181 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by John Brown, 3 years agoBeen using nightTab for well over a year now; first on Chrome and now I'm on Firefox.
I'm super fickle about the look of my workspace, be that physical or digital, and this makes nightTab invaluable for me.
Compared to the alternatives I've tried:
1):
The bookmarking functionality is similar. I have seen other "new tab" extensions require you bookmark a tab using the browser's bookmark system. nightTab does NOT go this route; instead, you just enter the URL into the bookmark upon creation. I'm a liberal "book-marker" so, I find this to be lovely. There's no mucking up my library of bookmarks.
2):
The UI functionality? It's like nothing I've seen elsewhere, and I love it. This is what really sets nightTab apart in my opinion. There are layout options; bookmark groups; styling options for the page, and everything on it; clock, date, and search bar options; background images/videos.
There is always a balance to be had between customization and accessibility. I think nightTab strikes a good balance; there are plenty of options for customization but, the interface isn't forcing you to learn CSS.
3):
The ability to save your layout as a .json makes replication a breeze. I haven't seen any other extensions deploy this solution but, it's genius; simple and effective. (You do not need to understand what a .json is to use this feature; do not let its mention worry you.)
The json file allows you to easily replicate your layout on different machines; simply download the file and upload it to the browser you'd like to format the same way. This also allows you to have a backup file; store it in a cloud base service and you'll never have to set it up twice.
User Experience):
Looking at nightTabs performance: It just works... I have, literally, never had any unexpected behavior from nightTab. It's relatively easy to set up; it is wholly portable; looks wonderful; and has good documentation if something does confuse you.
My ONLY complaint, which is minor:
The color picking options weren't super intuitive to follow (at least for me; I'm color ignorant). For example: The accent color gives you all three systems for picking color options (hex, RGB, and HSL). The other, "primary color," option only gives you three parameters though. For this value, you can set the value of "primary color", saturation, and contrast range. I am assuming, these correspond respectively, with HSL's hue, saturation, and lightness attributes. But, being that I haven't investigated all that thoroughly, I'm still not too sure. I think if the dev(s) were to clarify, and potentially allow hex/RGB to be used, it would be amazing. All of that said though, I'm nitpicking to an annoying degree; and with that much nitpicking, the only complaint I have is color clarity... for a single option.
Looking at nightTab in its entirety, I couldn't recommend it enough; I am incredibly sensitive to any bits of perceived disorder and nightTab gives me clarity.
Kudos to the dev(s), for real. I love this extension. It's dope, and it keeps me sane.Developer response
posted 3 years agoThank you so much for the very detailed review. I really appreciate it. The project has developed this far because of user feedback and is always evolving. The aim is always to make the user experience better going forward.
I love nitpicking. Here is some context around the colour:
I know what you mean about the colour controls. The primary "Colour" needs to be different as it requires more inputs than all other colours in the app due to the fact this colour is split into 14 shades. These shades are use for everything, like backgrounds, boxe, borders and some text. If you're interested in learning more or would like to discuss details feel free to open discussions on the project repo: https://github.com/zombieFox/nightTab - Rated 5 out of 5by Mayukh, 3 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by artemis, 3 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13022488, 3 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16717913, 3 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Wazuuuup, 3 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Jabinks, 3 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Wojox, 3 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Vaibhav, 3 years agoI would really like to appreciate the efforts you have made it's a great experience for everyone and specially for developer community.
Developer response
posted 3 years agoThanks, do share with the recently created reddit community: https://www.reddit.com/r/nighttab/ - Rated 5 out of 5by HyperMG, 3 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Seal of Approval, 3 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by sas33, 3 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17017293, 3 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by LOLYDERP, 3 years agoWow. So much customization, best home page I've seen, you can make it whatever you want. You get so much control.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13515370, 3 years agoThis addon is very good, I would just like to suggest that an icon be included in the toolbar, if you guys do this it would be perfect, because I don't always need to open another tab. Thank you very much
Developer response
posted 3 years agoHi, thanks! Do you mean the Favicon on the tabs? If so this can now be changed from Settings menu (gear icon) > Layout > Page > Favicon URL - Rated 5 out of 5by 5h0ckw4v3, 3 years agoIt's a pretty cool add-on with a bunch of customization options. However, It stopped working for me as of Aug 16, 2021, after an update.
EDIT
I fixed my issue after a quick remove and reinstall. However, the issue pops back in whenever I try to rename the top group (Cool stuff). I tackled this by entirely removing that group and creating my own.Developer response
posted 3 years agoHi, sorry you are having this issue. nightTab 6.6.0 was last updated on May 24, 2021. My tests show nightTab is still working as expected with the latest version of Firefox.
I'm not sure what might be causing this issue for you, have you installed anything new which could be interfering nightTab?
Edit
Can you create an new ticket here please: https://github.com/zombieFox/nightTab/issues
Please provide step to recreate the issue as well as your OS, browser, extensions installed and version numbers. Sharing your nightTab backup JSON will also help me understand what might be causing this issue. I'll do my best to investigate. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16992050, 3 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Tpk Taz, 3 years ago
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- Rated 5 out of 5by JaxHunterExtensions, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 16152426, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Rexor, 4 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Volsson, 4 years ago