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Show HN: Sava OS – A desktop interface for your web browser

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103 points owenfar | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 16:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.232s | source

Hello, I'm Owen, co-founder of Sava OS.

I think you've heard this a thousand times by now; "We spend most of our time on the web browser, yet nothing has changed." And then a "revolutionary" product comes out that puts our links & tabs collapsed on the side, with some extra features. Magical, right :)?

Well, we tried a lot of these products, and we also tried building one ourselves about 8years ago. But we felt like no UI can handle the same kind of organization our desktop can, and that's when the idea first came to our mind ~5years ago. For the past year, we worked on the side to build the MVP you see today. But along these years, a lot of thoughts kept popping up, and that's why this product has an OS in it's name (it's still cooking :).

Unlike other desktop-like products that are accessible on the browser, Sava OS is not only built and made to run natively on the web browser, but it actually has some useful features to help with your browsing management - and that's only the beginning.

There's still a lot to consider when it comes to shaping a modern, desktop-like UI that meets today's needs.. We’ve got some exciting ideas and aim to go beyond the traditional approach.

We would really love to hear your take on this.

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hyperhello ◴[17 Oct 24 17:30 UTC] No.41871699[source]▶
I'm going to give my honest opinion. (No, I haven't given you a login email to try it, it's not that compelling)

We've known how to put labels and little images together to make icons for decades, we're all familiar with the idea. And some windows, I doubt you've added anything new. And text boxes. Your splash image shows windows, with checkboxes in them.

Blatantly useless, so your presentation says, "This is just the familiar stuff, think of what you can do....." And what? What can I do? The browser is already the thing you're copying, in the browser. A "familiar environment"? Your "online home"?

It's a toy, a demo of your hard work, but it does nothing, and your writeup is nothing. I'm glad you had fun. That's it. Sorry.

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owenfar ◴[17 Oct 24 19:13 UTC] No.41872816[source]▶
I ask for nothing else other than honesty. And I thank you for speaking so bluntly about your thoughts.

At this point I think you're right, it is indeed a toy and a demo of my hard work. But it's also available for others to try it, and hopefully together we can turn it into something substantial.

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1. byearthithatius ◴[17 Oct 24 19:25 UTC] No.41872919[source]▶
This is a really good and mature response. He may not see the killer use case yet, but he wants to share it more broadly in case someone does.