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Show HN: Chrome extension I made in 10 minutes

4 points by iqster 15y ago

Apologies in advance because this is very simple. I was at Google IO recently and my interest was piqued by the idea of web apps on chrome/chrome os. Well .. I installed Angry Birds and Plants vs Zombies from the chrome store. But then I felt like writing some code of my own, and deploying it there. I have a (bad?) habit of having dozens of tabs open in my browser. When the computer needs rebooting, I have to manually copy the urls of web pages I care to save for later. Enter my 10 minute hack: GrabTab. Check it out here (free download from the chromestore): https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/lieclmmijfpcdbcejadadfmlmnklkodp and would love to get feature ideas! Thx

Acorn 15y ago
This could actually be quite useful when you have a large number of tabs open, and want to be able to go back to a blank slate, without losing track of what websites you were on. Could you maybe add an easy copy/paste features so you can get the list into a text file?
- iqster 15y ago
  Good thought! Chrome seems to prevent one from accessing the user's clipboard. There is a workaround through the use of embedding invisible Flash content on the webpage. I'll look into it. Thx for the feedback :)
dwwoelfel 15y ago
When the computer needs rebooting, I have to manually copy the urls of web pages I care to save for later. In the "On Startup" setting on Chrome's settings page, you can set the browser to reopen the pages that were open last. You could also hit Ctrl+Shift+D before you close the browser to bookmark all open tabs.
- Hovertruck 15y ago
  I think (I'm not totally sure if it works after rebooting, but it does work after killing Chrome's process) that Cmd+Shift+T will still bring back your tabs.
- pasbesoin 15y ago
  What kills me is when I forget I've opened an "incognito" window. I close my regular window, then eventually find the incognito window. At which point I know that I've lost the tab set that was present in the normal window. (Chrome is set to remember tabs on (window) exit.) In Firefox, I use a session manager. I've been reluctant to bulk up Chrome with extensions, and also unsure which session manager extension I would choose for it -- it seems much easier to me to identify the quality Firefox extensions than the quality Chrome extensions. Maybe I'll eventually find one I feel I can trust and which is smart enough not to preempt regular tab sets with those from incognito windows.

4 points by iqster 15y ago

Acorn 15y ago

This could actually be quite useful when you have a large number of tabs open, and want to be able to go back to a blank slate, without losing track of what websites you were on. Could you maybe add an easy copy/paste features so you can get the list into a text file?

iqster 15y ago
Good thought! Chrome seems to prevent one from accessing the user's clipboard. There is a workaround through the use of embedding invisible Flash content on the webpage. I'll look into it. Thx for the feedback :)

dwwoelfel 15y ago

When the computer needs rebooting, I have to manually copy the urls of web pages I care to save for later. In the "On Startup" setting on Chrome's settings page, you can set the browser to reopen the pages that were open last. You could also hit Ctrl+Shift+D before you close the browser to bookmark all open tabs.

Hovertruck 15y ago
I think (I'm not totally sure if it works after rebooting, but it does work after killing Chrome's process) that Cmd+Shift+T will still bring back your tabs.
pasbesoin 15y ago
What kills me is when I forget I've opened an "incognito" window. I close my regular window, then eventually find the incognito window. At which point I know that I've lost the tab set that was present in the normal window. (Chrome is set to remember tabs on (window) exit.) In Firefox, I use a session manager. I've been reluctant to bulk up Chrome with extensions, and also unsure which session manager extension I would choose for it -- it seems much easier to me to identify the quality Firefox extensions than the quality Chrome extensions. Maybe I'll eventually find one I feel I can trust and which is smart enough not to preempt regular tab sets with those from incognito windows.