Alloy

A web browser for the power user

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A web browser for the power user

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Launch tags:Mac•Web App•Productivity

Launch Team

I downloaded this excited to try it... and then it's Mac only. Maybe the website should mention that? Also, are you considering a Windows and/or Linux version?

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10yr ago

Alloy

Maker

@bgiesing39 Thanks for the input, a mentioning on the website is definetly needed. Releases for Windows/Linux are planned for the near future.

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10yr ago

Klear for iOS

Nice product. Love the idea and the right-click menu which has only one option - open a new tab. But as Ben said, moving to a new browser is a big commitment. I would definitely try a Chrome extension with the same functionality.

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10yr ago

Alloy

Maker

@yuvmaoz Thanks for the feedback! We will add more features to make this swap easier. We considered a Chrome extension, but decided that a new application would leave us more freedom. With a new app we can tailor the user interface to the functionality. We try to improve the modern browser as a whole.

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10yr ago

@yuvmaoz I agree, what was the rationale for not doing the extension route?

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10yr ago

Maze

A couple of thoughts : - I find the product to be beautiful, very light & clean, great job! - I really like the idea of having a task based navigation: have you thought about binding browsing history to a specific task (What pages did I browse when looking to book my holidays? Which stack overflow answers did I skim through to solve this particular problem). This is a real opportunity to have a context-based history. Now for the questions: - Why not build a chrome extension instead? - Are there any plans to bind tasks to trello / waffle boards? This + the context-based history would be a real time saver in my case! Again, great product, great execution and design!

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10yr ago

Alloy

Maker

@widawskij Thanks for your feedback! A context-based history sounds great. We are planning an archive for done tasks, where you see all the open tabs or "starred urls" for this task. We considered a Chrome extension, but decided that a new application would leave us more freedom. With a new app we can tailor the user interface to the functionality. The possiblity to bind tasks to task-management tools like trello is not planned for the near feature, but it is definetly an improvement we will keep in mind.

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10yr ago

Alloy

Maker

Hello Product Hunt! I'm the developer and designer of Alloy. The idea of a task-based browser went to my mind as I had multiple Chrome windows open, each packed with Tabs for different tasks and purposes. I started developing a sample application as a proof of concept for this task-based browser. After a lot of improvements and added functionality, Alloy was born. Alloy is built up on Tasks, of which every has its own Tablist. You only see the relevant Tabs for your current Task. Currently Alloy is still an alpha release and we'd love to hear your opinion and feedback. If you've got any questions feel free to ask them here or tweet us https://twitter.com/browsewithalloy

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10yr ago

@simoncaminada I use a similar concept - windows with multiple tabs for the window's topic (currently at 243 tabs). Though, I require a lot of plug-in functionality like rescuetime, evernote, buffer, black menu, hangout, grammarly, datanyze and so many used daily. I can imagine this going to be good, keep up.

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10yr ago

Alloy

Maker

@andmitsch Thanks, extensions are for many users a trival requirement, so we are planning to implement them as soon as possible.

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10yr ago

@simoncaminada Wow, I have often wondered if I am really badly organised to need 20-30+ browser tabs open at a time of things I need to do/follow up. I'm going to give this a try and hopefully it'll make my life a LOT easier! Edit: damn, Mac only!

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10yr ago

Alloy

Maker

@boogsau Windows/Linux releases are planned for the future, you can sign up to our newsletter on our website and opt-in for these updates (http://alloy.simoncaminada.ch/)

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10yr ago

Pixel Egg Studio

this is a clean web browser, but I can not login to amazon.com cause it does not enable cookie. any idea?

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10yr ago

Pixel Egg Studio

After a re-try, now I can login to amazon.com, :)

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10yr ago

Alloy

Maker

@ryh1113 Thanks for the info. Currently it's still an alpha release so bugs could occur from time to time. If you'd like to help us improve our browser, we'd be thankful if you'd post a screenshot and a short description of the problem to twitter (https://twitter.com/browsewithalloy) or email us (alloy@simoncaminada.ch).

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10yr ago

Product Hunt

Looks great! Definetly will download if when I get on to my pc. @simoncaminada Are you Swiss by any chance? Saw the .ch domain :D

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10yr ago

Alloy

Maker

@calum_webb Thanks! We would like to hear your feedback. Yes I'm Swiss, there's also a tiny hint on the Alloy website ;)

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10yr ago

Product Hunt

@simoncaminada Sure! Once I download it I'll provide some feedback :) That's great! Happy to see another Swiss Product Hunter :D Had to look hard for the hint, Saw the AirBNB finally haha :)

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10yr ago

This sounds really interesting! I face this problem all the time - various tabs open belonging to a specific thing I'm trying to achieve right now, and then a bunch more for another, leading to tab overload. I usually distribute to multiple windows, or even seperate browsers sometimes, to get around this currently. @simoncaminada in Alloy are all tabs open all the time and you're just showing and hiding them as required? Or are you actually closing and re-opening tabs? I can see the latter being beneficial for memory footprint. Also what about assigning single tabs to multiple tasks - can you do that? And is this built on Electron? I presume so from some of the comments. Haven't downloaded yet myself but will do as soon as I can to give it a try.

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10yr ago

Alloy

Maker

@mposborne Thanks! I think many users know this problem too well. Currently all tabs are loaded and visible/hidden based on the current task. The reason for this is audio playback and live updates like messaging apps in different tasks. This is one of the top topics in performance optimization. Assigning single tabs to multiple tasks isn't possible at the moment, but that is an interesting feature we will consider to implement. Yes, Alloy is currently built on Electron. With the growth of the app we probably will rethink the development process and consider to rebuild the app without it.

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10yr ago

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