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Re:Show HN: I am building a Safari Web Extension to switch t... by hk1337 on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @09:45PM (#33811689)
Not to belittle the project because it looks really nice but have you tried the pinch gesture on the trackpad to zoom out and see all your tabs at once? I don't know if it's always been there but apparently there's a box for search tabs.

https://i.imgur.com/bT175kO.png

Re:Show HN: I am building a Safari Web Extension to switch t... by manibatra on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @09:51PM (#33811724)
No worries at all. Appreciate that you like how it looks. I really wanted the feature you mention to be good but alas it is half baked. In fact I have been waiting for Apple to add enough shortcuts to the Tab Overview that it is useful. Right now I have things that I can do with my extension but can't with the Tab Overview :

- I can filter tabs down but can't select them without my hands leaving the keyboard.

- I can't switch between two tabs really fast. My workflow often involves alternating between two tabs.

- Tab overview does not have multi-window support which is important to me as I am often working on multiple monitors with multiple windows open.

- I can't quit, pin, mute a bunch of tabs using the Tab Overview with just keyboard shortcuts.

Re:Show HN: I am building a Safari Web Extension to switch t... by furtive808 on Thursday December 01, 2022 @11:06AM (#33818149)
I didn't know about the pinch gesture or the search, which I have been desperate for. Thanks!
Re:Show HN: I am building a Safari Web Extension to switch t... by ksec on Sunday December 04, 2022 @12:12AM (#33850813)
That Show Tab Overview will Kill you Mac if you have hundreds of Tab, pre Safari 16 it will reload every single one of your Tab to try and get a Screenshot, leading to constant paging to your SSD, which could easily be a few hundred GB before it crash. Post Safari 16 is a little better but still isn't perfect.

Basically Tab Overview isn't for "Lots of Tabs" users.