Chris Messina

Sidekick Browser 3.0 - A focus-honed working station for online professionals

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Sidekick 3.0 transforms the game of browsing by protecting you against online distractions. Built by ADHDers for ADHDers and professional onliners, Sidekick is ultra-fast and packed with great tools for focusing.

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Dmitry Pushkarev
Hey Product Hunt! I'm Dmitry, CEO and founder of Sidekick, the first productivity browser for online professionals. We are here again as our mission is far from being over. Most literally, we still have to fight for your attention. Our previous launch on Product Hunt was all about effectiveness and features for productive online work. This month’s big update is already making headlines and it’s about something that's increasingly hard to achieve online. Concentration. Cold fact: Mainstream browsers make money by getting a revenue share from search engines like Bing or Google. As a result, they make money every time they get to distract you from work and send you towards a search and browsing binge. Browsers were built for browsing and monetizing your attention, not for work. That's why we had to reinvent them. At first, we focused on UI and productivity and created our signature features Sidebar, Global Search, and Sessions. The in-built adblock and a streamlined engine made Sidekick one of the fastest browsers on the planet, but that was not enough. So we launched Workspaces, Sync, Multi-Accounts, and other great features. The feedback we were receiving was very encouraging. People lauded Sidekick for its powerful tools and speed. We've also got many emails from users with ADHD, attention deficit disorder, a condition that hinders concentration. They praised Sidekick for helping them get their lives back. This is when I realized that accidentally we created a solution for a condition I've been struggling with since high school. Today, about 500 million people suffer from ADHD globally. They know a lot about attention deficit and the everyday pain it causes. Obviously, focus-honed solutions for them would benefit one and all, as distractions on the Internet are a universal problem. Safeguarding your focus is our company mission. That's why we conducted extensive ADHD-user research and defined key areas where assistive tech could play a critical role in protecting our attention. After that, there was only one thing left to do: integrate the right tools to rebuke digital distractions. Today, we are proud to share them with you. 1. No ads within your eyesight is key to productive online work and coping with ADHD. In-built Adblock 2.0 solves this problem so easily that you don't really need a Premium subscription to watch Youtube ad-free. 2. Youtube, by the way, is a distraction too. Keeping media and social platforms aside during your workday is a must. Distraction blocker helps create this healthy habit by redirecting you back to your task lists or inbox. 3. If that's still not enough, mute all notifications and run the Full-Screen focus mode which hides tabs and layout elements and helps you focus on the important. Enter the zero-distraction zone. 4. Focusing is one thing, and recalling is another. People tend to forget things. Our user-friendly Task manager is built to alleviate anxiety around your daily goals. Now you can pin a task to your desktop as a sticky note and run a Pomodoro timer to manage your work/rest cycles more effectively. 5. Organizing your workplace properly is now much easier with Collections, a powerful tool for documents and bookmarks. Use them to create a knowledge base that's always with you. Share it with friends and colleagues. Other novelties include not-so-visible but really cool upgrades in the UX, Split-View and other layout elements. Altogether, Sidekick-2023 is a browser that protects your attention and keeps your mind sharp, a lifeline for digital professionals and neurodiverse users with ADHD and other focus-related issues. It's now sleeker, faster, and smarter, with AI integration in full swing. By the way, today we use artificial intelligence to enhance our AdBlock, tab suspender, and Global search. Our next big update will give AI a much bigger role. Please send your feedback and stay tuned. Thanks, @chrismessina for your invaluable support.
Ryan Finne πŸš€
@chrismessina @dmitry_pushkarev Thank you, thank you, thank you Team Sidekick!
Anthony Baitsur
πŸš€πŸŽ‰ Wow, where do I even begin? I've been using Sidekick as my go-to web browser for the past six months, and I must say, it has been an absolute game-changer for me. The apps sidebar is incredibly addictive and has streamlined my entire browsing experience. I can't imagine going back to a traditional browser now! The overall experience is just so seamless and intuitive that it feels like Sidekick was tailor-made for my browsing habits. Dmitry, congratulations on this fantastic launch! πŸ₯³ You and your team have truly outdone yourselves with Sidekick, and I'm beyond excited to see what's next on the horizon for this revolutionary browser. Keep up the great work! πŸ‘πŸ’―
Yegor Yakovishen
Congrats with the launch! I've been using Sidekick for half a year and have to say that Sidebar and Sessions are really great 🀘. Keep going!
Dmitry Pushkarev
@yegor_yakovishen Thank you for your support!
Vlad Kooklev
I love this new release! Great work as usual. Good luck, team
Mirena Vasileva
I saw that you can group tabs by project and cut down the noise and as someone who gets distracted VERY easily I thought this is the browser I have needed all along! I love the sleek design, too. I am still working on learning how to get used to it (for which reason I made it my default browser to make the process automatic) and can't wait to give you more feedback but for now it looks very promising! Well done on creating a very needed product and making it ad-free too!
Mirena Vasileva
@dmitry_pushkarev where do I go if I want to give any feedback or report bugs? :)
Dmitri Verovski
@mirena_vasileva Hi! There is a Feedback button right on the Homepage of the Sidekick (launchpad for the apps). This will lead you to the Typeform. You can also participate in our Discord community. Here is the link https://discord.com/invite/GWDC6...
Pierre Touzeau
Congrats on the launch! I've been using Sidekick for almost 2 years now and fell in love with the product. I don't have ADHD but still love the way it helps me stay focused :)
Bilal Niaz
This is a really great tool for people with ADHD!
Mohendran Hades Sparker
This is the browser that helped me to focus and increase my productivity. @dmitry_pushkarev thanks for creating an amazing browser.
Kate Erina
I am absolutely in love with this browser! From the moment I started using it a couple of years ago, I could tell that it was something special. And now, with all the new features, it's even better than ever! Kudos to the team for creating such an amazing product!
Artem Bezrukov
good luck with the launch!
Nadya Motina
I've been using the Sidekick browser for about six months, and I absolutely adore it! I find especially useful the features of split-view, sessions, and easy switch between multiple accounts. Keep going 🀘
Isha Varma
What an amazing initiative. Congratulations on the launch!
Ivan Pelypenko
@dmitry_pushkarev congratulations on the launch of Sidekick Browser 3.0 on Product Hunt! πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰ It has a lot of features that make it stand out from other browsers. I'm sure it will be a great success! blush
Ruslan Vakhitov
yay! I'll switch to the latest version
Maria
Amazing tool! Seems like easily it can become ''must have'' tool nowadays 🀩✌ Congrats on the launch, have a great success with this great one! πŸ™ŒπŸ’ͺ✨πŸ₯³πŸŽ‰
Nitesh Manav
Using the pro version for last 6 months and not going back.
Josh Freeland
Congrats on this loving the new features!
Platon Lukyanov
Seems like a product I have been waiting for a long time, I am on my way downloading it!
Petr Antropov
I couldn't recommend to try it moreπŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯
Anatoly Marin
I've been using sidekick for the past two years, and it still my default browser. Love it!