Saka chrome extension

What is Saka?

Saka is a tab manager extension for chrome. also, it is tab restore extension. it's a free extension , it has 1,000+ active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 4.61 from 33 rated user, last update is 1133 days ago.

What’s new in version 0.17.3?

                Elegant tab search, selection, and beyond. Designed to be fast, intuitive, and beautiful. Inspired by Spotlight. Keyboard-focused but mouse friendly too. Open source.

* Lists tabs in order of recency by default, then fuzzy search by title or URL.
* Search recently closed tabs
* Search all bookmarks
* Search all history
* Search all open tabs, closed tabs and browsing history at the same time

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1. Activate the extension by entering CTRL+SPACE or ALT+SPACE on Macs.
2. Search your tabs by title or URL
3. Switch between suggestions using the arrow keys or TAB and SHIFT+TAB.
4. Switch to a tab by pressing ENTER or clicking on a suggestion
5. Try other search modes using SHIFT+SPACE

Other ways to activate Saka:

* CTRL+E (or CMD+E on Macs)
* CTRL+SHIFT+1 (or CMD+SHIFT+1 on Macs) - This shortcut works globally even outside Chrome

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Useful keyboard shortcuts:

* CTRL+K (or CMD+K on Macs) - Clear the search
* CTRL+S (or CMD+S on Macs) - View the previous page of suggestions
* CTRL+D (or CMD+D on Macs) - View the next page of suggestions
* CTRL+Backspace (or CMD+Delete on Macs) - Close selected tab
* DOWN ARROW or TAB - Select the next suggestions
* UP ARROW or SHIFT-TAB - Select the previous suggestion

Mode shortcuts

* SHIFT+SPACE - switch modes
* SPACE (but only if the search bar is empty) - switch modes
* CTRL+SHIFT+M (or CMD+SHIFT+M on Macs) - switch to select mode
* CTRL+SHIFT+A (or CMD+SHIFT+A on Macs) - switch to tab search
* CTRL+SHIFT+A (or CMD+SHIFT+A on Macs) - switch to recently closed tab search

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Why does Saka need so many permission?

1. Read and change all your data on the websites you visit - needed to insert Saka into each page
2. Read and change your browsing history - needed for upcoming features: history search and recency-based tab switching
3. Read and change your bookmarks - needed for upcoming feature: bookmarks search

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Custom keyboard shortcuts

To configure your keyboard shortcuts and make others available globally, enter "chrome://extensions/configureCommands" in your URL bar and hit enter.

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Like this extension?

Check out the other open source extension for keyboard-only browsing Saka Key.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/saka-key/hhhpdkekipnbloiiiiaokibebpdpakdp

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Release Notes:

0.17.3
* Remove activeTab permission that was not being used

0.17.2
* Remove alarms permission that was not being used

0.17.1
* Added feature to close selected tab in Saka when hotkey (ctrl+backspace) is pressed

0.16.4
* Improved fuzzy search to not penalize search results based on length
* Improved mode switcher UI to make it more obvious that it is clickable
* Added restoring of window sessions

0.16.1
* Fixed issue where Saka could not be launched using a custom hotkey in Saka Key

0.16.0
* Added a tab bar at the top of Saka to allow for easy switching between modes

0.15.0
* Added 'Recently Viewed' search mode for all open tabs, closed tabs and browsing history at the same time

0.14.2
*  Added optional highlighting + fuzzy search for bookmark and history search 

0.14.1
* Fix bug where active selection icon was misaligned
* Fix bug where mode selection was not rendering ⌘ correctly
* Fix bug where suggestions were hidden on new installs first load

0.14.0
* Added History Search
* Added Saka hotkey list on the options page
* Fixed bug where incognito tab favicons could leak into the non-incognito favicon cache when a user loaded Saka while having incognito tabs open (https://github.com/lusakasa/saka/issues/28)

0.13.0
* Added options page for customizing Saka settings
* Choose default mode that Saka opens in
* Enable/Disable suggestions list when Saka first opens

0.12.1
* Added bookmark search

0.12.0
* Rearchitected to support Firefox
* Better viewport and zoom independence

0.11.0
* Improved multi-window support

0.10.0
* Added mode for searching recently closed tabs
* Added mode for selecting what type of search to perform
* The Action button now indicates the current mode
* The active suggestion now shows an icon corresponding to the suggestion type 
* Many new keyboard shortcuts

0.9.0
* Added Saka to right-click menu (will make this optional in future)
* Fixed match highlighting bug

0.8.0
* Match highlighting
* Recently closed tabs now appear at end of list when no search text is entered
* Action button icon now changes based on the active suggestion

0.7.0
* Use your mouse wheel to scroll through suggestions!

0.6.0
* Pagination to support viewing more than 6 results
* Moved "activation button" to left side of search bar as part of an upcoming feature

0.5.0
* Lists tabs by recency by default

0.4.0
* CMD+K no longer toggles Saka. Instead, it clears the search bar.
* Integration with Saka Key

0.3.0
* Saka is now zoom independent so its size and location are fixed for common zoom levels and viewport sizes
* When Saka is activated from a reserved page, the opened tab now uses a screenshot of the reserved page as it's background image.

0.2.0
* bug fixes
* changed to persistent background page for reduced latency

0.1.0
* Initial Beta Release            

How to install Saka?

You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.

Preview of Saka

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Reviews of saka:

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Eric Urban June 26th, 2021

Hi, By far the most beautiful program ever made. Can it please have a pop out or saved LINKS IN A HTML PAGE ( dated). In other words a clickable "saved sessions" page. Leonardo eat your heart out.

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CC Lee March 6th, 2021

It would be nice if it can bookmark

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王祥 August 18th, 2020

Recent tab is default sort is very very awesome!!!

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