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I spent quite a lot of time working on this one over the last 1.5
years. It started as a small project for my personal use because I
wanted to keep all my self-hosted services visible so I wouldn't
forget they existed lol. Using a web page wasn't ideal because of
the white flicker every time I opened a new tab, so I decided to
make this into a browser extension. From that time on, it became a
lot bigger and got some traction (which I'm very happy about).
It's made with React, but I tried to squeeze maximum performance
(limited by my skills and desire to keep it somewhat readable,
though) out of it. UI/UX was a big priority for me in this project,
so I also tried to streamline it as much as possible and make Anori
a joy to use. If you decide to try it, let me know how good I did!
Oh, and it's open source [1] and the process of adding new widgets
is documented [2], so you can make your own! [1]:
https://github.com/OlegWock/anori [2]:
https://github.com/OlegWock/anori/blob/master/DEVELOPMENT_AN...
Author : OlegWock
Score : 31 points
Date : 2024-04-19 08:34 UTC (14 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (anori.app)
(TXT) w3m dump (anori.app)
| ishandotpage wrote:
| Hey, this is pretty cool! I used to love iGoogle back in the day.
| Great job!
| JohnDeHope wrote:
| My current favorite here is start.me but I'll give this a whirl.
| mog_dev wrote:
| Looks cool, but I wish it would let me use the search engine I
| configured (Kagi) instead of shoving Google down my throat.
| cdchn wrote:
| I've been using Markdown New Tab for this for years and I'm
| completely in love with it
| https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/markdown-new-tab/de...
| mog_dev wrote:
| Neat ! Firefox version here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-
| US/firefox/addon/markdown-new-...
| S_Pineapple wrote:
| Absolutely fantastic. I was a big fan of iGoogle and this looks
| amazing. Going to give it a whirl definitely.
| squigz wrote:
| I've been looking to make my new tab page more useful, so this
| seems a good excuse :)
|
| I've immediately noted a white flicker when opening a new tab
| though. This is unfortunately a big issue for me.
| squigz wrote:
| Also, is there a particular place you'd like
| feedback/suggestions? For now I'll add any thoughts I have to
| this comment:
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| - Display the widget type somewhere, maybe in the Edit Widget
| modal title
|
| - The ability to adjust/disable the grid snapping would be cool
|
| - Some simple color themes alongside the pictures
| pimlottc wrote:
| Mind explaining a bit further for those who aren't familiar with
| iGoogle?
| cqqxo4zV46cp wrote:
| "Back in the day, we used to have these things called
| homepages..."
| djbusby wrote:
| One could even fit their own "widgets" into their homepage to
| extend functionality, eg show the weather or tide.
| Liquix wrote:
| don't chrome and firefox both still have new tab/home pages?
| it's just that most HN users turned the feature off when they
| started displaying ads and propaganda.
| yesbut wrote:
| Funny seeing iGoogle mentioned. I have a friend that used to work
| on iGoogle, but he wasn't very good at JS. He asked me to assist
| with some code he was working on and I added a little signature
| comment to indicate that I worked on the code. They put the code
| into production wholesale and never removed my signature comment.
| It remained there until they shut it down.
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