{"id":133708,"date":"2019-04-17T21:55:23","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T19:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=133708"},"modified":"2025-07-01T22:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T05:05:13","slug":"toby-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/toby-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Tame browser tabs with Toby"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_133711\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133711\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-133711\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/TobyCollection.jpg\" alt=\"Toby sort tabs\" width=\"700\" height=\"438\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Organize your tabs in a quick, logical, accessible way.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you&#8217;re like most of us, there&#8217;s a lot going on in your browser at once. You&#8217;ve got an article you&#8217;re reading (hi!), email in another tab, Facebook one tab after that, a half-watched video in the next tab, a chat in the next, music playing from somewhere else, and suddenly an unannounced ad trumpeting over all of it. Before you know it your browsing session is a chaotic disarray of pinned tabs, busy extensions, and a list of unrecognizable bookmarks that scrolls on and on. If you&#8217;re drowning in the mess, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettoby.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toby<\/a> is the life preserver that can help you stay afloat.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Toby\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-logo-l,f_auto,dpr_auto\/p\/3bf52c5d-855c-40ee-b393-3712e222f534\/3781361880\/toby-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Toby<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/toby.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free Download<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--70\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"70\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"7\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\">7<\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\">Tame your tabs!<\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/toby.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<h3>What is Toby?<\/h3>\n<p>Toby is a browser extension compatible with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/chrome\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chrome<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Firefox<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Opera<\/a> (provided you use <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.opera.com\/en\/extensions\/details\/install-chrome-extensions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this extender<\/a>) that helps you organize tabs and save you time. According to a recent survey of Toby users, the service can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettoby.com\/faq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">save you up to eight hours a week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>How could it possibly save that much time?<\/h3>\n<p>Once you install Toby, the extension is present on any new tab you open, be it YouTube, Reddit, Facebook, a new search on Google. To use it all you have to do is <strong>create a &#8216;collection&#8217; and drag your choice of open tabs right into it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The simple mechanic was designed to help you keep track of relevant information throughout the day, and does so by storing tabs locally on your computer. That&#8217;s its main draw, but there&#8217;s other neat stuff the extension can offer too, like syncing files or sharing. Sometimes Toby can even restore services on deleted collections or tabs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_133712\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133712\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-133712\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/c_scale,q_auto:good,w_700\/v1553724500\/editorial\/TabbyMascot.png\" alt=\"Toby Tabby mascot\" width=\"700\" height=\"364\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We feel this is a good time to introduce you to &#8216;Tabby,&#8217; the official mascot of Toby.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The dev team explains how it saves you time like this: &#8220;If you think about the time it takes you to find a document or the file your coworker sent you 2 months ago, you can see how it can quickly add up. Toby is an entirely new way for modern teams to access resources and share knowledge seamlessly. It will save you a significant amount of time and money and even better allow you to do more important work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_133713\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133713\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-133713\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/c_scale,q_auto:good,w_700\/v1553724557\/editorial\/TooManyTabs.jpg\" alt=\"Toby create account\" width=\"700\" height=\"427\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If your browser has this many tabs, Toby is going to make your life so much easier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Isn&#8217;t that what folders are for?<\/h3>\n<p>By default, your browser already lets you make folders, sub-folders, and bookmarks at any time, so what is it that Toby does better? While folders can be a way to organize long-term, people seldom make them per browsing session; it&#8217;s usually not worth it.<\/p>\n<p>Toby is much more spur-of-the-moment; an improvisational method for keeping your current objective in sight, and any additional stimulus is put somewhere separate. &#8220;Bookmarks are for books, not browsers,&#8221; says Toby. &#8220;Organize your browser tabs into Toby so you can access key resources in one click instead of seven.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-133714\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/getttoby.jpg\" alt=\"Toby make tabs work for you\" width=\"700\" height=\"438\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>How much is it?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Toby is free.<\/strong> You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettoby.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">download it right here<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettoby.com\/signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">creating an account<\/a>. There&#8217;s no trial period, no fuss; Toby can be used for your PC at work or at home, and will help you stay organized until you decide to remove it.<\/p>\n<p>There is a public beta version of Toby that&#8217;s available for teams and businesses, as well as an Enterprise better suited for large organizations &#8220;that want to power their teams with multiple Toby workspaces.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_133715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133715\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-133715\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/PlansandPricing.jpg\" alt=\"Toby plans and pricing\" width=\"700\" height=\"440\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toby can be used personally, on a team, or as a business<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Getting an account is recommended, but you don&#8217;t even have to do that. It just means that your information will be stored locally instead of on a shareable cloud that can be accessed on a different computer. 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