Changelog

🧭 Improved Page Layout

• Major placement refinements across TabBud for a more intuitive experience
• Important actions and navigation elements are now positioned where they are easier to discover
• Improved spacing and visual hierarchy for better readability

➕ New Space, Now Easier to Find

• The New Space option has been moved to the top of the sidebar
• Makes creating and managing spaces more discoverable
• A clearer placement for one of TabBud's most important actions

👤 Easier Access to Profile & Settings

• Profile and Settings have been moved from the avatar thumbnail to the top-right section of the page
• This change was driven by user feedback from people who had difficulty finding these options
• Settings and account-related actions are now immediately visible and easier for everyone to access

⚙️ Settings, Reimagined

• Settings have been redesigned from a modal view into a drawer experience
• More space to organize and understand settings
• Clearer separation between different settings sections
• A more natural way to explore and update your preferences

🔘 Button Improvements

• Refined button placement, sizing, spacing, and interactions
• Improved consistency across different areas of TabBud
• Clearer visual hierarchy for primary and secondary actions

🔔 Stay Updated with TabBud

• Introducing a new Notifications section
• Stay up to date with important TabBud changes, improvements, and announcements
• A seamless way for us to share future updates without getting in your way

💡 Additional Improvements

• Fine-tuned spacing and alignment across the interface
• Improved navigation and overall usability
• Minor design refinements and stability improvements
• Continued UX improvements based on user feedback

📝 Improved Notes Experience

• Refined the Notes interface for a cleaner and more comfortable experience
• Improved layout, spacing, and overall usability
• Smoother interactions when working with your notes

⚡ Improved Supercharge Experience

• Refined the Supercharge interface with a cleaner, more intuitive UI
• Improved spacing, layout, and overall experience
• Made the Supercharge experience easier and more pleasant to use

💡 Additional Improvements

• Minor UI improvements across TabBud
• Bug fixes and stability improvements
• Small usability refinements based on user feedback
• Continued performance and experience improvements

🧱 A New UI Foundation

• TabBud has moved from Chakra UI to Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui
• A foundational change to make the interface easier to customize and evolve
• The overall TabBud experience remains familiar, while the underlying UI system has been significantly improved

⚡ Better Resource Efficiency

• Reduced UI overhead for a lighter extension experience
• Lower RAM and resource usage
• More efficient rendering across the dashboard and extension

🎛️ Built for Customization

• A more flexible UI foundation gives us greater control over TabBud's components
• Easier to fine-tune layouts, spacing, interactions, and visual details
• Creates a stronger foundation for future UI improvements

🚀 Ready for What's Next

• This release is primarily a foundational upgrade, rather than a major visual redesign
• The new architecture allows us to iterate faster and deliver more meaningful improvements going forward
• Continued focus on performance, customization, and a smoother TabBud experience

📌 Bigger Space Titles

• Larger and more prominent space titles for better visibility
• Easier to quickly identify your current space

🎨 Colorful Collections

• Each collection can now have its own color
• Quickly distinguish collections at a glance
• Improved visual hierarchy with less clutter

🧹 Cleaner Collection Experience

• Reduced clutter across the collection view
• Share, Edit, and Delete actions are now shown when hovering over the collection title
• Cleaner interface while keeping frequently used actions easily accessible

🔄 Move Collections Between Spaces

• Collections can now be moved to any space
• Use the Move option under Update Collection
• Easily reorganize your workspace without recreating collections

💡 Additional Improvements

• General layout and spacing improvements
• Refined visual hierarchy across the UI
• Smoother collection interactions
• Stability and responsiveness improvements
• Continued refinements based on user feedback

🔐 Google Login Support

• "Continue with Google" for faster onboarding
• One-click login, no passwords required

📏 Layout Improvements

• Refinements to visual clarity, hierarchy, spacing, and alignment

📐 Narrow Grid Layout Option

• Compact grid layout choice, available in the Profile Popup

🎛️ Fine-Tuned UX Elements

• Improved padding, card radius, hover states, and responsiveness

💡 Additional Improvements

• Design refreshes
• Faster loading
• Better rendering performance
• Stability improvements

🔄 Reorder Everything

• Reorder entire Spaces and Collections via drag-and-drop

🔤 Improved Fonts & Readability

• Refined typography and enhanced spacing throughout

📐 Resizable Sidebar

• Hover and drag the sidebar boundary to adjust its width

🧱 New Layout Options

• Grid Layout (default, wider spacing)
• List Layout
• Grid List Layout

🖱️ Context Menu Support

• New "Save with TabBud" right-click option

🗒️ Note Component Control

• Hide or show the Note component from the profile popup

💡 Additional Improvements

• Visual refinements
• Reduced memory usage
• Performance improvements

🎨 Theme Customization

• Dark Mode, Light Mode, and Auto (Follow OS) support

📊 Resource Utilization Insights

• View resource usage details right from the profile pop-up

🧭 Smart Collection Launch

• Instantly launch a Collection as a tab group

🎓 Relaunch Walkthrough Tour

• Restart onboarding anytime from the profile popup

👤 Improved Profile Popup

• Suggest a Feature and Help & Support access, right where you need them

⚙️ Engine Optimization

• Analysis engine moved server-side
• Reduced bundle size and memory usage

💡 Additional Improvements

• Visual consistency across the extension
• Stability improvements
• Reduced CPU and memory footprint

👥 Team Plan (Beta)

• Share Spaces and manage Collections with your team
• Collection-level permissions for fine-grained control

🔗 Sharing Options

• Pro users can share entire Spaces
• Team users get collection-level sharing controls

🧩 Compact UI

• New Compact Mode for a minimal interface on smaller screens

💡 Additional Updates

• Visual polish across the extension
• Reduced memory usage
• Improved tab synchronization
• Stability improvements

📝 Cloud Synced Notes

• Jot down thoughts directly on the new tab page
• Notes are securely cloud-synced across all your devices

⚙️ Engine Upgrade & Browser Expansion

• Complete engine refactor under the hood
• Now available for Firefox, Edge, and Chromium browsers

🔧 Chrome Extension Improvements

• Enhanced reliability and a smoother overall experience

💡 Additional Updates

• Design refinements across the extension
• Faster Space loading
• Stability and sync reliability improvements

🚀 Smart Spaces & Collections

• Create custom Spaces to organize your work
• Organize bookmarks into Collections inside each Space
• Hierarchical structure keeps everything easy to find

One-Click Save

• Save tabs instantly with a single click
• Auto-captures Title, Description, URL, and Favicon

Enhanced New Tab Experience

• Replace your default new tab with the TabBud extension page

Powerful Search

• Global search across all saved bookmarks
• Filter by Space, Collection, or Card

Cross-Browser Sync

• Access bookmarks from other Chrome logins
• Automatic cloud synchronization

🎯 Perfect For

• Everyone
• Professionals managing multiple projects
• Users seeking a cleaner browsing experience

🔄 What's Next

• More improvements and future feature planning