This is the official user feedback forum for Sidewise, the Google Chrome extension that brings a dockable sidebar and Tree Style Tabs to Chrome.
  1. Fòrum: General
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Opera compatibility

Bruce Hamilton fa 11 anys • 0
I wonder if you would consider tweaking the code to make it more compatible with the Opera 20+ branch. The extension works "fine" in opera, but with only two exceptions. With Opera, it does not respect the target width setting for the sidebar. Each time Opera is restored from the taskbar, Sidewise doubles in width, running off the side of the screen. Second issue is more minor, in that Sidewise has an unexpected and non-working address bar at the top.
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now playing

burning hey fa 12 anys • updated by rage fa 8 anys • 1

Hi,

I really like to use Sidewise. What I am missing, is some kind of indication which ones of the many, many tabs opened, is now playing some sound, eg. music, video or advertising.

I used to have more than 20 Tabs opened, and its really annoying to start chrome the other day, and every single youtube tab begins playing.


The Extension "Stop Autoplay in Background Tabs for Youtube" does not work properly, maybe you can add this to Sidewise too.


Best regards, burninghey

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Used the control + mousewheel to resize text smaller. Result: Sidewise window missing vertical scroll bar, sidewise tabs extend past right side without text truncation, missing refresh and close [x] buttons on tabs even if sidewise window maximized

aich zed fa 12 anys • updated by Hans Müller fa 12 anys • 5

Unbeknownst to me I resized the text a couple sizes down in the sidewise window by using control + mousewheel. Result: tab text continues past the right edge of the screen, there are no more refresh or close [x] icons visible anywhere, and my sidewise window no longer had any vertical scrollbar even with 100's of tabs, even if I maximize the sidewise window.

Recovered by selecting sidewise window and resizing text back up.

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Issue tracker on GitHub... Hang on: NO SOURCE? Is this open source?

Jeffrey 'jf' Lim fa 9 anys • 0

Imagine my delight when I see that the link to a "Github issue tracker" on the home page. So I got to Github and check it out... And then I go to check out the code. What the???? No code? What is going on here? Is this open source? or are you merely using Github as a free issue tracker for your (boo) Non-open source project?

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Toolbar button

Jeremy Wallis fa 12 anys • actualitzat fa 12 anys • 1

First of all, Sidewise is excellent - thanks. Is it possible to have the toolbar button toggle the sidebar on and off? 

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Under review

multiple users support

Max Muster fa 12 anys • updated by Joel Thornton fa 11 anys • 5

I sometimesuse multiplr windows with different user-accounts at once and would love to be able to manage the tabs of all of them in one sidebar

Is there any way to realize that?

Answer
Joel Thornton fa 12 anys

I will investigate what is possible without going through an external server to share cross-session data. My suspicion is that Chrome just treats each Chrome user session as a completely separate running Chrome instance, with no knowledge of the other user-instances that may be running.

Using an outside server would introduce latency and connectivity issues which could complicate the solution considerably.

One potential avenue that is cross-platform and Chrome-specific is using PPAPI to create a message pipe between all Chrome user-instances on which the PPAPI "helper" is installed. I'm not sure if PPAPI is ready for primetime yet though.

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Which Chrome bugs should Sidewise users be commenting on to improve Sidewise?

Dotan Cohen fa 12 anys • updated by Joel Thornton fa 12 anys • 0

I love Sidewise, but it has big problems with needing two windows in Linux. I find it so frustrating to use that I stick with Firefox and Tree Style Tabs, despite the fact that I had donated money to Sidewise.

Which Firefox bugs are preventing Sidewise from implementing a real side-pane in Chrome? Let us know the bug numbers so that we can go in and comment. Thanks.

By the way, I have solved most of the two-window issues with workaround in the Sidewise options and with my window manager Kwin (KDE). However, I still have issues resizing the tab bar, and the two windows don't line up correctly (possibly due to the fact that I use a vertical KDE panel on the side).

Thanks.

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I have 56 urls or tabs in Sidewise. Now it refuses to let me add any more??!!

Peter Lamm fa 12 anys • updated by Pysis fa 9 anys • 1

I have 56 urls or tabs saved in Sidewise. Now it absolutely refuses to let me add any more??!! Meaning I can add new folders and links but anything additional to the existing 56 are a) not reflected when I export the links b) will disappear upon restart of SideWise or Chrome c) if i collapse the extra folder it will not re-open d) the 'extra' links refuse to wake up if hibernated

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Under review

Showing active and hibernated tabs seperately in windows and sessions

Max Muster fa 12 anys • updated by Joel Thornton fa 12 anys • 1

Example: "Window (4 active, 5 hibernated)" instead of "Window (9 pages)"

Answer
Joel Thornton fa 12 anys

I like this idea but I'm concerned about horizontal space in the sidebar and having the (# open, # hibernated) stat run off the right edge of the sidebar pane for many users. I'd like to come up with an intuitive abbreviated format like (# O, # H) though that particular example isn't terribly intuitive.

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Open on startup behaviour

Jeremy Wallis fa 12 anys • updated by Alex P-B fa 12 anys • 1

If you close Chrome with the sidebar visible, it will still be visible when you restart Chrome. Having un-ticked the option 'Open Sidebar on startup' I'd be happier if it honoured that option regardless of the state on close. Can you change that behaviour or add an option / sub-option?



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