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Discover a startup every time you open a new tab
- amerdidit 12y agoWhy does opening this make called to https://spottster.com/ https://spottster.com/?
- desouzt 12y agoThis is a great idea!
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- hosay123 12y agoDoesn't appear to work in Firefox, white page with single circular minus symbol in the top left
- FlyingSnake 12y agoDitto. Sad to see that FFox isn't the preferred choice of devs.
- emilssolmanis 12y agoConfirmed, also doesn't ask for any permissions or show any pop-up, just a kind of "blocked" icon.
- uptownhr 12y agoI just fixed the firefox bug. I'm using absolute positioning and firefox has an issue with "height:100%" when the parent's height hasn't been set.
- shimms 12y agoGreat idea! Only drawback I'm finding is that I don't want to wait for the page to load, I'm typing my URL and hitting enter before the startup's page has loaded. Good for wanting to randomly find a startup, but was hoping it'd be a way to discover new startups as part of my daily internet usage. Don't think I'll end up seeing many of the pages this way.
- uptownhr 12y agoThank! Will be working on speeing up the site loads but it's a bit tricky. Someone else mentioned maybe uses images and preload them. Still thinking about how I should tackle this.
- spountzy 12y agoGood idea, would be nice to have the posibillity to search through all startups you feature. Perhaps on your website...
- mychaelangelo 12y agoditto, would be good to have search and a category based browse function.
- uptownhr 12y agoAgreed and is on the roadmap. Search should be pretty easy but categories is a bit more difficult.
- madeel 12y agolooks inspiring, :)
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- Udo 12y agoThe preview doesn't even work in Firefox, which is disappointing. I love the idea, however, the format doesn't work for me at all. Showing the startup's website takes a long time to load, and it's a bad user experience. Instead what you want to show people who open a new tab is a standardized UI (I'd go for: the startup name, what is does in one line, one standard-sized image, some text, and a link). If you'd do that, you could preload one or several startups and make those tabs load instantly. That way it's a lot less jarring and distracting for the user. Also, a Firefox version is a must-have.
- uptownhr 12y agoYea, I've been wanting to make a firefox version as well but never made a firefox extension before. I'll be working on this next. Oh yea, I fixed the firefox issue. Was a minor css error regarding 100% height. Thanks!
- uptownhr 12y agoI also thought about the "title, description, screenshot" approach. But I really wanted startuptabs to be a stage for the startups. My goal is to make it easy for quick feedback from the community. When sites load slow, bad colors, etc... it should become apparent. Or the reverse, when sites load fast and looks great, they will stick out.
- Udo 12y ago> When sites load slow, bad colors, etc... it should become apparent. It's not only that. When your user opens a new tab, they don't expect a huge marketing website to already be there. It's too disrupting, and in my opinion the overlay element just adds to the clutter.
- actionscripted 12y agoIf nothing else, a page like http://startuptabs.com/tab/ http://startuptabs.com/tab/ that doesn't have the install overlay on every load might be nice (essentially just startframe with your page info). That way users can at least set that as their new tab URL without having to wait for a proper plugin.
- lpolovets 12y agoGreat idea! Just wondering, why does the Chrome extension need to "access my data on all websites" if this only operates when I create a new tab? Also, the StartupTabs sidebar frequently blocked chunks of content for me, and even if I closed it in one tab, the sidebar would reappear as soon as I opened a new tab.
- uptownhr 12y agoHey, I wasn't sure how I can lessen the permission usage. I've tried removing almost everything in my permission area and it's still says that. I've also checked out many other chrome extensions and this seems to be common. I'll be looking into this more soon. In regards to the tab, I'll add the feature to remember that you collapsed the tab so it doesn't reappear until you uncollapse it.
- huhtenberg 12y agoThat's all I'm getting when clicking on "Try It Out" - http://i.imgur.com/Nw1tsAu.png http://i.imgur.com/Nw1tsAu.png
- uptownhr 12y agoFixed! Please try it out again!
- CalRobert 12y agoHah, the idea here is kind of cool but watching an unending stream of startup landing pages sounds like a form of torture. Finally, (solution to problem that doesn't exist) for (people like you/engineers like you) who know (what matters/what counts).
- Timsalabim 12y agoWhat a great idea that I'll never ever use as it will just kill all productivity :) Imagine working on a project, need to Google something and suddenly it's 1,5 hours later and you're reading up on some random framework you've never used and certainly don't need for your current project because this cool startup that popped up in your new tab gave you another great idea and and and...
- girvo 12y agoSo... Hacker News?
- marmarlade 12y agoLove it. Works for me in Chrome (Version 35.0.1916.153 to be precise) Only downside: it's basically the browser equivalent of remembering you have to get your keys from the bedroom, going upstairs to get them, forgetting why you went back to your room in the first place, picking up the copy of Wired on your nightstand, heading out, and getting to the office only to realise you forgot your keys.
- bjark 12y agoI love the idea, but I would never get any work done if I would see an interesting startup each time I opened a tab.
- uptownhr 12y agoHaha, I've heard this before. Takes some time getting used to :). I will be working on a history feature soon and should help with this problem.
- herval 12y agoLove it! Now all you need is a "Valleywag version" that will show you a random startup that doesn't make any sense (eg. subscription service for coins - basically any startup mentioned on Valleywag, I suppose?)
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- rjtavares 12y agoSounds like a procrastinator's wet dream... On the opposite end of the spectrum, a minimalist to-do list every time you open a new tab: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dayboard-new-tab-page/kimodcegbhclamjcbifgfaldeengbgij https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dayboard-new-tab-p...
- junto 12y agoOMG. That is awesome. Thanks for sharing. What a cool idea. Looks nice too.
- jtcchan 12y agoThank you!
- lodewijkadlp 12y agoVery daring to just post a better alternative like that! It's exactly what I thought though, "So.. I never have to get any work done?".
- jonpaul 12y agoWow. Did you make this? Put some contact info on your page if so! Implement history and labels and you have me as paying customer. No joke.
- colinramsay 12y agoI blogged about building a ultra-basic Chrome extension which could be used like this: http://colinramsay.co.uk/2014/06/30/chrome-new-tab-reminders-and-notes.html http://colinramsay.co.uk/2014/06/30/chrome-new-tab-reminders... The way Chrome lets you override the new tab page via an extension is ridiculously simple.
- frou_dh 12y ago404 Value Proposition Not Found
- awjr 12y agoQuick thing which I think I've noticed is this appearing in the console bar: "Denying load of chrome-extension://bknfklfehllgmnbmlhejjoalkimnikfc/jquery.min.map. Resources must be listed in the web_accessible_resources manifest key in order to be loaded by pages outside the extension." I did get a warning message from Google about your maps dev key not being valid.
- uptownhr 12y agoI'm pretty sure that is not from Startuptabs. That library is not used ... Perhaps another extension you have installed?
- awjr 12y agoNo it's definitely from that extension. Goes away when the extension is disabled. I'm debugging a lot of javascript atm and the console now has that message in it even when testing on localhost. No biggie but does seem a bit odd.
- maxwell2022 12y agoI have the same issue after installing the extension. Disabling it and the error message is not showing anymore, it's definitely coming from this extension.
- donmb 12y agoDidn't realise there are so much useless startups out there.
- ben0x539 12y agoAm I missing something or is this basically a reverse adblock?
- 3rd3 12y agoI always have about:blank as default page in new tabs because anything else is a distraction from my actual intention why I chose to open a new tab. Too often I find myself forgetting what I was actually doing (or parts of it) when a new tab has irrelevant information in it. I could imagine that it’s a psychological effect similar to this one: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-walking-through-doorway-makes-you-forget/ http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-walking-throug...
- jblok 12y agoGood idea. Takes ages to load though! A screenshot, logo and short description of the startup would be better I think.
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- mkoryak 12y agoAm I the only one who thinks this is a bad idea? I open new tabs for a reason - to open another webpage. This will both annoy me and distract me. Reading the comments everyone loves the idea and gives basically the same reasons I gave for hating it. Whats wrong with me?
- uptownhr 12y agoDon't think anything is wrong with you. But I think people enjoy random, new and sometimes interesting.
- Kequc 12y agoEveryone has a startup they wish was receiving more publicity, this product does that for free. The problems with it however. Occasionally I have to wait a little while while the page is loading or it fails to load at all. One time I received a js notice informing me that Google Maps is disabled for the website I was currently on. That's enough for me. I don't want to wait for new tabs to open which then sometimes interrupt me.
- blaincate 12y agoAHA! There is a big problem for my usability. I press the tab in chrome to get view my bookmarks and use them. now they are gone ! uninstall !
- uptownhr 12y agoA bookmark link will be added soon. in the meantime you can use chrome://bookmarks/#1
- codazoda 12y agoChrome should fix this. There should be a way to have an app (in a tab) and also to show the bookmarks bar on that one page. Then an option in the app could turn it on and off. Beyond this apps control, probably. A link isn't enough. I need one click access to my bookmarks.
- clark-kent 12y ago
- obvio 12y agoThis http://poshfeed.com http://poshfeed.com uses a similar apparoach (using tabs) but offers curated content instead.
- billyhoffman 12y agoEven with only using the preview on their website, Startuptabs provides something interesting: it's a super easy way to page through the websites of random startups. After bouncing through several dozen I see that: -95% of these are thinly styled Twitter Bootstrap sites with huge hero images. -Sweet jesus most of these load super slow. -There are some interesting ideas here, but a whole lot of "[buzz word][buzz word][buzz word][buzz word], for the [buzz word]" copy. In fact, this is a great way to see how you should change your startup's website so it doesn't sink into all this sameness. Oh, and perhaps having a 1920x1080 photograph saved as a 1.3 MB+ PNG image as a background is a bad idea too...
- uptownhr 12y agoYou're right, Startuptab definietely reveals how you should not create a landing page. After using it for months, "load speed" as google mentioned is one of the most important aspect.
- rashthedude 12y agoYou stole my idea. Oh well on to another one.
- blaincate 12y agoI get this on chrome : Google has disabled use of the Maps API for this application. The provided key is not a valid Google API Key, or it is not authorized for the Google Maps Javascript API v3 on this site. If you are the owner of this application, you can learn about obtaining a valid key here: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/tutorial#api_key https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/...
- uptownhr 12y agoHi Blaine, I'm pretty it's not Startuptabs because we aren't using the maps api. Do you have another extension that is using it?
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- aerovistae 12y agoWould be awesome if not for the fact that it displays the extension info in a column on the left for every new tab. Why does it do that? Why isn't there an option to hide that? I added the extension to see the startup pages, not to see the damn column.
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- uptownhr 12y agoAbility to hide the column coming soon.
- beghbali 12y agoyour requested permissions: read my data on all websites?!! really? No bueno
- reshambabble 12y agoThanks for creating this!! I just submitted our startup :)
- slosh 12y agoI love the idea