Hello Product Hunt! We're really excited to share NOVA with you today and get all your feedback. Google Chrome was launched more than 10 years ago and it still works exactly the same way (although the way we work has drastically changed). We now live online and always work using our browser, we don't really use our OS anymore, our web browsers have actually become the real Operating System which we use to access the programs we need. If so, why doesn't it behave like such? Introducing NOVA, a web browser where you interact with your webapps using an OS-like interface, with icons, badges and windows. Add new apps using the App Store or turn any website you want into an app through Vintage Browser. Although the product is not finished (we want to add plugins support, SSO, cookie sync, better integrations...) we wanted to share our MVP with you ASAP to get the most feedback possible and improve NOVA as fast as we can. Please ask any question you might have, @javiergarmon and I will love to answer absolutely any doubt or suggestion you might have! Thank you!

is this a chromium based? what about apps that would work better with extensions on chrome? does this support that? EDIT: I am enjoying it so far, but please find a way to manage the taskbar, or at least allow me to drag and drop. Managing the taskbar and windows is lil bit nightmare here. Also, please allow managing cookies and history as well, or maybe an omnisearch to look for history and windows/ tabs management. Also, I use Google to log in to Raindrop and Raindrop failed to open the login window of Google. Spotify is unable to play music in there. Any fixes?

Great tool!

Pros:

Its dynamic, quick and helps me get my shit done more efficiently

Cons:

I haven't found any yet. If there are some, I bet devs will get it sorted in no time.

Really cool video :O

Pros:

Great to get back to this UX based on frameworks or windows. Is comfortable to manage my web apps this way and say goodbye to chrome tabs.

Cons:

It would be wonderful to use this UX to make easier drag and drop things from one app to an other!

IMHO, this product is just what the market of Web browsers need. It has a neat interface (similar to others like shift or station) but adds incredible value on how windows are managed. Pros: Clearly is a good approach on how the future of Web browsers will be. I really like the introduction of windows again cos I am pretty tired of tabs or other products which doesn't allow me to multitask as I would like to. Cons: Until now, not a single one. I've downloaded the app for Windows 10 and both onboarding and first minutes with Nova have been so impressive.

Before tabs, before Chrome, there were... wait for it... windows! I can't try this because it's not available for Linux yet, but from the video, it looks a lot like Franz/Rambox/Wavebox etc. etc. With added windows. I'm not entirely convinced but I will keep an open mind and give the Linux version a go when it's available.

How does this compare in memory usage to something like Station? I find that app to quickly move up the ladder in terms of RAM usage and it made me quickly delete it from my computer. It's a great idea but if it slows down my computer overall, that's a deal breaker.

Hey, love the idea. I've been using Station from quite some time now, how is this any different/better ?

The only thing that sucks about browsers like these is you lose all of your Chrome extensions...which for me is a deal-breaker.

This reinforces the same thinking that has led us down the computing rabbit hole we are in today; we have created a divide between programmers and users. I would love to see products/projects that give people agency to create in the digital world, not just *consume*.

Pros:

The video production quality is great.

Cons:

The video makes the claim that this is a new browser, but its just chromeOS running on Mac or PC. This is not new.

I really like your promo video. 👏 Mind sharing how you did it or who did it for you?

Some of the things I wish Nova covers by next version: -No support for in-app extensions like Grammarly for Gmail -Spotify title bar is hiding under Nova's title bar - doesn't allow you to minimize or close -The previous state of my browser isn't saved and there is no option to do so. I need to login to Spotify every time I close and open Nova - When I uninstall an app, the browser just moves to the home screen. I need to click on Nova to see whether it was uninstalled or even to uninstall another app. Ideally, it should stay on Nova

Pros:

It is easy to Use and much better than Tabs. Actually works really well for workplace since the work stack is limited

Cons:

There are some UX problems which I have listed down.

It's a new, fun yet practical way to use a browser. I couldn't see from the website where you are based. Spain? I'd push the European-ness if so. I love to use home grown products!

Pros:

Really simple, modern interface. Intuitive. 25GB of storage. Built in communication with your people.

Cons:

I'd like to edit the app icons the vintage browser creates. Twitter: great, The Guardian: a bit boring. Hideable horbito NOVA bar.

Hi Roberto, Accepting any new integrations now? If yes, where should I write down my suggestions? Thanks 🙌

- an amazing idea that has been really well-executed. - love the real-time sync between my Macbook and iMac Pro. - automatic grouping/tabbing of pages from same app is really useful. - windows based UI helps multi-tasking. Drawbacks: - Is not able to keep tab states between different sessions - need to reopen tabs and app everytime Nova is opened. - is at least six months away using this as a primary browser. Looking forward to the extension and cookie sync support.

Pros:

The UI is really simple, modern and intuitive (very GNOME-ish). 25GB of free storage (Y)

Cons:

Lack of Chrome extension support - this is a deal-breaker.

Not convinced... Seems like an idealistic approach of the web. I prefer to dock some chrome tabs to windows task bar and use franz for few web apps. But good luck to you.

@javiergarmon @robby2023 Thank you for this tool which is very cool ! Pros : - Easy to use - Nice to make website clickable app Cons : - Issues with some apps : I don't know if other people have the same issue but I do have some app which don't work well for now. Indeed, some app allow us to click but nothing happen (I do have this essue for Spotify and Google Drive). - Any way to make the windows organizing "themselves" ? Windows help us to organize multiple app on one screen with shortcuts as "Windows+right/left/up/down". It would be great to have something similar in NOVA beacause the concept is based on windows. Thanks for trying to modernize our old web usage!

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I have been able to take advantage of a NOVA beta test since January 5 of this year, and I can tell you that this browser can go very far, it is currently very young, but it has very big potential.

Pros:

NOVA is very easy to use, innovative in its domain, integrating Horbito directly with it, which Integration of Word/Excel/Powerpoint.

Cons:

Lack of simple functionality for browsers (password manager, history...) - But these features are planned for future versions.

Innovador y dinámico, fresco. Habrá que probarlo a fondo