OneTab
Productivity
tab manager
SHOW HN2013
314points
292comments
#30of 1,739 in 2013
Top 2%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
23 positive, 42 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 48 critical, out of 119 comments about the project. Thread score -0.26.
Idea: 11 for, 24 againstExecution: 1 for, 10 againstDesign: 5 for, 5 againstPerformance: 2 for, 6 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 3 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple and fast way to save and restore tabs
From 2 comments
I really like this. It's fast, simple and easier to re-view the pages than bookmark all tabs. Thanks!
Multiplayer on HNI really like the functionality of OneTab, as I'm someone who frequently has 3 concurrent Chrome windows, each with dozens of running tabs. The one thing that's going to prevent…
jbarrow on HN
Useful for tab hoarders
From 2 comments
As someone that lives with 40 tabs open in any 1 window at a time, with at least 2 windows open....THANK YOU. I love this. I don't get why people are being so negative on this…
marcamillion on HNInstalled. This is pretty nice for the people who uses dozens of tabs as temp bookmarks. A bit of feedback: I was just typing this comment and hit the button, obviously the…
barredo on HN
Objections
Memory savings claim of 95% is questioned
From 2 comments
I think that this 95% number is wrong. Likely doesn't take good old shared memory into consideration...…
dchichkov on HNIsn't 95% reduction claim a bit too bold? It is widely known that standard measurement of Google Chrome's memory consumption with task manager is wrong because it doesn't take…
polskibus on HN
Closing tabs is no better than Recently Closed or bookmarking all tabs
From 3 comments
This is the equivalent of closing all tabs, with the added bonus of having a list of what you just closed. I refuse to compromise on functionality because Chrome can't get its…
revelation on HNHow about just use Chrome? 1. bookmark all tabs ⇧⌘D 2. in the file dialog create a new folder e.g. "foo" 3. (later) with Bookmarks > foo menu open, select "Open All Bookmarks in…
billpaydici on HNI've only just realised this is built into chrome natively: Right click on any tab in a window and choose "Bookmark all tabs..." from the bottom of the menu. Or press…
Flenser on HN
RAM is cheap so memory saving is unnecessary
From 2 comments
Memory use seems like a really pointless thing for users to care about. There's a widespread intuition that using RAM is inherently bad and low memory usage is a worthwhile goal,…
jdietrich on HNI absolutely fail to see the point here. Why should I use this? Is this again one of these instances where, magically, free RAM is good? 30 tabs opened simultaneously (with…
rmk2 on HN
Requests
Whitelist domains so they are not closed
From 1 comment
Allow a way to whitelist domains that should not be closed (like gmail)
boundlessdreamz on HN
Restore tabs into current window option
From 1 comment
Neat. Could you add some sort of way for the user to choose whether they want to restore into the current window, instead of a new window? Cheers :)
Serow225 on HN
Support for Firefox
From 1 comment
Can we have the same for Firefox? I have 2020 open tabs!
daemon13 on HN
Questions
Whether tab data is sent to servers
From 2 comments
From what I understand, this calls out to their servers and they display a page? Would it not be more secure and safer to render this on some sort of local page? Don't really see…
Newky on HNI am worried, It knows all the data you are surfing.
nu2ycombinator on HN
Where the list is stored and whether it can be backed up
From 1 comment
As someone that lives with 40 tabs open in any 1 window at a time, with at least 2 windows open....THANK YOU. I love this. I don't get why people are being so negative on this…
marcamillion on HN
Alternatives named
Tab Wrangler
From 1 comment
If this appeals to you, I have 2 words: Tab Wrangler. As a compulsive tab hoarder, I've been using Tab Wrangler for this same purpose for over a year and I believe its approach…
secoif on HN
The Great Suspender
From 1 comment
There are better extensions out there solving this problem. One I use is https://github.com/deanoemcke/thegreatsuspender/ It frees memory by taking a snapshot of the page and…
mohanr on HN
Built-in Chrome bookmark all tabs
From 2 comments
I've only just realised this is built into chrome natively: Right click on any tab in a window and choose "Bookmark all tabs..." from the bottom of the menu. Or press…
Flenser on HNHow about just use Chrome? 1. bookmark all tabs ⇧⌘D 2. in the file dialog create a new folder e.g. "foo" 3. (later) with Bookmarks > foo menu open, select "Open All Bookmarks in…
billpaydici on HN