Slidepad

Name: Slidepad
Rating: 4.6 (5 reviews)

A slide over browser on your Mac

4.6•5 reviews•

37 followers

A slide over browser on your Mac

4.6•5 reviews•

37 followers

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By slide in and slide out, Slidepad brings iPad style multitasking to your Mac. Using Slidepad is as easy as using your dock.

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@potterdaii thanks for developing this tool. However, I've found it unusually difficult to uninstall - could you please provide guidance? Thanks!

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6yr ago

Slidepad

Maker

@potterdaii @kildegaardp Hi, sorry for my late reply! To uninstall you can drag Slidepad to Trash Can, and delete it from there! = )

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6yr ago

Thanks, @potterdaii. However I cannot move it to the Trash Can because I cannot close the program. I'd appreciate your help.

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6yr ago

Slidepad

Maker

@potterdaii @kildegaardp Currently you can close Slidepad by clicking the icon located at the menubar ( https://imgur.com/8POE8Oj ). This is indeed a bit confusing and should be improved! = )

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6yr ago

@potterdaii thanks!

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6yr ago

Slidepad

Maker

Hello, I'm the maker of Slidepad! Very surprised to see it posted here! = ) Thank you @buzzb0x for sharing it! Slidepad is my very first Mac App, if you happen to encounter any problems or have any suggestions, please do tell me! = ) I made Slidepad simply because I was very fascinated by the idea of Station, but found it too heavy for me to use it every day. In the end, all I need is a simple tool that allows me to glance at it and do a quick action, like taking down a to-do or sending a quick message. So I hybrid Helium, Station, and slide-over window from iPad, Slidepad was born. I do hope you guys will like it! =D

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6yr ago

Hunter

@potter_dai I added you as the Maker :) Two things: the Download button is broken; you should have an about page or at least Twitter link and everything!

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6yr ago

Slidepad

Maker

@buzzb0x I hear you, sorry for the poor support at current stage. I didn't expect to get featured from Product Hunt, and didn't get well prepared. Haha, my bad! Will definitely catch up soon! = )

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6yr ago

@buzzb0x @potter_dai Or, the window can also be made both right and left. Or can be seen at the bottom or upper part of the window. At the same time. These are ideas. I would love to talk to the subject.

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4yr ago

Really great product, congrats! Just thought about 2 things, it would be cool to have the ability to disable the slide with the mouse and to allow location for a service :)

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6yr ago

Slidepad

Maker

@lucas_p Disable/Enable the slide with mouse option has been added in the next update, hopefully to be release today or tomorrow! Stay tuned! = )

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6yr ago

@potter_dai Unfortunately the keyboard shortcut doesn't work anymore since the last update :(

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6yr ago

Slidepad

Maker

Hi @jan_koch1 , sorry but the new update seems to have reset the settings in Slidepad. The shortcut will have to be re-assigned. Really sorry for this, I just fixed the bug and it won't happen in the future updates! = )

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6yr ago

@potter_dai I cannot re-assign it. I can press shift and command, but I cannot use any letter to use it with. Do I need to reinstall the app?

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6yr ago

I love this app. It helps me a lot to organize my stuff. One suggestion: can you change or remove CMD+W shortcut from 'Close current tab'? It could prevent users from closing their tabs accidentally. When I want to hide Slidepad I automatically press CMD+W just like I want to close other app.

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6yr ago

And probably you need a shortcut for 'Re-open recently closed tab'. Just like it works in browsers. CMD+Shift+T or something.

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6yr ago

Slidepad

Maker

@bekzat Hi Bekzat, sorry for my late reply! CMD+W shortcut has been disabled in the latest release! = )

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6yr ago

hi @potter_dai do you have an email I can send support tickets on? Don't think contact@slidepad.xyz went through. Just trying to figure out how to enable links in an external browser. Might be a recent change.

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5yr ago

Slidepad

Maker

@slidepad @artivilla Hi Arti Villa, could you check if you have this option toggled (https://imgur.com/a/dpb9Jko) ? If not please let me know the website, I'll definitely take a look! = )

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5yr ago

@slidepad @potter_dai thank you so much!

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5yr ago

fax2nft

Great idea & app! I especially like that it is based on Safari. A shortcut to switch between spaces would be great.

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6yr ago

Slidepad

Maker

@tafkaf Hi, thank you very much for the suggestion! Tab-switching has been implemented in the next update, hopefully to be released today or tomorrow, stay tuned! = )

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6yr ago

@potter_dai Great app and using the heck out of it, but 3 things needed to for me to make it part of my daily workflow and willing to purchase. 1. Reload and back button on the left sidebar. The sites I keep in sided provide updated data to me, so having to open in and then open menu to refresh the page is a real hassle. I find myself using it less, because I know I have to go through that to see the updated info I use it for in the Space. You could also have a setting that will just automatically refresh a page when I click the tab. 2. Autorefresh on the tabs or at least reload button on side as mentioned above. I would assume a lot of users use this for checking on things. I use it to check specific crypto trades, twitter updates, and news updates, but the hassle required to refresh the page isn't worth keeping it when the steps to clicking on a new tab that already has an auto-refresh extension installed is less steps. 3. Preference setting to open links in new tab in default browser or open as new Space in slide pad.

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6yr ago

Slidepad

Maker

@clickbrain Hmmm, agree! Will implement auto-refresh option in the next update! For now, please use "Command + R" as a temporary workaround. Thank you very much for your feedback! = )

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6yr ago

@potter_dai Sweet! Thanks.

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6yr ago

Slidepad

Maker

@clickbrain Auto refresh has been added in the latest update = ) You can right click at sidebar icon to enable it, then the page will refresh each time you switch to it!

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6yr ago

@potter_dai that is great news! Thank you! I am away on holiday without my MacBook, but will try it when I return.

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6yr ago

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Review your experience using Slidepad-what you liked, what could be better, and how it compares to other tools you've tried. I love Slidepad. I'm pretty sure I use it just as much as Raycast. There are several apps I use multiple times throughout the day. I don't want to keep native app windows open for them because they cluster up my task switcher when ⌥ + Tabbing and I like to keep my Dock fairly minimal and non-distracting. And I don't want to shut them down every time because waiting for an app to load sucks (and besides, most of the Mac versions are just wrappers anyway). I don't want to keep these apps up in browser tabs where I'm working either. If I did, I'd end up spending more time hunting them down across multiple windows since I wouldn't want them open in the same window I'm doing my main work. That and I'd end up suspending them anyway to free up memory for Chrome to devour elsewhere. I could open them in a separate browser—but that opens up a whole separate set of issues. So I put them in Slidepad instead. I mapped the keyboard shortcut to open Slidepad to a button on my MX Master 3 when using my desktop and a four-finger tap on the trackpad when using my laptop. Common Apps I Keep Handy in Slidepad ----- 1. Google Calendar 2. Reflect 3. ChatGPT/Claude 4. Asana 5. Guru 6. Slack 7. Raindrop It's nice because you can hibernate them as well when you're not actively using them. ## Wishlist Here are some quick things I'd love to see Slidepad add in the future. 1. Keyboard shortcut for hibernate/wake up. 2. Ability to set height and width dimensions of the app by active tab so it changes as you activate a tab. 3. Improved quick switcher for tabs. Current shortcuts are fine; but something like Arc had would be great. 4. Ability to inject custom CSS/JS into a tab based on URL pattern. I know of no good alternatives. Not that work like this. I've looked. Most seem to just be sidebars for taking notes.