GhostBrowser - Developers Dream - Multi Session

Etheco · 4 Oct 2016 at 14:10

I have been using this for a bit now and absolutely love it, Allows to have multi-sessions within the same browser so logging into multiple gmail accounts is easy.

It still uses chrome under its hood so all extensions work as they should but with the additional of multi-sessions.

https://ghostbrowser.com/

Worth signing up for if you are a Web Developer.

Edit: They will be charging for the browser after beta, Did not realise prior.

Kemik · 4 Oct 2016 at 15:47

Etheco said:
multiple gmail accounts is easy

You can do that within Google already. Just click add account and select the account you want to see.

meandu229 · 4 Oct 2016 at 15:50

This looks good to me, should come in very useful when debugging our webapp from various logins at once.

wiiija · 4 Oct 2016 at 16:09

Is the UI able to be customized like Vivaldi or Firefox do you know?

pedromaltez · 7 Oct 2016 at 22:14

Ooo this looks awesome. Especially the tab grouping thing.

Etheco · 12 Oct 2016 at 13:25

Kemik said:
You can do that within Google already. Just click add account and select the account you want to see.

Maybe, But like opening google doc files and it auto defaults to the wrong account is highly annoying and this solves that.

peterwalkley · 14 Oct 2016 at 08:49

I'm finding this reasonably useful apart from it wanting me to login to it all the time. I run on VM's and VPN's a lot and often don't have internet access. They are a bit spammy as well, something like 10 emails in less than 2 weeks.

Armageus · 14 Oct 2016 at 08:56

Etheco said:
Maybe, But like opening google doc files and it auto defaults to the wrong account is highly annoying and this solves that.

Or you could just use multiple users on Chrome?

Etheco · 14 Oct 2016 at 09:23

Armageus said:
Or you could just use multiple users on Chrome?

Doesn't that just open technically "another" chrome window, Unlike this where its grouped tabs under one window.

I understand there is ways around the example situation I gave but Ghost just makes it more seamless for myself and makes things much quicker then relying on separate browser windows and or changing accounts when it decides its incorrect.

Armageus · 14 Oct 2016 at 09:29

Etheco said:
Doesn't that just open technically "another" chrome window, Unlike this where its grouped tabs under one window.

It does, but it works 100% out of the box (and has for years) - it doesn't require me to sign up for anything, and I don't have to worry whether it will be updated in months to come.

Etheco said:
I understand there is ways around the example situation I gave but Ghost just makes it more seamless for myself and makes things much quicker then relying on separate browser windows and or changing accounts when it decides its incorrect.

I prefer the separate windows, as you can apply different extensions and themes, and so can easily identify which user you are working with at a given time.

Etheco · 14 Oct 2016 at 09:50

Armageus said:
It does, but it works 100% out of the box (and has for years) - it doesn't require me to sign up for anything, and I don't have to worry whether it will be updated in months to come.

I prefer the separate windows, as you can apply different extensions and themes, and so can easily identify which user you are working with at a given time.

Totally understandable, Ghost just works better for my workflow. Everyone's workflow is different and people find certain ways more comfortable

For me extensions would never change, and I am happy with the coloured groups to distinguish different sessions.

mortals · 14 Oct 2016 at 10:06

Armageus said:
I prefer the separate windows, as you can apply different extensions and themes, and so can easily identify which user you are working with at a given time.

I have multiple profiles for different things & feel the same.
(most are for testing things so have different extensions)
Also having a single window with 20+tabs isn't very productive

Is this browser aimed at people with 1 screen who don't use multiple virtual desktops ? :confused:

Seems to be solely aimed at people who want multiple sessions in a single window so guess different preference.

signed up for beta

only joking, will be interesting to see how they secure the sessions (eg: do they share the same extension process' ?)

ghostbrowser.com said:
Ghost Browser is built on the Chromium platform
Each Session has it’s own cookie jar and local storage

cookie jar? :rolleyes:

Also can only see screenshots of mac os

Etheco · 22 Oct 2016 at 12:48

Sadly they will start charging for the browser

jpaul · 26 Oct 2016 at 14:04

From a robustness perspective I prefer to have multiple browser sessions/windows each with a profile - otherwise a problem in tabs belonging to one profile may take down the others.

Interests me that demos for the product do not recognise productivity benefits of vertical tabs in the desktop landscape scenario.
An add-on I might pay money for is a multi-column rendering of web-pages.

(Whether they give the folks who contributed to beta ‘test’ a lifetime subscription)

nikebee · 3 Nov 2016 at 18:07

The fact that it's built on Chromium and they plan on charging for it puts me off instantly.