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flobro / flobro-chrome-app

Chrome app of Flobro, floating browser window
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/faaljkdndnfoagcmhedlmbgieoocemch
MIT License
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Multiple Instances #61

Open rogueyoshi opened 4 years ago

rogueyoshi commented 4 years ago

It would be very handy to allow multiple Flobro windows active at the same time. I like to have several key points of data always showing while streaming on my single-monitor setup.

Jguog commented 4 years ago

+1 . This was requested in a old request years back, but never brought to life. Please make this happen.

TheLastGinger commented 4 years ago

I found a workaround that allows for multiple instances.

Basically, you can create a new instance for every profile on your chrome browser. Profiles do not require different logins and can all be under the same gmail account. Multiple Account example - Updated

From there you can customize Flobro for each profile and create their respective shortcuts

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I have one of my virtual desktops set up to view my calendar, emails, and icloud reminders. When you first set it up, all the shortcuts will look the same, and likely be labelled as Flobro(1), Flobro(2), etc. By renaming them to whatever website you want to use it for, you can easily find them using the search bar. Additionally, I've gone ahead and changed the Flobro icons to the corresponding website icons, making it much easier to tell them apart on my desktop (the google voice logo in my toolbar should be an icloud logo, I just haven't gotten around to changing it).

Flobo in disguise The end result, my Flobro browsers appear in a windows search as a standalone applications.

Hope this helps!

-LastGinger

cornips commented 4 years ago

Thanks for your extensive comment, @TheLastGinger! I'm rebuilding the app as an electron app (#6) and it will support multiple instance support. Until then, we're happy with your workaround!

viaahmed commented 3 years ago

@cornips Please don't exit from chrome, I beg, I don't discriminate on building an electron app, but please, don't leave chrome, because I will not be able to use other extensions in conjunction, I use Brave Browser which has an inbuilt adblocker.

viaahmed commented 3 years ago

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/sticky-notes/nbjdhgkkhefpifbifjiflpaajchdkhpg/ @cornips you may look into this app, which implement multiple instances with always on top feature.