Roberto Gómez

horbito NOVA - A new kind of web browser, made for the neoworkers.

NOVA is a new kind of web browser designed for the way we interact with the web today, made for the neoworkers.
Turn any website into an app so you can start interacting with windows, not tabs. Welcome to the Operating System of the web.

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Dennis 😎
I really like your promo video. 👏 Mind sharing how you did it or who did it for you?
Octavian Rosca
@bibabuzemann Hi! I'm glad you've liked it! It was done in house by me, I used After effects and Photoshop for all the animations. 🙌🏼🤗
Siddartha Varma

Some of the things I wish Nova covers by next version: -No support for in-app extensions like Grammarly for Gmail -Spotify title bar is hiding under Nova's title bar - doesn't allow you to minimize or close -The previous state of my browser isn't saved and there is no option to do so. I need to login to Spotify every time I close and open Nova - When I uninstall an app, the browser just moves to the home screen. I need to click on Nova to see whether it was uninstalled or even to uninstall another app. Ideally, it should stay on Nova

Pros:

It is easy to Use and much better than Tabs. Actually works really well for workplace since the work stack is limited

Cons:

There are some UX problems which I have listed down.

Roberto Gómez
Hello Siddartha! Thank you so much for your feedback. Let me answer your concerns: - Extensions: You're totally right, we're working on adding the most used plugins. Due to being based on Chromium we'll be able to do so very soon! - Spotify: Weird error, maybe it's due to window being to big for the screen, we'll definitely investigate the issue. - State not saved: Are you selecting "Remember me" when doing login? If you don't the cookies are removed from the browser for secutiry purposes. - Uninstalling apps: I'm having some trouble understanding the issue, I'm sending you a message right now to get more info. Thank you so much!!
Jared Brown

It's a new, fun yet practical way to use a browser. I couldn't see from the website where you are based. Spain? I'd push the European-ness if so. I love to use home grown products!

Pros:

Really simple, modern interface. Intuitive. 25GB of storage. Built in communication with your people.

Cons:

I'd like to edit the app icons the vintage browser creates. Twitter: great, The Guardian: a bit boring. Hideable horbito NOVA bar.

Roberto Gómez
Thank you so much for your feedback Jared! You're totally right about editing the icons created for the apps, we're looking into how we can make a easy and smooth process to enable users to edit the icons. Also, being able to hide the taskbar is a must!
Andrei Țiț
Hi Roberto, Accepting any new integrations now? If yes, where should I write down my suggestions? Thanks 🙌
Roberto Gómez
@andrei_marcel Hello Andrei, you can add absolutely any website in the world as an app, you don't require us to integrate the webapp. If you have any question or you're looking for an in-depth integration please contact me at rgomez (at) horbito (dot) com
Andrei Țiț
@robby2023 sweet, you can already add Paymo! Great design guys, kudos 😊
Raghavender Rao Jitta

- an amazing idea that has been really well-executed. - love the real-time sync between my Macbook and iMac Pro. - automatic grouping/tabbing of pages from same app is really useful. - windows based UI helps multi-tasking. Drawbacks: - Is not able to keep tab states between different sessions - need to reopen tabs and app everytime Nova is opened. - is at least six months away using this as a primary browser. Looking forward to the extension and cookie sync support.

Pros:

The UI is really simple, modern and intuitive (very GNOME-ish). 25GB of free storage (Y)

Cons:

Lack of Chrome extension support - this is a deal-breaker.

Raphaël Chabaud
Not convinced... Seems like an idealistic approach of the web. I prefer to dock some chrome tabs to windows task bar and use franz for few web apps. But good luck to you.
Roberto Gómez
@raphael_chabaud No problem! Each person has a different way of solving the same problem, we just give a simple and convenient way from the start but if you already have your way of doing it sounds great!
Valentin Letessier
@javiergarmon @robby2023 Thank you for this tool which is very cool ! Pros : - Easy to use - Nice to make website clickable app Cons : - Issues with some apps : I don't know if other people have the same issue but I do have some app which don't work well for now. Indeed, some app allow us to click but nothing happen (I do have this essue for Spotify and Google Drive). - Any way to make the windows organizing "themselves" ? Windows help us to organize multiple app on one screen with shortcuts as "Windows+right/left/up/down". It would be great to have something similar in NOVA beacause the concept is based on windows. Thanks for trying to modernize our old web usage!
Roberto Gómez
@javiergarmon @vletessier Thank you so much for your feedback! We're having some issues with Spotify and Netflix due to DRM issues although we've already managed to get to an agreement with Google regarding using Widevine so we'll solve the issue really soon. Regarding shortcuts, it's pretty easy for us to add new shortcuts all the time to the browser so please send us any improvement you might think of while using NOVA!
Siufts.

I have been able to take advantage of a NOVA beta test since January 5 of this year, and I can tell you that this browser can go very far, it is currently very young, but it has very big potential.

Pros:

NOVA is very easy to use, innovative in its domain, integrating Horbito directly with it, which Integration of Word/Excel/Powerpoint.

Cons:

Lack of simple functionality for browsers (password manager, history...) - But these features are planned for future versions.

Roberto Gómez
Thank you so much for your feedback Siufts! You're totally right, we're working really hard on adding new "browser functionality" like a password manager, history or extension support. We'll release new features very soon!
Jul Marthern
Innovador y dinámico, fresco. Habrá que probarlo a fondo
Roberto Gómez
@jul_marthern Por favor no dudes en contactarnos con cualquier problema, duda o sugerencia que puedas tener!
cacarr
I'm definitely interested in checking out the Linux beta.
Roberto Gómez
@cacarr Sorry about that... we'll release the Linux app ASAP