Awesome tool. Love it. But regarding the UI, it should be soon improved. Here are some very useful improvements based on general (web) standards:
SYMBOL
- Use flat colors instead of textured shapes. Textures shapes can't even be seen when an image is very mall like symbols.
- Add rounded corners to the grey (also flat) background square, to let it feel "smoother"
Please note, that for symbols, the character anyways is just a little bit too detailed, this can be noticed when having a look at thin lines, these can't even be seen at that size.
MENU / SUBMENUS
- There should be settings for the addon to remove the "Advanced" tab (like "Show Advanced Tab" in a settings menu. This also decreases the space the addon needs. Please note, that for using the addon, the character isn't necesarry and is just stealing a lot of space, which isn't needed in general. It is a visual marketing thing, it could be done better by just moving the character (inlcuding the text) more to the right, while keeping the distance to the left border the same as the "Advanced" tab button. Should be minimum about 15 pixels. Or, just remove it in case the "Advanced" tab is deactivated.
- "Close similar Tabs" should be a main entry in the list. Only when clicking on "Close similar tabs", the tabs which can be grouped should be displayed in a submenu.
- "Group similar Tabs" should also work like "Close similar tabs"
- There should be a setting for the domain entries to choose from Domain "Name" or "URL", like "Google" or "google.com"
- "Quick Actions" should be placed left from "Advanced", as reading generally happens from left to right, which means "Advanced" is the second option to choose, instead the first.
- as the submenu opens to the left, the submenu arrow should be on the left side
- The menu should be logically reordered / renamed like seen below, as it currently isn't ordered 100% logically:
[Category "Sort"]
Sort Tabs by Domain
< Group Similar Tabs [only domain URL / real names listed in sub menu]
[Category Close]
< Close Similar Tabs [only domain URL / real names listed in sub menu]
Remove Duplicate Tabs
[Category "Accelerate"]
Unload Other Tabs
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[Manage]
< Copy Tabs to Clipboard
< Save Tabs to File
Import Tabs
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Settings [if needed]
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Buy A Coffee
Please note, that stuff written in [...] is just a note. The Categories "Sort" / "Close" / "Accelerate" can be part of the visible UI.To make it easyer to read, it could be done like this:
[B]Sort[B]
Sort Tabs by Domain
< Group Similar Tabs [Submenu entry: "Google" or "google.com"]
[B]Close[B]
< Close Similar Tabs [Submenu entry: "Google" or "google.com"]
Remove Duplicate Tabs
[B]Accelerate[B]
Unload Other Tabs
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[B]Manage[B]
< Copy Tabs to Clipboard
< Save Tabs to File
Import Tabs
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Settings
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Buy A Coffee
Hint: [B] means it could be a headline, visually different to the rest, it can be bold (not recommended), smaller or even own a lighter color.
Please note, that placing the arrow at the left side should be tested. It might not feel as good as intended. It depends on the general look of the UI. I think, that both solutions might work visually well somehow, but logically the arrow at the left side might be more logic. Also, the category headlines aren't needed, but could help the categorize the sections as user. when not adding headlines, it is strongly recommended to add "sub-lines", or just lines to separate these sections from another.
I believe by that changes, it will get close to perfect. Hope this helps to make it just perfect!
Please also have a look at this addon too, which has some other features, especially regarding the hash tags which should make a lot of sense: "Close duplicate tab" from "heppokofrontend.dev".
