezich on HN
Tab groups browser extensions
From 1 comment
- Really like the concept; I do something similar with a tab groups extension. Would be great if we could store little snippets of text/images within each task, and perhaps sync…
  osrec on HN