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This one's for the people who like to keep up — with the web, with their lists, and with their friends. 4.5 brings a full-blown RSS reader into TabNook, makes adding links as easy as dragging them onto the page, lets you sort your shopping by store, and finally lets you share your recipes. Big update. Let's get into it.

Meet TabNook Reader

Remember Google Reader? The thing a lot of us still quietly miss? TabNook Reader is our take on it, built right into your dashboard. It's a dedicated, full-screen reading space where you follow all your favorite sites in one place instead of bouncing between twenty tabs.

Here's what it does:

• Search and subscribe to feeds. Type in a site — a blog, a news site, a webcomic, whatever — and TabNook finds its feed and adds it. No hunting around for the little RSS icon.
• Organize with folders. Group your feeds however you like — "News," "Tech," "The Funny Stuff" — and drag feeds between them.
• Read/unread tracking. Articles you've read fade away, so you always know what's new. Flip between All, Unread, and a search across everything you follow.
• Save the keepers. Found something worth coming back to? Save it, and it lives in your Saved list for later.

Reader is a Premium feature, and it's the kind of thing that quietly becomes part of your morning. Open TabNook, skim what's new, save a couple, done.

Drag a link onto your dashboard

Tiny feature, surprisingly delightful. You can now drag a link from anywhere — another browser tab, a webpage, your bookmarks — and drop it onto an empty part of your dashboard. TabNook spins up a brand-new Links widget on the spot and drops the link right in, named after the page (or its website if there's no title handy).

No "add widget → pick type → add link" dance. Just grab, drag, drop. The empty space even lights up so you know exactly where it'll land. It's free, and it pairs perfectly with the drag-text-to-make-a-note trick that's been around for a while.

Shopping List, now sorted by store

If your shopping list is really three shopping lists wearing a trench coat — one for the grocery store, one for the hardware store, one for that one place that has the good snacks — this is for you. You can now add Stores and tag each item with where you'll buy it.

Your stores are set up once for your whole account, so they're shared by your global Shopping List and every Shopping List widget you've got. Suddenly "milk, drill bits, gummy bears" organizes itself into the right aisles of your life. Also free.

Share your recipes

Got a Recipe widget you're proud of? Now you can share it — the whole thing. Ingredients, prep and cook times, servings, the instructions, even the photo all travel together, so whoever gets it can drop it straight onto their own dashboard and start cooking.

You've got two ways to share:

• With specific people — send a recipe directly to a friend on TabNook.
• With everyone — publish it to the TabNook community for anyone to discover and add.

Recipe sharing is a Premium feature. And to keep things clear, there's now a little shared icon on any widget you've shared, so you can tell at a glance which of your widgets are out in the world — whether you sent them to a person or published them to the community.

Your tasks, your rules

Last one, and it's a quality-of-life fix people have asked for. When you check off a task, what should happen to it? Some folks like completed tasks to stay put with a satisfying strikethrough. Others want them to drop to the bottom. And some want them gone the instant they're done.

Now it's your call — per widget. Each Tasks widget can leave, move, or delete completed tasks, or just follow whatever global default you've set. So your work to-do list and your "someday" wishlist can behave completely differently. Free for everyone.

That's 4.5 — a reader to keep up with the web, drag-and-drop links, smarter shopping lists, shareable recipes, and tasks that finally behave the way you want. Go follow a few feeds in Reader and see how good a quiet, tab-free morning skim feels.

Every now and then a release comes along that's just plain fun to use, and 4.4 is one of those. We added a way to embed entire websites into your dashboard, painted three wildly different new skins, and gave your Notes some room to breathe. Let's dig in.

The Webpage widget: your favorite site, living on your dashboard

You know that one site you keep open in a tab all day? Your team's status board, a live sports ticker, your blog's analytics, a webcam of the bird feeder — whatever it is. Until now you'd pin it as a link and click through every time. The new Webpage widget does something better: it puts the actual, live website inside a widget on your dashboard.

Add a Webpage widget, paste in a URL, and the page loads right there. Tap it to go full screen and you're browsing the real site without ever leaving TabNook. It's a Premium widget, and honestly it's one of those things that's hard to go back from once you've set it up.

A couple of nice touches under the hood that you'll appreciate even if you never think about them:

• You don't have to type "https://". Just paste example.com and we'll sort out the rest. Type the whole address if you like — either way works.
• We warn you before you hit a wall. Here's the thing about embedding websites: a lot of the big ones flat-out refuse to be shown inside another site. YouTube, X, most banks — they all set a security header that says "nope." Instead of letting you save one of those and then staring at an ugly "refused to connect" box, TabNook checks the site first and gives you a heads-up: "this one blocks embedding — want to add it anyway, or try a different URL?" Your call. We just don't want you to be surprised.
• It's locked down properly. We only allow real http/https web addresses, and our server never goes poking at private network addresses on your behalf. Security stuff you shouldn't have to think about — which is exactly why we did the thinking for you.

The widget works best with anything that's meant to be embedded: dashboards, docs, calendars, internal tools, simple sites. If a site refuses, you'll know right away.

Three new skins, three completely different moods

Skins are our way of letting you reskin the entire look of TabNook — not just colors, but fonts, shapes, textures, the works. We shipped three more in 4.4, and they couldn't be more different from each other. Click any screenshot to see it full size.

👑 Princess — Sparkle and shine. Hot pink and gold, a dreamy gradient page with little twinkling sparkles, flowing script titles, and soft glowing cards. If you want your dashboard to feel like a treat every time you open it, this is the one. It's free, it's joyful, and it makes absolutely no apologies for it.

🖖 Console — A retro starship command-console look. Think pure black, salmon-and-violet panels arranged in that unmistakable curved "L-frame," pill-ended color blocks, condensed all-caps lettering, and little reference numbers stamped on every panel. If you grew up watching a certain sci-fi show, you'll feel right at home telling the computer to "engage." Also free.

🥂 Art Deco — Gatsby on the Normandie. Pure 1930s glamour: black-lacquer and oxblood widgets on a deep emerald page, every panel framed with a thin antique-gold border and little chevron corner brackets. Sunburst dividers fan out between headers and content, and the typography does the heavy lifting — elongated, wide-tracked Poiret One caps over an elegant Cormorant Garamond serif. No blurs, no drop shadows, no rounded corners. Every gold line earns its place. It's the most grown-up TabNook has ever looked.

Switching between any of them takes about two seconds from the Skin picker in Settings → Display & Layout. Try one on, hate it, try another — there's no commitment. That's the whole point.

Notes, now in full screen

Small one, but a good one: your Notes widgets now have a full-screen button. Hit it and the note expands to fill your whole screen — great for actually writing something longer than a grocery list, or just reading a long note without squinting.

It works whether you're reading or editing, and we made sure it's not annoying about it: if you're in the middle of typing, it won't suddenly snap you out of full screen. And when you're done, just tap the button again or hit your browser's back button to pop right back to your dashboard.

That's 4.4. A widget that brings the whole web onto your dashboard, three skins for whatever mood you're in, and a little more elbow room for your notes. Go pick a skin you'd never normally choose and see how it feels — that's our favorite way to spend five minutes in TabNook.

4.3 is all about the little things that make a dashboard feel like yours: a widget that answers "what's on today?" the second you open TabNook, a skin that's pure comic-book fun, recipes you can email to the people you cook with, and a much smoother way to shuffle links around. Grab a coffee.

The Today widget: your day, the moment you land

You open TabNook in the morning. The very first thing most of us want to know is simple: what's happening today? The new Today widget answers exactly that. Drop it on any page and it shows the events from your TabNook Calendar that are happening today — nothing else, no noise.

It's read-only and it keeps itself current as the day rolls on, so it's always showing the truth without you touching a thing. Add it to your main page for an at-a-glance agenda, and it's free for everyone — no calendar archaeology required.

POW! The Comic Book skin

Skins reskin all of TabNook, and this one is just fun. The Comic Book skin turns your dashboard into a page straight out of a classic comic: a bright halftone-dot background, cream "paper" panels with thick black borders, and those hard, offset drop-shadows with zero blur that give everything that punchy printed-panel weight. Headings are set in big, loud Bangers caps over a friendly Comic Neue body. POW. BAM. ZAP.

Like all our skins, it's free and you can switch to it (and back) in seconds from the Skin picker in Settings → Display & Layout. Some days just call for a little ZAP.

Email a recipe to the people you cook with

Found a great recipe and want to send it to your partner, your mom, or the friend who's hosting dinner? Any recipe in your Food widget now has an Email Recipe button. Hit it, and TabNook sends a nicely formatted email with the full ingredients list and instructions — not just a link, the actual recipe, ready to read or print.

It even pre-fills your own email address so sending one to yourself (hello, phone in the kitchen) is a two-tap affair. Free for everyone.

Drag links from one page to another

Got a link sitting on the wrong page? Until now, moving it meant copy, switch pages, paste, delete the original. No more. You can now drag a link straight onto another page's tab. TabNook pops up a little picker showing the Links widgets on that page, you choose where it should land, and the link hops over — no copy-paste, no fuss.

It works for any Links widget anywhere on your dashboard. (If the page you're aiming at doesn't have a Links widget yet, TabNook will gently tell you to add one first.) Free, and a genuine time-saver once it's in your muscle memory.

And a handful of polish

This release also tidied up a lot of everyday corners:

• Labels on image buttons. The picture-based buttons around the dashboard now show labels, so you're never guessing what a button does.
• Connect with us. You can now find TabNook on YouTube, Instagram, and X right from the Settings page.
• Cleaner on mobile. "Take the Tour" is now hidden on phones for a less cluttered small-screen experience.
• A tidier toolbar. Gift a Subscription, Invite a Friend, and your Shopping Cart all moved into the "More" menu, so the main toolbar breathes a little easier.

That's 4.3 — a faster glance at your day, a dash of comic-book joy, recipes you can actually send, and links that go where you tell them. Add the Today widget to your main page and see how nice it is to know what's coming the instant you open TabNook.

If 4.1 introduced skins, 4.2 is where they really got going. This release rounds out the lineup to five distinct looks, gives them a proper home to browse from, and even lets each one bring its own cursor along. Then it sneaks in a few productivity wins that'll quietly save you time every day.

Five skins, five completely different vibes

Skins go way beyond colors — they reshape fonts, surfaces, shadows, and texture into a whole aesthetic. With 4.2 there are five to choose from, and they could not be more different. Click any of them to see it full size.

• Neon Grid — futuristic, dark, and vibrant. All glowing edges and electric color on a deep background.
• Aurora — soft, dreamy, and atmospheric, like watching the northern lights drift across your dashboard.
• Cork Board — warm and tactile, as if your widgets were notes pinned to a real corkboard.
• Bauhaus — bold, geometric, and unapologetically modernist. Primary colors and clean shapes.
• Mid-Century Modern — clean, retro, and refined — that timeless 1950s-living-room calm.

Every one of them is free.

A proper Skin Picker

With this many looks, a tiny dropdown wasn't going to cut it. 4.2 adds a dedicated Skin Picker screen — open it from "Choose Skin" in Settings → Display & Layout and you get a thumbnail grid of every skin, with a full-size preview so you can really see a look before you commit. Find one you like, click, done. And as we add new skins, they'll just show up here for you to discover.

Custom cursors

A small detail that adds a surprising amount of personality: skins can now ship with their own cursor. Switch skins and the cursor swaps right along with everything else, so the whole experience feels of-a-piece instead of a fresh coat of paint with the same old pointer. It's the kind of polish you don't notice until it's there — and then you can't unsee it.

And a few quiet productivity wins

4.2 wasn't all looks. A handful of practical upgrades landed too:

• Ctrl+S to save notes. If you live in your Notes widget, you can now save while editing with the keyboard shortcut your fingers already know.
• Take your calendar everywhere. You can now subscribe to your TabNook Calendar from Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook, so your events show up wherever you already check your schedule — kept in sync automatically.
• Paste a list, get a list. Drag a block of multi-line text onto a Tasks widget and each line becomes its own task. Brilliant for turning a brain-dump or a pasted checklist into real to-dos in one motion.

That's 4.2 — five looks to suit any mood, a real home to browse them in, cursors that complete the picture, and a few shortcuts that just make the day flow. Pop open the Skin Picker and try on something you'd never normally pick. Worst case, you switch back in a click.

This is the big one — the release where TabNook learned to wear a completely different outfit. 4.1 introduces Skins, and they're a much bigger deal than they sound. Oh, and finding a recipe to cook got a whole lot smoother too.

Introducing Skins

You've always been able to recolor TabNook with themes. Skins are the next level up. Here's the simplest way to think about it: themes change TabNook's colors — skins change everything else.

A skin reshapes the whole personality of your dashboard: the shape of your buttons and cards, the fonts, the glow and shadow effects, the textures — even the logo. It's not a new coat of paint, it's a whole new look and feel. One click and TabNook goes from "clean and friendly" to something completely different.

Meet Neon Grid (and Glass Pane)

The flagship skin that launched the whole system is Neon Grid: futuristic, dark, and seriously vibrant, all glowing edges and electric color against a deep background. It's the kind of look that makes people lean over and ask "wait, what is that?" A second skin, Glass Pane, landed alongside it — soft, translucent, frosted-glass surfaces for a calmer, more elegant feel.

Skins are free, and this was just the beginning — we said "more on the way," and we meant it. (Spoiler: the very next release brought a whole pile of them, plus a proper picker to browse them in.)

A smoother way to find recipes

On the practical side, 4.1 made the Food and Cocktail recipe experience much nicer to use. Searching and browsing recipes is smoother and faster — you can page through results from the meal and cocktail libraries without the whole thing feeling clunky, so finding "what's for dinner" (or what to mix afterward) is genuinely pleasant now.

That's 4.1 — the release that turned TabNook from one look into infinite looks, and made recipe-hunting a breeze. Try Neon Grid once, just to see your dashboard light up. You can always switch back — but you might not want to.

Hitting 4.0 felt like the right moment to shore up the foundations. This release is about making your account safer, your notes richer, and your dashboard a little more professional when you need it to be. Three solid upgrades, one big version number.

Two-Factor Authentication, for everyone

The headline of 4.0: you can now lock down your account with Two-Factor Authentication. Turn it on yourself, right from Settings — no admin, no support ticket. It works with any standard authenticator app (Google Authenticator, Authy, 1Password, whatever you already use): scan a QR code, and from then on signing in asks for a quick time-based code as well as your password.

And because the worst-case scenario is losing your phone, setup also hands you a set of backup codes to stash somewhere safe — so you can always get back in. The whole flow is walked through with friendly, step-by-step screens for enabling it, verifying a code, regenerating your backup codes, or turning it off again. It's free, it's optional, and if you keep anything important in TabNook, it's very much worth the two minutes.

Put images right in your notes

Notes just got a lot more useful. You can now drop images straight into a note, mixed right in with your text. Paste a screenshot, drag in a photo, add a diagram — it lives inside the note and displays beautifully, every time you open it.

It turns the humble Notes widget into something much more: a visual scratchpad, an inspiration board, a how-to with the actual screenshots attached, a recipe with a picture of the finished dish. The image is saved with the note, so it's there on every device. Free for everyone.

The Business theme

Sometimes you want your dashboard to look the part — clean, calm, and ready for a work screen. The new Business theme is exactly that: a polished, professional palette with its own custom-styled buttons to match. It's a great fit for a productivity-focused setup or a dashboard you might have up during a screen-share. Pick it from the theme selector anytime; it's available to everyone.

A freshened-up tour

Finally, a small but nice one: the Take the Tour guide got refreshed with the latest numbers for how many pages and widgets you can create, so newcomers get accurate info from their very first walkthrough.

That's 4.0 — stronger security, more expressive notes, and a sharp new look for getting things done. If you do one thing today, make it turning on Two-Factor Authentication. Future you will be glad you did.

3.9 is all about personality and staying connected — with TabNook, and with us. Nook got a whole crew of friends, we opened a couple of direct lines of communication, and the AI Wizards quietly got a whole lot smarter. Let's say hello.

Meet Nook's friends

You already know Nook the Tabby, the friendly cat who pops up on empty pages with a helpful tip. Well, Nook brought friends. Four new mascots join the crew, each with their own charm — and you get to pick which one keeps you company on your dashboard.

Say hi to Cranny, Hoot, Acorn, and Truffles. Switch between any of them from Settings to find the buddy that fits your vibe — or, if you'd rather keep things minimal, set the mascot to None and they'll bow out entirely. Totally your call, and free for everyone.

A Support Inbox

We wanted a cleaner way to reach you directly, so 3.9 adds an Inbox right in the main menu. It's where messages from the TabNook team land — important account updates, heads-ups, and the occasional friendly note. No more wondering whether something got buried in your email; if we need to tell you something, it'll be waiting for you here.

My Tickets: keep the conversation going

If you've ever sent in a support request and then wondered "...did that go anywhere?" — this one's for you. The new My Tickets tab inside Help & Feedback lets you see every ticket you've submitted, check its status, read the full history, and reply to continue the conversation. It's a proper back-and-forth now, not a message into the void.

Smarter AI Wizards

Behind the scenes, our AI Wizards got a serious tune-up. The Links, Tasks, and Page Wizards now generate noticeably better links — more relevant, more accurate, and with far fewer dead ends. So when you ask TabNook to build you a page of resources or a set of curated links, you get results you can actually use. (AI Wizards are a Premium feature.)

Plus a round of polish

• Smoother link dragging from one widget to another.
• A cleaner Morning Briefing page, with some unnecessary buttons cleared away.
• Tooltips on long Topic names so you can read the ones that get cut off.
• Icons by default — new users now start with the icon button style.
• A tidier tour prompt — "Take the Tour" now stays dismissed once you've waved it off.

That's 3.9 — a friendlier dashboard, two new ways to stay in touch, and AI that pulls its weight. Go pick your mascot. (We won't tell Nook if you're a Truffles person now.)

3.8 leans into the kitchen and the everyday. There's a built-in library of tens of thousands of recipes, a way to make your recipe cards genuinely gorgeous, a one-click widget duplicator, and an easy way to fire your shopping list off to whoever's heading to the store. Hungry yet?

A whole recipe database, built in

"What should I make tonight?" just got a much better answer. TabNook now has a Food Recipe Database baked right in — search through tens of thousands of recipes from cuisines all over the world, complete with ingredients, instructions, and categories. Find something that looks good and you can spin it into a Recipe widget instantly, no copying and pasting. It's a great way to break out of the same five dinners. Free for everyone.

Make your recipes look delicious

Speaking of recipes — they're a lot more appetizing with a photo attached. You can now drag and drop an image straight onto any recipe widget and it becomes a beautiful recipe card with the picture front and center. Snap a photo of your own finished dish, or grab one from the web; either way, your recipe collection goes from a wall of text to something you actually want to flip through.

Copy any widget in one click

Built the perfect widget and wish you had another just like it? Now you can duplicate any widget with a single click — to the same page or a different one. All the content and settings come along for the ride, so it's brilliant for spinning up similar widgets fast (think one Links widget per project, or a Tasks widget you want mirrored on two pages). It works with every widget type. Free, and a real time-saver.

Email your shopping list

Heading out without the person who actually made the list? Just email your shopping list to yourself or anyone else in one click. The whole current list goes along, so handing grocery duty to your partner, your roommate, or future-you-at-the-store is effortless. Free for everyone.

And two behind-the-scenes wins

• Chat that stays put. Your chat conversations now persist when you switch between topics and pages, so hopping around your dashboard no longer drops you out of a conversation.
• More reliable AI links. Our AI link generation got better again — fewer dead links, more dependable results whenever TabNook builds links for you.

That's 3.8 — a recipe box that never runs dry, prettier recipe cards, instant widget copies, and shopping lists that travel. Go search the recipe database for something you've never cooked and turn it into a widget. Dinner, sorted.

3.7 is where TabNook first got serious about food. This is the release that introduced the Recipe widget, a Shopping List that wires straight into it, and a library of recipes to browse — plus two brand-new languages. If you cook (or just eat), you're going to like this one.

Drag a recipe off the web, get a Recipe widget

Found a recipe you love on some random food blog? Just drag the recipe text onto your dashboard and TabNook turns it into a clean, formatted Recipe widget — ingredients, instructions, and serving info all laid out nicely. It works with food and cocktail recipes from any website, so that wall of ads and life-story preamble becomes a tidy little card you'll actually use. Free for everyone.

A Shopping List that knows your recipes

Here's the part that ties it together. Every ingredient in a Recipe widget has a little cart icon — tap it to drop that ingredient onto your Shopping List. Need everything? Add the whole recipe's worth of ingredients with a single click. Then check items off as you move through the store.

Best of all, the Shopping List works across all your recipe widgets, so you can pull ingredients from three different recipes into one tidy list for a single grocery run. Also free.

Browse a whole recipe library

Not sure what to make? TabNook now has a built-in Food & Cocktail Recipe Library you can search and browse. Find a meal or a drink that looks good and turn it into a Recipe widget with one click — a great way to discover something new instead of cooking the same things on repeat.

Now in Turkish and Polish

Finally, TabNook keeps going more global: this release adds full interface translation in Turkish and Polish. Every widget, menu, and notification is translated, and you can switch languages anytime from your settings. Two more languages, two more groups of people who get to use TabNook in their own words.

That's 3.7 — drag-and-drop recipes, a shopping list that fills itself, a library to explore, and a couple of new languages. Next time you spot a recipe online, try dragging it straight into TabNook and watch it tidy itself up.

3.6 is a two-for-one: a brand-new language for a whole lot more people, and a serious glow-up for the Spreadsheet widget (with a couple of Notes niceties thrown in). Power users, this one's for you.

TabNook now speaks Russian

Say privet to Russian support. The entire interface — every widget, menu, and notification — is now fully translated, and you can switch to it anytime from your language settings. With Russian on board, TabNook is now available in twelve languages worldwide, and we're not done adding more.

The Spreadsheet widget levels up

If you keep data in TabNook, you're going to love this. The Spreadsheet widget picked up three genuinely useful features this release:

• Sort by any column. Just click a column header to sort your spreadsheet by it. Alphabetize a list, rank numbers high-to-low — one click, done.
• Freeze rows. Pin rows to the top so your headers (or whatever you want to keep in view) stay put while you scroll through everything below. No more losing track of which column is which halfway down a long sheet.
• Cell tooltip notes. Attach a little note to any cell and it shows up when you hover over it — perfect for the "why is this number what it is?" context that doesn't belong in the cell itself.

Notes gets a little smarter

Two small but welcome tweaks to the Notes widget:

• Delete a single note within a Notes widget without nuking the whole thing — handy when you just want to clear out one item.
• Save and Cancel moved to the top. If you write long notes, you no longer have to scroll all the way to the bottom to save — the buttons are right there at the top where you can reach them.

That's 3.6 — a warm welcome to our Russian-speaking users, and a Spreadsheet widget that finally sorts, freezes, and annotates like you'd expect. If you've got a data-heavy sheet, go click a column header and watch it snap into order.

3.5 welcomes a whole new language and makes the Notes widget noticeably handier — including a drag-and-drop trick that's still one of our favorite little shortcuts today. Let's take a look.

TabNook now speaks Japanese

Konnichiwa! TabNook is now fully available in Japanese — every widget, menu, and notification translated, switchable anytime from your language settings. That brings TabNook to eleven languages worldwide, with more on the horizon.

Notes that actually do more

Two upgrades made the Notes widget a lot more useful:

• Clickable links. Paste a URL into a note and it's now a real, clickable link that opens in a new tab — no more copying the text out to visit it.
• Drag text to make a note. Grab some text from anywhere — another website, another part of TabNook — and drop it onto your dashboard. TabNook instantly spins up a new Notes widget containing that text. It's the fastest way to stash a quote, an address, or a snippet you want to keep, and it's been a quiet workhorse ever since.

A cleaner row of page tabs

Small layout tidy-up: the Add New Page and AI Create Page buttons moved to the end of your page tabs. They're out of the way of your actual pages now, so the tab row looks cleaner and your pages are front and center where they belong.

That's 3.5 — a warm welcome to our Japanese-speaking users, smarter Notes, and a tidier tab row. Next time you spot something worth keeping online, try dragging it straight onto your dashboard and watch a note appear.

3.4 has a split personality, in the best way: half of it is about getting stuff into TabNook faster with drag and drop, and the other half is about keeping your most sensitive stuff genuinely private. Meet the Vault.

The Vault widget: truly private storage

Some things shouldn't be sitting around in plain text — passwords, credentials, a sensitive note, a private file. The new Vault widget is built exactly for those. It's a secure, encrypted place to store your most sensitive data: passwords, logins, files, images, and private notes.

Here's the important part, and it's worth understanding: everything in your Vault is encrypted client-side, right in your browser, using AES-256 — before it's ever sent to us. Your encryption key never leaves your device. That means even we can't read your Vault. Not the server, not an administrator, nobody. It's your data, locked with your key, and only you hold it. (Which also means: don't lose your key!) Free for everyone, and a genuinely big deal for privacy.

Drag and drop, leveled up

Getting things into TabNook got a lot more direct:

• Drop text onto a Notes widget. Drag any text — from elsewhere in TabNook or from outside the browser entirely — onto a Notes widget and it's appended to the bottom of the note. No opening, no pasting, no clicking into the field first.
• Drop files onto a Files widget. Drag a file straight from your computer onto a Files widget and it's added automatically. Exactly what you'd expect drag-and-drop to do — now it does it.

And a fix worth mentioning

We also squashed an annoying one: reordering your Topics by drag-and-drop wasn't sorting correctly. It does now — drag a Topic where you want it and it stays put.

That's 3.4 — faster ways to get things in, and a properly private place to keep the things that matter. If you've been keeping passwords somewhere sketchy, the Vault is your cue to move them somewhere only you can open.

Two brand-new widgets headline 3.3, and they're both the kind you'll wonder how you lived without: a real Spreadsheet and a World Clock. Plus a few productivity touches to round things out.

A spreadsheet, right on your dashboard

Need to track something? The new Spreadsheet widget brings a genuine, fully featured spreadsheet straight to your dashboard — rows, columns, cell editing, formulas, and formatting, the works. It's perfect for a budget, a habit tracker, an inventory, a little project plan, or honestly any data you'd otherwise open a whole separate app for. Now it just lives next to everything else you check each day. Free for everyone.

Know what time it is, everywhere

If your life crosses time zones — remote teammates, family abroad, an upcoming trip — the new World Clock widget is for you. Add a clock for any city or time zone in the world and see them all at a glance, side by side. No more counting hours on your fingers to figure out if it's a reasonable time to message someone in Tokyo. Also free.

A few productivity touches

• Drag text to make a task. Drop any text onto a Tasks widget and it instantly becomes a new task — the quickest way to turn a stray thought into a to-do.
• Morning Briefing in the Theme Editor. Your briefing now picks up your theme, so it matches the rest of your dashboard instead of standing apart.
• Video in Space Photo. The Space Photo section in Morning Briefing and On This Day can now show video content, not just stills — a little more wow in your daily moment of awe.

One fix

We also cleaned up a bug where On This Day would occasionally show the same event twice. No more déjà vu.

That's 3.3 — two powerhouse widgets and some everyday polish. Drop a Spreadsheet onto a page and start tracking something you've been meaning to; it's surprisingly satisfying to have it right where you already look.

3.2 has a simple theme: see before you choose. Whether you're picking a theme, adding a shared widget, or wondering what Premium gets you, this release lets you take a proper look first — no guesswork, no surprises.

Browse everything Premium, in one place

Curious what TabNook Premium actually unlocks? There's now a dedicated Premium Features page that lays it all out — every premium feature with a description and the highlights, so you can see exactly what you'd get before deciding to subscribe. It's right there in the navigation menu for everyone to browse, no commitment required.

Preview themes before you apply them

Picking a new look used to be a bit of a leap of faith. Not anymore. The redesigned Theme Gallery shows you a live preview of each theme before you apply it, all in a fresh, modern layout. Browse the community's themes, see how each one looks, and find your perfect vibe a lot faster — without the apply-it-and-see-how-it-feels shuffle.

Preview community widgets too

The same idea came to Community Widgets. Before you add a shared widget to your dashboard, you can now see exactly what's inside it with a full content preview. The new layout makes it much easier to discover and evaluate what other people have shared, so you only add the ones you actually want.

A couple of polish items

• A sharper Nook. Our AI assistant got better at staying focused on TabNook questions and giving more accurate, on-topic answers.
• Clickable task URLs. Put a link in a task name and it's now clickable — jump straight to the related page without copying anything out.

That's 3.2 — less guessing, more knowing. Pop open the Theme Gallery and preview a few looks; it's a much nicer way to find the one that feels like you.

3.1 is a feel-good release. You can now gift TabNook Premium to the people you love, and there's a little daily dose of history waiting on your dashboard with On This Day. Oh, and the AI behind the scenes got a serious brain upgrade.

Give the gift of Premium

Know someone who'd love TabNook? You can now buy Gift Subscriptions — send TabNook Premium to a friend or family member (or several people at once). Each recipient gets a personalized email with simple redemption instructions, so all they have to do is click and enjoy. It's a genuinely thoughtful gift for the organized person in your life, and gifts come as yearly plans.

On This Day: a daily dose of history

History buffs, this one's for you (and honestly, it's a little addictive for everyone). The new On This Day feature surfaces fascinating events that happened on today's date throughout history — notable events, famous births, and milestones — right on your dashboard, rotating daily. Curious about a specific date? Pick any day and explore what happened. It's free for everyone, and a lovely little "huh, I didn't know that" moment to start your day.

History in your Morning Briefing

If you're a Premium user with the Morning Briefing, On This Day folds right in. Your briefing now includes a historical section alongside the day's news, so you get current events and a bit of perspective in the same glance — seamlessly built into the briefing layout you already use.

Smarter AI across the board

Behind the scenes, all of TabNook's AI got an upgrade to the latest models. In practice that means:

• Faster, smarter responses everywhere AI shows up.
• Better AI theme generation — more quality and creativity when you describe a look.
• Sharper AI wizard responses, and not just in English — across every supported language.

That's 3.1 — a way to share TabNook with people you care about, a daily window into history, and AI that thinks a little harder. Check out today's On This Day; there's almost always something that makes you go "wait, really?"

Reaching 3.0 felt like the right time to talk about something important: your data is yours. This release is all about control — taking your data with you, managing your account on your own terms, and helping new folks find their feet. Let's dig in.

Export everything — it's your data

The headline of 3.0: powerful data export. You can now take your TabNook data with you, in whatever format suits you:

• Your whole dashboard — Links, Tasks, Notes, Quotes, RSS Feeds, Stocks, and Sports — exported as JSON or CSV (bundled in a zip).
• Calendar events and Kanban boards, exported separately when you want just those.
• Custom Themes and your Settings & Preferences, so your look and config come along too.
• HTML Bookmarks for your links — the standard format every browser can import.
• A Full Backup that exports everything in JSON, ready to restore.

No lock-in, no hostage-taking. If you want a copy of your stuff — for backup, peace of mind, or moving it somewhere else — it's a couple of clicks away. Free for everyone, and we even tuned the export to handle big datasets smoothly.

Your account, your call

Control cuts both ways, so 3.0 also adds proper account deletion and reactivation. You can delete your account and all its data whenever you choose — but because mistakes happen, there's a 30-day grace period where everything is preserved and you can reactivate with an easy click. After that, it's gone for good. It's the way account control should work: real deletion, with a safety net.

A guided tour with Nook

New to TabNook? Nook will show you around. The new Intro Tour is an interactive, guided walkthrough of the key features and widgets, led by our friendly mascot. It's perfect for learning the basics, and it's always available from the More menu if you want a refresher later.

Plus some everyday polish

• Priority at a glance. Tasks with a priority now show a colored border — yellow for Low, orange for Medium, red for High — so you can spot what matters without opening anything.
• Tidier toolbar — the Pomodoro timer button moved into the More submenu.
• Better-organized account settings, so things are easier to find.

That's 3.0 — your data, your account, your terms. Go run a Full Backup once just to see how easy it is; it's a good habit, and it's a nice reminder that everything in TabNook genuinely belongs to you.

2.9 reaches further around the globe and helps you get more done. There's an AI-built morning news briefing, a focus timer with Nook cheering you on, and two more languages join the family. Big, friendly release — let's get into it.

Your own AI Morning Briefing

Imagine opening TabNook and finding a personalized news digest already waiting for you. That's the new AI Morning Briefing Wizard. It walks you through building a briefing page tailored to you — pick your news categories and sources, choose a look, and you're done. It then refreshes automatically every day with the latest headlines.

And the look is genuinely yours: choose from four display formats — Newspaper, Card Stream, Executive Summary, or Magazine Spread. Want a dense front-page feel? Newspaper. Prefer skimmable cards? Card Stream. It's the news, your way, first thing every morning. Free for everyone.

Focus, with Nook by your side

Need to actually get something done? Meet the Pomodoro Timer. It's a floating timer that tracks 25-minute focus sessions and breaks — the classic technique for beating distraction. The charming part: Nook keeps you company. Watch our mascot type away during focus time and stretch during breaks. (We dare you not to smile.)

When you need the screen space it minimizes to a tiny tomato icon, and you can drag it anywhere you like — it even remembers where you put it. Also free.

Now in Korean and Mandarin Chinese

TabNook keeps going global. This release adds full interface translation in Korean (한국어) and Mandarin Chinese (简体中文) — every widget, setting, and feature available in both. We even added Korean and Chinese news sources so your Morning Briefing speaks your language too.

And a couple more things

• See how we compare. There's a new comparison page showing how TabNook stacks up against the competition — handy if you're weighing your options.
• More reliable RSS feeds across all supported languages, with better international news coverage.

That's 2.9 — a smarter morning, a more focused afternoon, and a warm welcome to our Korean- and Chinese-speaking users. Build yourself a Morning Briefing and pick the Magazine Spread layout; it's a lovely way to start the day.

2.8 puts a helpful AI assistant one click away, teaches AI to break your big tasks into bite-size pieces, and smooths out a bunch of everyday rough edges. If you've ever wanted a hand inside TabNook, this is the release.

Chat with Nook for instant help

Stuck on something? Now you can just ask. The new AI Support Chat with Nook is a friendly AI assistant that answers your questions about TabNook — what a feature does, how to set something up, where to find an option. Look for the Nook Support Chat button in the bottom-right corner of your screen; it's there whenever you need it, and it's free for everyone.

Let AI break down your tasks

Big, vague task staring back at you? AI Subtasks can help. Pull it up from the task menu and AI suggests logical subtasks to break a complex job into manageable steps — perfect for turning "plan the trip" or "launch the project" into an actual checklist you can start chipping away at. (AI Subtasks is a Premium feature.)

Make TabNook your homepage

Want your dashboard to greet you every time you open your browser? There's now a Set as Homepage option in the More menu, with clear step-by-step instructions for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari. One click gets you the guide for your browser, and every browsing session can start with your stuff front and center. Free for everyone.

Smoother everyday touches

• Quick link delete. Hover over a link and a red X appears — one click to remove it, no menus.
• Drag links from other sites. A new How-To guide shows you how to drag and drop links straight from any website into your Links widgets.
• Better Notes scrolling when you've got a lot of text in a note.
• Fixes: dragging links between widgets works again, and pasting a big block of text into a note no longer buries the Save button out of reach.

That's 2.8 — a built-in helper, smarter task planning, and a smoother day-to-day. Next time you're not sure how something works, just tap the Nook chat button in the corner and ask.

2.7 is about finding your way around — literally and figuratively. There's a new built-in help system to show you the ropes, guides for the AI wizards, and a Weather widget that now works anywhere on Earth. Plus a warm welcome to our Vietnamese-speaking users.

The How To button

TabNook is deep, and moving things around isn't always obvious the first time. So 2.7 adds a How To button right in the navigation bar. It opens visual, step-by-step guides — complete with helpful images — for moving and reordering your Topics, Pages, Widgets, and Links. If you've ever wondered "wait, how do I rearrange these?", the answer is now one click away. Especially handy if you're new. Free for everyone.

Guides for the AI wizards

Our AI wizards can build a lot for you — if you know they're there. This release adds How-To slides that walk you through them: creating a new Page with the AI wizard, a new Links widget with the AI wizard, and new Tasks with the AI wizard. A quick way to discover how much AI can do for your dashboard.

Weather, anywhere in the world

Big one for our international users: location support went worldwide. The location input in Settings now accepts any city or region on the planet, and the Weather widget works with all of them. We also improved timezone detection and made location search more accurate, so wherever you are — or wherever you're curious about — TabNook keeps up.

Now in Vietnamese

TabNook now speaks Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) — full interface translation, Vietnamese quotes in the Quotes widget, and localized date formats. Just pick Vietnamese from your language settings and you're set.

That's 2.7 — help when you need it, AI guidance when you want it, and a Weather widget that works no matter where life takes you. New to TabNook? Tap the How To button and take the quick tour of moving things around.

2.6 is where building a dashboard got a whole lot easier. Instead of starting from a blank page, you just answer a few friendly questions and let AI do the heavy lifting. Meet the AI Wizards.

Build a whole page by answering questions

The star of this release is the AI Page Wizard. Tell it what you're trying to create — answer a few simple questions — and it generates a fully configured page, widgets and all, ready to go. It's perfect for spinning up a new section of your dashboard in a minute instead of building it piece by piece. Works in every supported language, and it's a Premium feature.

Wizards for links and tasks too

The same guided, question-and-answer approach came to two more spots:

• AI Links Wizard. Describe your interests and get a curated set of link suggestions back. It replaces the old single-prompt approach with a friendlier back-and-forth that gets you better results.
• AI Tasks Wizard. An interactive wizard walks you through creating a Tasks widget, understanding your goals and suggesting relevant tasks — much more intuitive than the old button-based flow.

Both are Premium, and both work across all of TabNook's languages. The whole idea: less staring at an empty widget, more "oh, that's exactly what I wanted."

Friendlier empty states

Speaking of empty widgets — we made those a lot more helpful too. Empty Topics now show clear instructions for creating pages, either by hand or with AI, and empty Pages guide you through adding widgets the same way. It's a much warmer welcome for new users, with obvious pathways to discover the AI features when you're ready for them.

That's 2.6 — the release that turned "where do I even start?" into "just answer a few questions." Next time you're setting up a new page, give the AI Page Wizard a spin and watch it build the whole thing for you.

2.5 is about sharing the love — and being easier to discover. There's a brand-new referral system, a more welcoming front door for international visitors, another language in the mix, and fresh achievements to earn along the way.

Share TabNook, earn rewards

If you've been telling friends about TabNook (thank you!), now it pays off. The new Referral System gives you a unique referral link right from your profile. Share it on social media with one click, and track your signups and subscriptions as people join. You'll even earn special achievements for successful referrals — a little thank-you for spreading the word. Free for everyone.

Now in Indonesian

TabNook now speaks Bahasa Indonesia — full interface translation, Indonesian quotes in the Quotes widget, and localized date formats. Just pick Indonesian from your language settings to switch.

A landing page that speaks your language

First impressions matter, so our landing page is now multilingual. It's available in all supported languages, automatically detects a visitor's language from their browser, and has a language selector if they'd like to switch. A much warmer welcome for people discovering TabNook from around the world.

New achievements to chase

With more ways to grow comes more to earn. This release adds fresh achievement categories:

• Referral Signups — for inviting friends who join.
• Referral Subscriptions — for friends who go Premium.
• Heritage — achievements that celebrate your own TabNook journey.

Track your growth as a TabNook ambassador and collect the badges along the way.

Faster, too

Under the hood, 2.5 brought performance improvements across the website — faster page loads and optimized caching for a snappier, more responsive feel everywhere.

That's 2.5 — share TabNook, welcome the world, and rack up some new badges. Grab your referral link from your profile and send it to a friend who'd love a tidier digital life.

2.4 is a milestone: it's the release where TabNook learned to speak more than one language. Five of them, in fact, all at once. If you've enjoyed using TabNook in your own language since, this is where that whole journey began.

TabNook goes multilingual

Until now, TabNook was English-only. With 2.4, it became truly multilingual, with full interface translations in five new languages:

• Spanish (Español)
• Portuguese (Português)
• French (Français)
• German (Deutsch)
• Italian (Italiano)

Not just a few labels here and there — the whole interface. Menus, buttons, messages, all of it, translated. Free for everyone.

Switch languages in a click

Changing your language couldn't be simpler. Head to the language settings in your profile menu, pick your language, and the change applies immediately across the entire app — no reloads, no fuss. Even our "What's New" announcements come through in your language.

Translated down to the details

We didn't stop at the interface. This release also brought:

• Translated quotes in the Quotes widget, tailored to each language.
• Localized date and time formats, so dates look right wherever you are.
• Improved accessibility for international users throughout.

That's 2.4 — the foundation that made TabNook a home for people all over the world. Every language we've added since (and there have been many) started right here. Switch TabNook into your language and make it truly yours.

2.3 makes TabNook a little more human: a real way to reach us when you need help, a channel for us to keep you in the loop, and a fun reason to keep exploring — badges! Let's take a look.

Help & Feedback, built right in

Need a hand, or have an idea you want to share? The new Help & Feedback system lets you submit support tickets without ever leaving TabNook. You can track the status of your requests and get responses right in the app, so getting help (or sending us a suggestion) is finally simple and self-contained. Free for everyone.

Announcements, so you never miss a thing

We also wanted a clean way to keep you posted. Announcements bring important updates — new features, notable changes, news from the team — right to your dashboard. No digging through email; the things worth knowing show up where you already are.

Earn badges as you go

Here's the fun part. TabNook now has achievements. As you use different features, you unlock badges and collect them in your achievement album — a little celebration of your TabNook milestones, and a nudge to try things you might not have discovered yet. It's a small touch that makes settling into TabNook genuinely enjoyable. Free for everyone.

Plus some polish

• Better Notes formatting — improved text rendering in the Notes widget.
• Drag links from websites straight into your Links widgets, no copy-paste required.
• Clearer visual feedback when you're rearranging your dashboard.

That's 2.3 — support when you need it, updates that find you, and badges to chase along the way. Go peek at your achievement album; you've probably earned a few already.

2.2 stacks your dashboard with new things to track and makes the ones you already use nicer. Two new widgets, a more customizable weather clock, and rich text in every note. Let's dig in.

Track your stocks

Keep an eye on the market without a second tab. The new Stocks widget lets you add stocks by ticker symbol and see price updates right on your dashboard. Watch your portfolio at a glance and stay on top of the day's movements — it's there with everything else you check each morning. Free for everyone.

Never miss a score

Sports fan? The new Sports Scores widget follows your favorite teams so you don't have to go hunting. Add the teams you care about and see live scores, game schedules, and results across multiple leagues and sports — all in one tidy widget. Also free.

Pick your clock

A small but lovely touch: the Weather widget now offers clock choices. Pick from different clock styles — analog or digital — to match your dashboard's vibe. A little bit of personalization that makes the widget feel like yours.

Rich text in every note

Notes got a real upgrade. All Notes widgets now support rich text formatting — bold, italic, underline, bullet and numbered lists, and links. No more plain walls of text; you can actually structure your notes now, and it's one unified, consistent Notes experience across the board. Free for everyone.

Easier to get started

We also made TabNook friendlier for newcomers: empty widgets now show helpful instructions, with better onboarding and clearer guidance when you're just getting going. Less "now what?", more "oh, got it."

That's 2.2 — two new widgets to follow what you love, a clock that suits your style, and notes that finally format properly. Add a Stocks or Sports widget and give your dashboard one more reason to be the first tab you open.

2.1 brings the wider web onto your dashboard and helps the AI features give you better ideas. There's a new RSS widget, a one-step way to bring your bookmarks over, and curated prompt libraries to spark your AI links and tasks. Let's dig in.

Follow your favorite sites with RSS

Meet the new RSS Feed widget. Add a feed from any website — a news site, a blog, a webcomic — and see its latest articles and posts right on your dashboard. You can choose how many items to show, so it's as compact or as full as you like. It's a lovely way to keep up with the sources you care about without bouncing around the web. Free for everyone.

Bring your bookmarks with you

Switching to TabNook shouldn't mean starting from scratch. With Browser Bookmark Import, you can pull your existing bookmarks straight in from your browser and organize them into widgets. Your favorite sites are right there from day one — no tedious copy-pasting link by link. Free for everyone.

Curated prompts for AI Links and Tasks

Sometimes the hardest part of using AI is knowing what to ask. So 2.1 adds Shared Prompt Libraries for both AI Links and AI Tasks:

• For AI Links — browse a library of curated prompts to spark new link collections, with one click to use any of them.
• For AI Tasks — explore task-focused prompts that generate ready-made to-do lists for all kinds of scenarios, again with one-click use.

You can rate prompts and discover the popular ones, so the best ideas rise to the top. These prompt libraries are a Premium feature.

Faster, tidier

• Reorganized Settings for easier navigation.
• Faster link icons — quicker icon retrieval for snappier page loads.
• Optimized favicon caching for better all-around performance.

That's 2.1 — the web's freshest content on your dashboard, your bookmarks brought along, and a little inspiration for your AI features. Add an RSS feed from a site you check daily and let it come to you instead.

Hitting 2.0 called for something big, and this release delivered: a full calendar to run your schedule, AI that builds a theme from any photo, custom page backgrounds, and an easy on-ramp for your existing content. Let's dig in.

The TabNook Calendar

The marquee feature of 2.0: a genuine, full-featured TabNook Calendar. Create and manage your events, view your schedule by day, week, or month, and keep your life organized in one place. You can even subscribe to external calendars via iCal, so the calendars you already keep show up right inside TabNook. It's free for everyone, and it became one of the most-loved parts of TabNook (we've kept building on it ever since).

Turn any image into a theme

Theme-making got magical. With AI Theme Generation from Images, you can upload a photo — a sunset, a favorite album cover, a city street — and AI analyzes its colors to build a harmonious, matching theme for your dashboard. Prefer words? Describe your ideal look and watch it come to life. It's a delightfully easy way to get a dashboard that feels uniquely yours. (AI Theme Generation is a Premium feature.)

Give every page its own backdrop

Now you can add a background image to any page, giving each one its own distinct look. It's perfect for mood boards and visual organization — a travel-planning page with a beach behind it, a work page that feels focused, a hobby page that sparks joy. Free for everyone.

Bring your content with you

Moving in from somewhere else? Import Pages from Other Sites lets you bring bookmarks in from other bookmark managers and migrate your existing content quickly, so you can get up and running with your favorite links fast. Free for everyone.

Plus some polish

• Reorganized Settings for easier navigation.
• Better link icons and faster, more reliable favicon fetching for sharper visuals.

That's 2.0 — a calendar to run your days, AI that paints your dashboard from a photo, and a more personal page for everything. Upload a favorite image to the theme generator and see what TabNook makes of it; the results are often gorgeous.

1.9 is a great mix of power and polish: a real project board for getting work done, handier ways to tidy and customize your dashboard, and some thoughtful accessibility touches. Let's take a look.

Kanban project boards

Got a project to wrangle? The new Kanban boards bring visual, drag-and-drop project management right into TabNook. Create boards with customizable columns, drag cards between them to track progress, and add team members and assign cards to keep everyone on the same page. Whether it's a work project or planning a big personal to-do, it's a satisfying way to watch things move from "to do" to "done." Kanban is a Premium feature.

Collapse widgets to save space

Dashboard getting busy? You can now collapse any widget down to just its header, then expand it again with a single click when you need it. TabNook remembers how you left each one, so your dashboard stays exactly as tidy as you like it. Free for everyone.

A real-time theme editor

Customizing your colors used to mean save, refresh, squint, repeat. Not anymore. The real-time Theme Editor shows a live preview of every color change as you make it — no saving, no refreshing — and you can undo if you change your mind. Dialing in the perfect look is finally fast and genuinely fun. Free for everyone.

Dyslexia-friendly fonts

Accessibility matters, so 1.9 added dyslexia-friendly font options. You'll find OpenDyslexic and Lexie Readable right in the font picker — both designed to improve readability and ease common reading difficulties. A small change that makes a real difference for a lot of people. Free for everyone.

Cleaner notifications everywhere

Behind the scenes, we replaced the browser's plain pop-ups with TabNook's own custom alerts across the entire app. The result: consistent, styled notifications and unified dialog boxes everywhere, for a more polished, cohesive experience.

That's 1.9 — serious project-management muscle, a tidier and more customizable dashboard, and a more inclusive, more polished TabNook overall. Spin up a Kanban board for your next project and feel the satisfaction of dragging that first card to "Done."

1.8 makes TabNook feel more like a real app and more social at the same time. Install it right on your device, send widgets to friends, pin the quotes you love, and add a little personality to your chats. Let's dig in.

Install TabNook as an app

TabNook is now a Progressive Web App — which is a fancy way of saying you can install it directly to your device and use it like a native app. It loads instantly, works offline, and lives on your home screen or dock without a browser window around it. Same TabNook, more app-like. Free for everyone.

Share widgets with friends

Found a widget worth passing on? You can now share any widget directly with another TabNook user. They get a notification to accept it, and it lands on their dashboard — perfect for sending a curated set of links or a useful resource to a friend or coworker. (Widget sharing is a Premium feature.) This was the first step in TabNook's sharing story, which has grown a lot since.

Pin quotes as widgets

Got a quote that keeps you going? Pin it as a widget. Any quote can become a dedicated Quote widget on your current page, so your favorite bit of inspiration stays right in front of you every day. Free for everyone.

Emoji in chat

Conversations got a little more fun: chat now has a full emoji picker, with quick access to your favorites, so you can express yourself properly. 🎉 (Emoji in chat is a Premium feature.)

Plus some polish

• Task filtering remembers your preference between visits.
• A community icon now marks shared widgets at a glance.
• "ToDos" became "Tasks" everywhere across the site, for consistency.
• Fixed widget renaming for Fancy Notes.

That's 1.8 — an installable, more app-like TabNook, your first ways to share, and a few thoughtful touches. Try installing TabNook to your device; having it one tap away really does change how often you use it.

1.7 is a bit of a fan favorite, because it's the release where TabNook got a heart — a friendly little mascot — along with smarter tasks, easier link wrangling, and a cleaner interface all around. Say hello.

Meet Nook the Tabby

This is the big one: Nook the Tabby joined TabNook. Our friendly kitten mascot pops up on empty pages with helpful tips to get you started, making the whole dashboard feel warm and welcoming instead of blank and intimidating. Nook's been a beloved part of TabNook ever since — and would later bring along a whole crew of friends. But it all started here. Free for everyone, of course.

Task priorities

Not all tasks are created equal, so 1.7 added a task priority system. Tag tasks with priority levels — Low, Medium, High, and Urgent — each with a color-coded visual indicator, so the things that matter most are easy to spot. Better focus, less mental juggling. Free for everyone.

Drag to reorder your links

Reorganizing your links got effortless. You can now drag links to reorder them within a widget, using an intuitive drag handle on each one — and your new order saves automatically. Get your most-used links right where you want them, no fuss. Free for everyone.

Share images in chat

Chat got more visual: you can now send images directly in your conversations, making it quick to share a screenshot or a picture with collaborators. (Chat image sharing is a Premium feature.)

A cleaner, friendlier interface

• A streamlined More button that consolidates the menu into one tidy spot.
• Custom tooltips with links to how-to videos, right where you need a hand.
• An advanced font picker with more options to make TabNook your own.
• A cleaner, more organized interface throughout.

That's 1.7 — the release that gave TabNook its mascot, sharper task focus, and a friendlier feel all over. Next time you land on an empty page, give Nook a wave. 🐱

1.6 added a way to talk to the people you share topics with, made moving your content around easier, and gave the interface a fresh coat of polish. A tidy, friendly release — let's take a look.

Chat with your collaborators

The headline of 1.6: real-time chat arrived. When you're working in a shared topic with other people, you can now message your collaborators right inside TabNook — no jumping to a separate app to stay in sync. It was the start of TabNook's chat story, which kept growing in the releases that followed (images, emoji, and more). Chat is a Premium feature.

Move pages between topics

Reorganizing got simpler. A new Move to Topic option in the page dropdown menu lets you quickly move a page from one topic to another — no rebuilding it from scratch when you decide it belongs somewhere else. Free for everyone.

A fresh coat of polish

This release also smoothed out a lot of little things:

• Modern pill buttons replaced the old Add/Maintain icons for a cleaner look.
• The widget rename icon moved next to the title, so it's easier to find and use.
• Better page tab organization across the board.
• A refresh button on the Quotes widget, for a fresh quote whenever you want one.

And a couple of fixes

• Fixed a dropdown that was missing its icon.
• Fixed page reordering so it works the way it should.

That's 1.6 — a new way to stay in touch with collaborators, easier content organization, and a cleaner, more polished interface. Small release, but every bit of it made TabNook a little nicer to use every day.

This is where our changelog begins — the earliest release we've got on record. 1.5 was all about speed: keyboard shortcuts, faster ways to add tasks, and quicker note editing. Small, focused, and all about getting things into TabNook with less friction.

Keyboard shortcuts

Why reach for the mouse when your hands are already on the keys? 1.5 added keyboard shortcuts to open the Add To-Do modal and the Add Link modal — from anywhere on your dashboard. Capture a task or a link the instant it crosses your mind, no clicking around. Free for everyone.

Batch task entry

Got a whole list in your head? Batch task entry lets you add task after task without the modal closing on you each time. Just tick the "keep open" checkbox and rattle off everything in one go — a small change that makes a brain-dump session genuinely fast. Free for everyone.

Double-click to edit notes

Editing notes got more natural. Now you can simply double-click a Notes widget (or a Fancy Notes widget) to drop straight into edit mode, then save or cancel right inline — no separate modal to open. It's the kind of thing you do without thinking, which is exactly the point. Free for everyone.

Smoother all around

• Improved keyboard navigation throughout.
• A faster content-creation workflow overall.
• A more intuitive editing experience.

That's 1.5 — the humble, speed-focused beginning of the TabNook story as our changelog tells it. From these little time-savers, TabNook grew into the dashboard it is today. Thanks for reading all the way to the bottom. 💛

1.4 was a big step: TabNook stopped being a solo space and learned to work as a team. With Collaborative Topics, you can invite other people into a topic and build it together — pages, widgets, and all. Let's take a look.

Collaborate on your topics

The heart of 1.4: topic collaboration. Invite someone by email and share any topic with a teammate or a friend. Once they accept, they can add and edit pages and widgets right alongside you. Invitations are yours to accept or decline, you can leave a collaboration at any time, and email notifications keep everyone in the loop when a new invite goes out. (Collaboration is a Premium feature.)

Every widget, together

Collaboration isn't bolted onto one widget — it runs through all of them. Every widget type supports collaborative editing, so a shared topic is genuinely shared:

• Links — build a shared set of bookmarks and resources.
• Notes and Fancy Notes — take notes together, plain or rich text.
• Tasks — manage a shared to-do list as a team.
• Photos — collect images in a shared gallery.
• Files — keep shared documents in one place.

Whatever your team needs to work on, the widget for it now works for everyone.

Stay in control

Sharing is only comfortable when you're in charge of it, so 1.4 added clear collaboration management. From the Topic menu you can see all your current collaborators and remove anyone when needed. Shared topics show up in each collaborator's sidebar with a clear visual indicator, so it's always obvious what's shared and what's just yours.

Plus the plumbing to make it solid

• Collaborative access checks across every widget API, so permissions are enforced everywhere.
• Owner and editor visibility kept in sync.
• A dedicated shared-topics section in the sidebar.
• Invitation email notifications and the ability to leave a collaboration whenever you like.

That's 1.4 — the release that turned TabNook into a place you can build with other people, not just for yourself. Invite someone into a topic and watch how much easier it is to keep a shared project in one spot.

1.3 opened TabNook up to other people. This is where sharing with the wider community arrived, along with a built-in inbox and a proper way to keep up with what's new. TabNook started feeling less like an island and more like a neighborhood.

Share widgets with the community

The big one: Community Widget Sharing. You can share your Links and Tasks widgets to a community gallery for others to discover — and browse everyone else's, with search, filters, and sorting to find the good stuff. Rate widgets with a 5-star system, apply any of them to your dashboard in a click, and keep tabs on what you've shared from a "My Shared" view. There are 12 categories to keep things organized, and a daily share limit to keep spam out. (Community sharing is a Premium feature.)

Share whole pages as templates

Why stop at single widgets? Page Template Sharing lets you share an entire page layout — up to 20 widgets — as a reusable template. Browse templates, apply them to any topic, and the layout and widget positions come along intact. You can rate and review them too. (For privacy, pages containing Photos or Files can't be shared, and templates are capped at 500 KB.) Also Premium.

An inbox for messages

1.3 added a built-in Inbox Messaging System. You get a personal inbox with unread notifications, can reply to messages from the TabNook team right inside the app, and never miss an important note — with email notifications for new messages and full conversation history. Free for everyone.

Never miss what's new

And to keep you in the loop on TabNook itself, this release introduced the What's New system — the bell icon with an unread badge, a dropdown preview of recent updates, a welcome modal for big version announcements, and a full, searchable changelog. It even tracks which updates you've already seen. (Fun fact: this very blog is the spiritual successor to that changelog.) Free for everyone.

That's 1.3 — the release that connected TabNook users to each other and to us. Browse the community gallery and grab a widget someone else built; it's a great shortcut to a better dashboard.

1.2 was a milestone: TabNook grew up into a real product with a sustainable model behind it. This release introduced subscriptions, plus two genuinely useful Premium widgets for storing your photos and files safely. Here's the story.

A subscription system

TabNook went freemium. There's a generous free tier — topics, pages, and the core widgets to run your dashboard — and a Premium tier that unlocks the more powerful features, available on a monthly or yearly plan. It's powered by Stripe, with a self-service customer portal, the industry-standard "cancel at the end of your period" approach, a grace period if a payment hiccups, and — importantly — your content is preserved if you ever downgrade. Subscriptions are what keep TabNook running and improving, so this release mattered a lot.

The Photo widget

The first Premium widget: Photos. Upload images and display them right on your dashboard, complete with a title and metadata. Every upload is virus-scanned and MIME-validated for safety, and common formats (JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP) are all supported. Perfect for a little visual flair or keeping a reference image handy. (Premium.)

The Files widget

The second: Files — document storage right in TabNook. Upload multiple files per widget across 30+ file types, each with its own custom icon, and double-click to download. Like Photos, every file is virus-scanned on upload. It's a handy spot for the documents you reach for often. (Premium.)

And behind the scenes

• Stronger security — virus scanning, credential encryption, and robust Stripe webhook handling.
• A payment grace-period system so a one-off billing glitch never locks you out.

That's 1.2 — the release that turned TabNook into a real, sustainable product, with secure storage for your photos and files along for the ride. Thanks to everyone who went Premium back then (and since); you're the reason all the releases above this one exist.

Just one release in, TabNook got its first taste of AI and a way to capture content from anywhere on the web. 1.1 brought the AI Theme Generator, a community theme gallery, and the TabNook Chrome Extension. Big swings, early on.

Describe a theme, and AI builds it

The first AI feature: the AI Theme Generator. Describe the look you want in plain language — "warm autumn sunset," "calm deep-sea blues" — and AI generates a complete, coordinated theme for your dashboard, tuning every color to match. Preview it, save as many as you like, and share your favorites with the community. It was the start of TabNook's whole AI story, which has grown enormously since. (Premium.)

The Chrome Extension

1.1 also put TabNook in your browser's toolbar with the Chrome Extension — a way to capture content from anywhere on the web:

• VideoDigest — AI summaries of YouTube videos.
• Add Link — bookmark any page straight into TabNook.
• Add Note — capture selected text as a note.
• Add Todo — turn something into a task on the spot.

It launched on the Chrome Web Store, and it's still one of the handiest ways to feed your dashboard. Free for everyone.

A community theme gallery

With AI making themes so easy, it made sense to share them. Community Themes added a Theme Gallery with search, filters, and sorting, a 5-star rating system, and ten categories to browse. Discover a look you love, apply it in a click, and see how popular each theme is by its apply count. (Premium.)

That's 1.1 — AI-crafted themes, a gallery to share them, and a browser extension to capture the web. Remarkable how much of what makes TabNook TabNook showed up this early. Describe a theme to the generator and see what it dreams up.

Where it all began. 1.0 was the very first public release of TabNook — the foundation everything else on this blog was built on. It was simple, focused, and already the core idea: one calm, customizable home for your digital life.

A personal dashboard

From day one, TabNook was a widget-based dashboard you could make your own. Drag and drop widgets into the layout you wanted, on a responsive design that worked across your devices, with both dark and light themes right out of the gate. The whole point: open a tab and land somewhere that's yours.

Topics and pages

To keep things organized, TabNook launched with Topics and Pages. Create multiple topics, add pages within each, navigate easily between them, and reorder everything to taste. It's the structure that still anchors TabNook today — a place for work, a place for home, a place for hobbies, all neatly separated.

The core widgets

And of course, the essentials to actually do something:

• Links — a simple bookmark manager.
• Notes — quick text notes.
• ToDo — basic task management (later renamed Tasks).

Three humble widgets, each with customizable settings — the seeds of the big widget family TabNook has today.

That's 1.0 — the modest, sturdy beginning of it all. If you've read the whole way down to here, thank you: you've just scrolled through TabNook's entire story, from this first release to everything at the top of the page. Here's to whatever comes next. 🚀