| ▲ | andrelaszlo 3 hours ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It looks really nice. The first question that pops into my head (being aware that this is a popular category of apps) is: when do people look at blank tabs? Whenever I open a new tab, it's with the intention of entering an address or a search term, and any content would be an unwelcome distraction. I'd be more likely to use something like this if it lived under a regular domain name and I could put it into a pinned tab, personally. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | diggan 15 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> The first question that pops into my head (being aware that this is a popular category of apps) is: when do people look at blank tabs? Whenever I open a new tab, it's with the intention of entering an address or a search term, and any content would be an unwelcome distraction. My "startpage" is a four-column list of stuff I usually browse. And usually I sit with my left hand at the left hand side of the keyboard, and with my hand on the mouse on the right. Doing CTRL+T then clicking on where I wanna go, is usually faster and less movements needed than having to manually type the one or two first letters. I tried sometimes to put "widgets" or other things (like widget on a smartphone) but it's true what you say, it's an unwelcome distraction. But a couple of simple lists seems fine, for me. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | conceptualspace 6 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
when i open a new tab its often to open a bookmark - so for me a speed dial is super useful. here's mine (open source): https://github.com/conceptualspace/yet-another-speed-dial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | bityard 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I do the same as you, but I know of plenty of people (even some developers) whose computing workflow looks like this: Boot computer, log in, start web browser, make it full screen. And that is where they work/play for the whole day. That describes ChromeOS users of course, but there are Apple and Windows (and presumably Linux) users who have the same workflow. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | lhamil64 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I'm the same. The only exception is on mobile, sometimes I'll use the quick pinned bookmarks on the new tab page. But on desktop I load a homepage when I launch the browser and only open a new tab when I need to enter a URL or search query. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | LauraMedia 29 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
On my work device, I have daily.dev installed. Every work day, I usually invest 15-20 minutes of catching up with recent news about all things dev and having it as the "new tab" helps me not forgetting about it. Other than that, yeah, I usually CTRL+T and write right away. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | georg-stone 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It's just some inspiration I can have when typing in my URL bar I guess | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | kelvinjps10 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I leave a new tab open, and seeing this kind of information is useful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||