Back in December, I announced the first release of Tab Deck, a Chrome extension designed to save, organize, and reopen groups of browser tabs. You can read the original announcement here: Exploring Tab Deck.
During my holidays, I used a calm and peaceful evening (my baby girl was sleeping) to work on polishing the user experience, adding a few quality-of-life improvements, and refreshing the UI with the help of Cursor. Today, I’m introducing version 1.1.0! I also drafted the new one page site: https://organizer.solutions/tabdeck.html.
✨ What’s New in v1.1.0
🎨 Modern Card-Based UI
The popup now features a clean, card-based design with smooth animations and hover effects. Managing your tab sets feels more intuitive and visually engaging.
⏳ Loading States & Empty States
No more confusion during operations—loading indicators provide instant feedback, and if you don’t have any tab sets saved yet, you’ll see a helpful empty state with clear actions to get started.
🔍 Enhanced Search
The search bar is now debounced and highlighted, making it faster and easier to filter through your tab sets in real time.
⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts
Two new shortcuts have been added:
- Ctrl+S → Save current tabs
- Ctrl+N → Create a new empty deck (add a new tab using context menu in the given page)
🔔 Notifications
Every action (save, edit, delete, etc.) now provides a toast notification, so you know exactly what’s happening without breaking your flow.
⚙️ Options & Settings Page
The Options Page has also been redesigned and expanded into a proper dashboard:
- 📊 Statistics: Number of decks, total tabs, last updated times
- 💾 Storage Monitoring: Visual usage bars for storage
- 📤 Export/Import: Backup and restore your tab decks
- 🧹 Data Management: Clear everything with a confirmation dialog
🔧 Under the Hood
This release also comes with several invisible but important improvements:
- Robust message queue system between popup and background worker
- Retry logic to handle failures gracefully
- Context menu synchronization when decks change
- Optimized event delegation for faster performance
- Lazy loading for large tab sets
🗺️ Road Ahead
There’s still plenty of room for improvement—new ideas and features are already on the roadmap. But the main focus of this release was a smoother, more reliable user experience with a modernized UI.
If you want to give Tab Deck v1.1.0 a try, grab it from the Chrome Web Store or jump to the landing page and let me know your thoughts. Your feedback helps shape the next iterations!
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