nice! trail reads like a proper answer to "where did i read that thing last tuesday". curious what the graph surfaces that flat search doesn't. is it mostly adjacency (pages you hopped to right after a given page), topic clustering, or something else? the interesting design call with browsing history is always which axis you privilege, and most tools default to chronological + search, which is basically just a longer search box.
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Cane across this thing first on Reddit and have been tinkering around with it. It is a great idea but I’m still figuring out how to apply it to my workflow. One of those things that makes you go how come no one hasn’t thought about this so far!
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Tested on a 13" MacBook and have some questions
Window doesn't resize. The onboarding window overflows below the Dock and can't be resized - main buttons end up hidden. Had to shrink the Dock just to click them
Not as local as advertised. The welcome screen says "Your data never leaves your computer," but LuLU shows active TCP connections even when the app is minimized. The Privacy Policy confirms it: page titles and text snippets are sent to third-party AI providers to generate clusters and summaries. The PP says you can disable this in Settings - but there's no such toggle in the actual Settings screen.
Pricing isn't transparent. The app is tagged as "Free" on this page, but there's a $5/mo subscription inside. What Pro actually unlocks is unclear - Settings only mentions switching browser sources.
Genuinely interesting idea. But "private and local" needs to be accurate, not aspirational
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Trail - visualize your browsing history
Starnus
i really like the idea here
Trail - visualize your browsing history
@ayda_golahmadi Thank you!
nice! trail reads like a proper answer to "where did i read that thing last tuesday". curious what the graph surfaces that flat search doesn't. is it mostly adjacency (pages you hopped to right after a given page), topic clustering, or something else? the interesting design call with browsing history is always which axis you privilege, and most tools default to chronological + search, which is basically just a longer search box.
Cane across this thing first on Reddit and have been tinkering around with it. It is a great idea but I’m still figuring out how to apply it to my workflow. One of those things that makes you go how come no one hasn’t thought about this so far!
Tested on a 13" MacBook and have some questions
Window doesn't resize. The onboarding window overflows below the Dock and can't be resized - main buttons end up hidden. Had to shrink the Dock just to click them
Not as local as advertised. The welcome screen says "Your data never leaves your computer," but LuLU shows active TCP connections even when the app is minimized. The Privacy Policy confirms it: page titles and text snippets are sent to third-party AI providers to generate clusters and summaries. The PP says you can disable this in Settings - but there's no such toggle in the actual Settings screen.
Pricing isn't transparent. The app is tagged as "Free" on this page, but there's a $5/mo subscription inside. What Pro actually unlocks is unclear - Settings only mentions switching browser sources.
Genuinely interesting idea. But "private and local" needs to be accurate, not aspirational