StartHQ
Productivity
new tab page extension
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
5 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.
Idea: 2 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Automatic population of the launcher from browsing history and bookmarks
From 1 comment
I have to say I really liked the magic of automatically filling the app launcher. I first nearly didn't notice, because it the apps seemed very obvious to me. It took me a minute…
finnp on HN
Privacy: logic runs client-side, only the launcher is synced
From 1 comment
Not at all. All the logic is performed client-side, and the only thing that is sent back to StartHQ is your final launcher (so you can use the same launcher on other machines,…
alexlamsl on HN
Objections
Requires email signup to use
From 1 comment
Why am I expected to give up my email address?
majc2 on HN
Daily promotional tweets are annoying
From 1 comment
I have to stay that the daily alerts promoting StartHQ on Twitter are pretty annoying.
brentm on HN
Breaks Ctrl-T then type-URL workflow due to redirecting the new tab page
From 1 comment
Suggestions: - Autofocus the url bar, if this is possible. Make the search field the first tab field (it's currently the second). - Do a live fuzzy filtering of my webapps, not a…
benaiah on HN
Requests
Show frequently visited sites
From 1 comment
Does this provide the frequently visited websites view?
welder on HN
Show bookmarks on the new tab page
From 2 comments
Does it show the bookmarks on top?
Brajeshwar on HNChrome's new Tab page always have my bookmarks ready. All New Tab Replacement extensions do not show that or does away with my bookmarks. I want them too.
Brajeshwar on HN
Open source the project
From 1 comment
I would love for something like this to be open source. Where I can contribute and create a better launcher as a community. This is a great start. Would love to contribute more.
aeon10 on HN
Live fuzzy search of apps with autofocus and Enter to open top result
From 1 comment
Suggestions: - Autofocus the url bar, if this is possible. Make the search field the first tab field (it's currently the second). - Do a live fuzzy filtering of my webapps, not a…
benaiah on HN
Questions
Is browsing history sent to StartHQ?
From 1 comment
Is my entire browsing history being sent to StartHQ?
guiambros on HN
Why is an email address required?
From 1 comment
Why am I expected to give up my email address?
majc2 on HN
Alternatives named
Old Chrome new tab page via chrome://flags
From 1 comment
old tab page: go to: chrome://flags/#enable-instant-extended-api change it to disabled.. relaunch chrome
rgbrenner on HN
Chrome apps button or chrome://apps bookmark
From 2 comments
Luckily, it's fairly easy to remove. Just right-click the toolbar, and uncheck "Show apps shortcut".
davee on HNYou can also bookmark chrome://apps/ and place it in any position.
Raphael on HN
Currently new tab extension
From 1 comment
Thanks for the response. I was half-expecting you were using localStorage, and I sympathize with your AppCache trouble. It's a pain when it does work, let alone when it doesn't.…
benaiah on HN