Re:Show HN: Glide, an extensible, keyboard-focused web browser
by MarsIronPI on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @06:55PM
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Huh. I always end up with a mini tab explosion every time I do anything intensive like skimming docs or shopping/product comparison. Does that ever happen to you? Or do you just close all the resulting tabs as soon as you're done?
Sorry if the questions are a little much; as a tab hoarder I'm always curious when productive people make do with small numbers of tabs.
Re:Show HN: Glide, an extensible, keyboard-focused web browser
by robotamerica on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @08:32PM
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no worries about the questions, happy to share. i am pretty good at closing off unused tabs as i don't like the clutter.
for comparative work i use split tabs and for document skimming i use reader mode + anytime i feel overwhelmed i will start saving things to pocket to skim or search through later.
with glide you can also make keymaps:
glide.keymaps.set("normal", "gd", () => openOrFocus("docs.google.com/document", "https://docs.google.com"), { description: "Go Docs" });
so i can close a tab quickly in normal mode using: tx. then hit gd to open google docs as an example.
i do have a hidden bookmarks bar with a ton of junk and sites i rarely open, but it is there if i need to find something.