This is a great idea! I have been using Vimium [1] for years now in both Chrome and FF which provides similar functionality, it's a real productivity booster for me.
Vimium calls their flavor the "vomnibar", and you can search in open tabs, history and bookmarks. The bar is my most used feature next to navigating on pages, opening links and managing tabs (Go to previous tab, pinning, muting, closing, duplicating). It might be a nice extension to take a look at for even more inspiration!
For people wanting tab switching like this on Chrome or FF, I'd say give Vimium a shot. Even if you're not into Vim-like key bindings, knowing Vim is definitely not a requirement to getting value out of it. It allows me to be completely keyboard driven.
The killer tab feature I would like to see is a keystroke to switch to the previously focused tab in the current window. That’s it.
I frequently find myself jumping between two tabs (for example filling a form with details from another page) and no browser I know of makes it easy.
I'm not much of a tab person, so this is pretty personal. My way to cycle through tabs is `SHFT + ⌘ + [ ]`, or to see the "Tab Overview" with `SHFT + ⌘ + \`.
Honestly, I'm not even aware of the Chrome tab-switching you mentioned, I use the same `SHFT + ⌘ + [ ]` to go between tabs.
I'm more of staying with as little and minimal extensions, plugins, menubar apps, as possible. And learn to use the native commands/shortcuts as possible. Perhaps that is one of the reason.
The project does look nice. Best of luck and have fun while building it.
It'd be awesome if it could open a new tab/autocomplete based on history if nothing is found when searching the current tabs. As an example, if I start searching "news" to open up hacker news, and there is no existing tab, then it could autocomplete with "news.ycombinator.com" based on my past browsing history. Chrome essentially has this when you start typing a new url, but I don't think you can click the "switch to this tab" button without using the mouse.
This is cool, though its a shame how reduced Safari's extension interface is.
Arc appears to take this to the next level and makes all tabs, spaces, windows, notes, easels, web search, and commands available to the command palette shortcut that conventionally opens a new tab elsewhere, Ctrl-T/Cmd-T. I think this is definitely the next step in browser UI, but this extension is probably how far Safari will let you go until they implement it themselves.
I used BetterTouchTool to configured three-fingered-swipe on the trackpad to switch tabs (left or right). https://folivora.ai
I like it so much that I've actually been petitioning Apple to add it as an option in System Settings, but like so many things, they seem to think they got Trackpad Gestures right the first time and haven't added anything to it since debut.
I currently use the "Tabs Switcher" menu bar app which works quite well: https://alexdenk.eu/mywork/tabsswitcher.html
Have you looked at this app for inspiration? I'm not affiliated, just a happy customer.
I have not updated the website in a week or so and will get around to it soon but in the meanwhile here is the latest update :
This is something I wanted a long time. Which Chrome, the browser that doesn’t care about lots of Tabs for the longest time actually got it right. The List of Tabs with close button allow Manual Garbage Collection. Can’t wait to try it out.
The website doesn't reflect it but I also tried building this for iPad and it works like a charm! This was a request from a user on Reddit and very useful.
The plan to release it to iPad is after I have released the first cut.
Just wondering - doesn’t Safari suggest opened tabs when you type something in the search bar? Which would make Cmd + L and then type what you’re looking for equally powerful?
Congrats on shipping
> My workflow often involves alternating between two tabs.
Same here! I really wish Safari used Ctrl-Tab to toggle since CMD-Shift-[,] already does prior/next in order.
Not bad! Would profit from being able to display collapsible trees.
Not to belittle the project because it looks really nice but have you tried the pinch gesture on the trackpad to zoom out and see all your tabs at once? I don't know if it's always been there but apparently there's a box for search tabs.
https://i.imgur.com/bT175kO.png