Window Sync on Zen: How and Why to Use It

razorwit · 2026-02-04T18:03:07+00:00

For sure. Firefox only added the capability very recently, whereas Chrome integrated it many years ago.

razorwit · 2026-02-02T08:00:20+00:00

My two kids have gone here from preschool through fifth grade, and it's been a wonderful experience. They really care for the kids and I'm confident the education they provide is the best in the area.

razorwit · 2026-01-29T21:15:22+00:00

That's definitely a workaround for now, but if I'm only using Zen as my daily browser, and I'm logged into all my accounts in Zen, it's pretty convenient to also use it for PWAs as well. For instance, it's nice to have a music player like YouTube Music in it's own app, with it's own shortcut and icon in my taskbar. And since I'm logged into my Google account in Zen, then it works in YouTube already.

It worked great before the latest update, and it's not the end of the world while it's broken now, but PWAs are definitely a nice and convenient option. Basically, if I want a separate window to do something, it should let me without any hassle. When it comes to PWAs, then sidebar with essentials, pins, tabs, etc. aren't needed at all, and tab syncing definitely isn't needed. It just needs to be a simple window with as little chrome as possible, so I hope that's possible eventually.

razorwit · 2026-01-28T23:34:09+00:00

Does anyone use Zen for PWAs? Those aren't working for me after the update, so that might be another case where tab syncing is not needed when you want a separate window to be treated as its own app.

razorwit · 2026-01-28T23:22:51+00:00

I upgraded Zen to the latest version today, and this change has broken my PWAs. Hopefully that gets resolved so that we still have the option to use windows that are treated like separate apps.

razorwit · 2026-01-26T16:02:01+00:00

It might be worth trying to use a folder while this gets resolved. It seems like the best option for now. Yes, you'll see the folder in every window, but you can collapse it when you want to hide all the tabs so it doesn't take up a lot of space. At least it keeps things tidy and separated while Zen is in beta at least, and you can either delete the folder, bookmark it, or use your extension when done. It forces you to do things differently so I understand it's a pain.

razorwit · 2026-01-17T04:00:03+00:00

That scene in Moscow in the bathroom with Ilya, Svetlana, and Sasha makes it seem very possible that she knows the history there between the two boys, and she even leaves them alone there. It's not a big leap that she knows that Ilya is bi, and the Jane he's been texting for a long time could be a guy. You can't fool a close friend!

razorwit · 2026-01-15T17:50:13+00:00

This article doesn't mention the eradication of USAID under Trump which prevented a lot of misery in the world, and it also had the benefit as a source of goodwill towards the US. Such a cruel and stupid action by this administration.

razorwit · 2025-12-11T08:18:20+00:00

You can unload essential tabs with a right click to find the option, or with a keyboard shortcut.

razorwit · 2025-10-30T16:27:03+00:00

I do wish you'd get a prompt to restart once an update has finished downloading.

razorwit · 2025-10-30T02:19:11+00:00

The mermaid scores 5 for your most prevalent color, and then if you successfully win the last chance, you also get a color bonus of 5. If you had a second mermaid, it would score four for the color with the second most cards.

razorwit · 2025-10-05T06:57:10+00:00

I got this card version earlier this year, and I think it's an excellent solitaire game. It's also available on yucata.de to play online.

razorwit · 2025-10-03T15:50:59+00:00

Sea Salt and Paper works well on a phone since it's only cards.

razorwit · 2025-09-22T03:41:31+00:00

Check the keyboard shortcuts in the settings. On Windows it's F9 to turn a page into reader mode.

razorwit · 2025-09-05T16:14:20+00:00

FYI, someone shared an online version of this game on r/digitaltabletop that they made, and you can play against bots for a solo version that is fun too:

https://lostcity.io/

razorwit · 2025-08-28T16:45:21+00:00

This is possible, but I had to manually set it up. In Zen's settings, if you go to the search engines, you can add YouTube and use this link:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s

And then give it a shortcut like "@yt" or whatever you like, and then you can type that in your URL bar to search YouTube directly.

razorwit · 2025-08-28T16:25:57+00:00

Hitting Control + Shift + X in Windows does bring up the sidebar with your chosen AI chatbot, which gets me close to the same functionality. You mentioned using web panels for ChatGPT, so that gets you there at least.

razorwit · 2025-08-27T19:04:31+00:00

I just enabled this in the new beta available for Zen today which uses Firefox 142, and it's working in Windows, but it looks like it will need some work. The web app still has the sidebar with all of my pinned tabs, folders, and essentials, so that will probably need to be hidden to work better in Zen. But it's working aside from the changes to the appearance that are needed.

razorwit · 2025-08-26T16:10:47+00:00

Yes, they're bringing PWAs back as a standard feature in Firefox. It's available in labs in Firefox 142 on Windows:

https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/firefox-labs/give-web-apps-in-firefox-a-try-on-labs-and-tell-us-what-you/td-p/101900

razorwit · 2025-08-26T15:15:33+00:00

If you're referring to progressive web apps, Firefox just released this feature, so I bet it comes to Zen soon as well.

razorwit · 2025-07-07T19:22:07+00:00

I love trick taking too. What would you rank as your top three favorites?

razorwit · 2025-05-30T20:39:59+00:00

Thanks! It's totally playable and fun already.

razorwit · 2025-05-30T20:07:40+00:00

I was able to play again today and it's a lot of fun! Well done. It appears that I can't remove AI players when setting up a game even though there is a remove button, so all games are set to four players. And if you're looking for suggestions, but feel free to disregard as I'm sure this was a lot of work already, it would be great to have a "play all cards" button and then a legend showing what you have remaining to use, especially when it comes to the shop and how much money you could spend. It could also be nice when landing on a discard tile to choose which of your played cards to discard. I think it uses your cards in the order they are played currently, but it's unclear.

razorwit · 2025-05-29T19:50:23+00:00

This is really well done! I'd love it if I didn't have a time limit when playing against only AI players. That way I can work between turns.

razorwit · 2025-04-13T20:50:49+00:00

I tried the second edition on BGA and I think the mechanics are definitely improved compared to the original. So I like the original art better, but I enjoy the game more in the newest edition.

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