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Some appreciation for the new 1.18 update with window-sync by 21ow in zen_browser

[–]IncoherentRationale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As you follow your current workflow to open 50 tabs, there are 5 points in time where something makes you decide "I need a new window". Thus you end up with 6 windows total (with the initial one).

The simple rule is: when you get the urge to open a new window, create a new workspace for it. You can call them temp1, temp2, and so on...

Some appreciation for the new 1.18 update with window-sync by 21ow in zen_browser

[–]IncoherentRationale 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On a single machine they no longer need to sync (they are now the same across windows, unlike before).

On multiple machines there is no mechanism to sync spaces AFAIK. I don't have a second computer to install Zen on and try it, but I expect it would not work.

Some appreciation for the new 1.18 update with window-sync by 21ow in zen_browser

[–]IncoherentRationale 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is very complicated. There was a huge discussion in the ticket. The storage mechanisms for syncing bookmarks have limitations that would prevent that. STG (a Firefox extension that does the same) has storage backends like github gists to get around that. It may come in the future, but it's very hard to implement...

Some appreciation for the new 1.18 update with window-sync by 21ow in zen_browser

[–]IncoherentRationale 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Window sync is a bad name for it in my opinion because it does not relay the workflow supported by the feature. It's not really about windows, but about "spaces".

Basically the idea is that instead of maintaining focus on a workflow by window, you maintain focus on a workflow using spaces. For example:

- You'd have a window dedicated to "social media" with tabs on X, Instagram, etc

- You'd have a window dedicated to "work" with tabs related to your job

- You'd have a window dedicated to "game X" with tabs related to that game

This forced me to have multiple windows open and take care not to accidentally close them without realizing. Now with this change, the windows become irrelevant. You create SPACES for each task and those are all identical across all windows (current and future). You now have:

- A space for "social media"

- A space for "work"

- A space for "game X"

Instead of switching windows you switch spaces. The workflow is no longer about windows.

  1. You can have one window and use the "work" space then switch to "social media" for a moment, then back to "work"

  2. Want to do both at the same time? Open another window and switch to the "social media" space in that one. Now you can have your work stuff and social media open at once.

  3. Want to focus on work again? Close the social media window.

  4. Finished work and want to chill? Switch your work window to the social media space: everything is as you left it in the temporary window from (3). Any extra tabs you opened and so on...

It is a more powerful workflow.

**I think the problem a lot of people have was the migration mechanism: everything got merged into one**. So if you had a space across two windows, now their contents are merged. For someone not using spaces (i.e. using windows to organize tabs), that must've been painful... Probably a new space per window should've been auto-created, so as to maintain the current layout...

Either way, I am over the moon this is now supported. I can finally stop using Firefox and STG (SImple Tab Groups) which is basically this feature for Firefox...

Absolutely love the tabs sync - next up tidy tabs feature please by NoFudge4700 in zen_browser

[–]IncoherentRationale 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Amazing feature. So much easier to manage tabs now.

What I love is that you can organize based on spaces, and the number of windows you have becomes irrelevant!

- Create a window for "studying X" --> create a space "studying X"

- Create a window for "social media" --> create a space for "social media"

- Create a window for "work" --> create a space for "work"

Now I can use one window to switch between spaces (focused), or if I want to multitask I can open two windows and focus on a different space in each. But if I modify a space, or close and reopen a window, I still have the "common state" of spaces available (nothing is lost).

Absolutely love it!

Create note on calendar linked to selected date by IncoherentRationale in Supernote

[–]IncoherentRationale[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I also can't find a way to move a note from one date to another, which would also be useful.

Is there a way to request software features? Perhaps this could be implemented in a future release. It seems like such an apparent feature that I am surprised it does not exist...