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Toby — Better Than Bookmarks
Bookmarks are for books, not browsers. Organize your browser tabs into Toby so you can access key resources in one click instead of seven. Toby is browser extension that helps organize your tabs.
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@hopkinschris Yeah, I thought pinned tabs shouldn't be draggable because they're always there anyways, but I should give it another thought! I'll also look into Session Buddy and check out how that works. Thanks for using Toby, Christopher!
@mikelholford @hopkinschris Hey guys, I changed the way pinned tabs work now. So, you can drag them (but they wont close) and they look different, so you know which ones are pinned. There's also a new "Save Session" feature that I find really handy. Let me know what you think of version 0.2.2 and keep those thoughts coming. They are really helpful. Thanks! Also, you can read a blog post about all the new features here: http://www.gettoby.com/blog/post...
@arthur_camara Nice work! I gave it a quick try but still doesn't do the trick for me compared to "Session Buddy". When I see "Save Session" and click that I expected all of the pinned and non-pinned tabs open in my current browser window to be saved to a single list and the tab's state (pinned vs. unpinned) to be stored so I can restore a saved session after Chrome closes or I have to do a restart. I will circle back soon! The UI/UX is next level compared to "Session Buddy".
@hopkinschris alright Chris. Thank you for giving it a try :) I guess the pinned tabs are used very differently by different people and some hate to have them being closed - ever (that's why they pinned them in the first place). But I'll make sure I give it some extra thought and brainstorm a lot on this to see what we can do to make folks who use tabs like you're describing happy with Toby as well. I appreciate your feedback :) have an awesome week
@maiab Right... And I also use the Search feature quite a bit when I have a bunch of open/saved tabs
@mackflavelle this looks awesome, excited to try it out! Curious about the development process—did you discover anything unexpected once you started using it, or did the final version end up being close to the initial design vision?
@bcjordan @mackflavelle The final version ended up looking quite like the initial design vision, with some changes and simplifications here and there. The idea was always to have a board for my tabs, and drag them around. Some original ideas we still plan on adding (like integrating with your history), and others just came along the way, like better way to highlight search items and overall design.
If you want to check out one of my early experiences with the UX, check out this codepen I wrote a while ago and drag "tabs" around: http://codepen.io/arthurcamara1/...
I think the most unexpected thing I found was all the different ways people have been using Toby. Some people really use it to organize their tabs, and other have repurposed it to function like a Todo list or bookmarks. It's awesome to see all the different ways people use it and get feedback from each one of them. Thanks for trying it out and let me know if you have any thoughts Brian.
@arthur_camara that's awesome, thanks for sharing that! Love using CodePen as a way to quickly mock up an idea
@bcjordan Yep, same here. CodePen is fun. I haven't had time to post much over there lately, but feel free to check out a few things I have in there http://codepen.io/arthurcamara1/ ;)
Hello Arthur, great tool indeed. Love Toby.
My only issue is with using Toby while keeping my existing new tab extension, which is Empty New Tab.
I have uninstalled Empty New Tab after having installed Toby and then I have re-installed, but Toby always gets to manage the new tab content. How can I prevent this from happening?
Many thanks
This is lit! I just created a list for what I was working on yesterday. I'll reopen them this afternoon. Now, I only have the tabs I am currently working on opened.
@alex_v_bush Yeah, it's a bit greedy when you install it, but you can still use it! If you prefer something else is on the new tab, like your product hunt extension, no problem. Just click on the Toby badge and then on the button "Open Toby" to bring up the Toby UI and all your lists.
@arthur_camara @mackflavelle Shoooot this looks great. I'm a bit bummed though — been developing the same concept by myself in my free time for a few months. I finished it but hadn't announced it yet due to not having the marketing page done. Check it out: http://mono-tab.com Congrats on the launch, guys!
@taylorpoe @arthur_camara THAT's THE WORST. It's the only lame part of PH, when you see somebody had almost shipped something and somebody else got something similar out the door right before.
But Mono-Tab looks cool. If you want me to post it to Product Hunt when you're ready let me know and I'll get it done!
@mackflavelle @arthur_camara Thanks, and that's super kind of you. Congrats again on the release — the product design is really nice! I'm going to make sure I'm not building the same thing as you guys for the next project, that's for sure. ;)
@taylorpoe @mackflavelle Thanks Tea! And I'm definitely checking your extension as well.
@arthur_camara Thanks for checking it out! It's kinda nice too right? Like I said to @mackflavelle though, you guys really knocked it out of the park! Love the product design and implementation. Super tasty stuff. Also checked out www.hammerandtusk.com. Once I make the plunge into VR I'm going to be headed over to see what you guys are up to.
@ourielohayon Thanks for the feedback. That was intentional (I thought pinned tabs are always there and easy to access anyways), but I'll revisit and rethink this. Please keep letting me know how Toby is helping you or how it could do better! Cheers
I just gave this a test run, and I absolutely love the product! :) Unfortunately, it seems as if it becomes the default new tab screen.
Personally, I would love to continue my existing new tab preference (PH extension FTW) while also using Toby. Is there any way Toby could be accessible without becoming the default tab preference?
@marc_rosa Thanks for using it! I'm glad you love it. Yes, Toby is accessible without being the default tab. Just click the Toby icon and then click the "Open Toby" button. I included that specifically for people who don't want to use the default new tab for Toby. #hiddenFeature
@marc_rosa Now you can choose to optionally turn that off in version 0.2.2. Toby defaults to the new tab, but you can turn that off and use something else in the new tab if you want to. Keep accessing Toby through the popup. Let me know how you like it :)
@ghobs91 hahaha "You think I have a machine for measuring bee hives?"
But seriously, Toby was named after my dog. And it kinda sounds like Tabs, sort of. So there's a fun fact for you.
@mackflavelle @arthur_camara Loved it! Suggestion to add "add all open tabs to this list" so I can work in bulk and stop using OneTab forever. Also I know there is privacy concerns but a way to backup everything would be awesome.
@jardel @mackflavelle Yes! That's definitely coming very very soon! I wish I'd thought of the "Add all tabs" feature before myself cause I also want to use it now that I hear feedback from you guys :)
It was definitely valuable to post it here and start hearing all the ideas. Keep 'em coming, I love it and it really helps!
Backing up is also coming through a sync feature and I think it'll make this super useful to use across devices. So yeah, thanks again for trying Toby and keep an eye on the upcoming updates.
My name is Toby, and I wish I could upload a screenshot showing the 50+ tabs I currently have open on this window.
@tobyhervey Hahaha That's awesome! You can tweet it! I'm @arthur_camara on Twitter
Really Thank you for this one. You really solved my problem. I previously had bookmark folders with "Intent" names and would do "Open All in New Window" everytime. This one really solves my problem.
@jayeshsidhwani You can still use Momentum. To open Toby in case it's not your default new tab, just click the Toby icon and click on the "Open Toby" button to see all your lists
@jayeshsidhwani Updated 0.2.2 version now let's you choose whether you want it to open or a new tab or not. Let me know how you use it and how you like it :)
I switched to Toby from "X New Tab Page".
Liking it much better. I particularly like the Sections (with the collapse / expand option), and I like how it adds active tabs to the right panel and allows me to drag them to sections or just click to switch to the respective tab.
Now what I really want is to hide the lower half of each tab to save screen real estate. Any option to make the display more compact and allow more tabs to be viewable would be helpful. I get the beauty of the airy and uncluttered UI, but I need more Tabs viewable without scrolling etc.
screen grab: http://imgur.com/Y0dPCqm
Many thanks to the Toby team and I'm ready to donate a few bucks - it's that valuable to me.
My friend Arthur is one of the productivity nuts. Always looking for a way to claw back precious time stolen by shitty processes and stupid UX design. So he built Toby, cause tabs suck! Toby makes them not suck. Or not as much at least.
Most of us at the office are using this religiously now. It makes managing waaaaay to much information much more gooder. We (but really he) would love to answer your questions about why he built it, why the other solutions on the market weren't the right fit for him, and some of the cool features we plan on launching in the next couple weeks.
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