u/Echojhawke — reddlx

Have a couple dogs and we want to ensure 100% with some status in HA if this gate is closed and latched fully. We have yard guys that are *usually* pretty good at making sure it's closed. We have springs on the gate but sometimes the gate doesn't fully latch if you just let it swing closed. What would be the most reliable way to detect that the gate is fully latched closed with the bar thingy inside the latch?

(I don't need it to lock/unlock smart or anything, just a status that I can bet on my dogs safety that it is for sure closed)

I've thought about some sort of open/closed circuit whit an esp, but if the metal pole touches the metal latch on the outside, I'd worry it would be a false positive.

Figured you guys are smart 😄

Thanks! 😃

Edit: I've tried just a standard wyze door sensor but the metal seems to interfere with the magnets and doesn't always show as closed even if it is.

TLDR: Tab Groups are an important part of Tab organization that Folders (especially pinned folders) don't accomplish. I seriously need tab groups for live UNpinned tabs and I think a lot of other people want it too.

(Stolen from Vertex Mods to demonstrate tab groups in Zen)

So currently in Zen, there is a tab hierarchy (and kinda Firefox) that goes something like this:

Zen/Firefox Profiles
- Zen Spaces (Workspaces)
- Zen/Firefox Containers (Kinda separate browsing sessions/cookies)
  - Zen Essential tabs - Persistent across workspaces, per Profile, top level
  - Folders & Live Folders
  - Zen Pins - Persistent per workspace

What I'd like to see is tab GROUPS that are beneath folders (in hierarchy) that are for regular open tabs. Separate work spaces, separate from pinned tabs, just on the live tabs.

Basically, I use tabs and workspaces like this:

Profiles: Project Agnostic, All the tabs, Specific to realm of life, Persistent Permanently. To completely separate work from school from personal. These are account level separations. Different extensions, accounts, browser history, different themes, different settings, completely separate profiles.
Spaces/Workspaces: Large projects, Multiple Tabs, Multiple Specific Pins for Project. Persist for Weeks-Months. Different large projects in the specific profile Work/School/Personal (eg a big report due for work or a massive assignment for school. Dozens (to sometimes 100s) of tabs. Something that will stay open for months. I might have multiple workspaces open at a time for different projects.
Essentials: Project Agnostic, Daily Tools, Always open, Persistent Permanently. Essentials are things I'm always going to use no matter the project. Email, calendar, Github, Drive, other comm channels, etc. Things that are daily openers that will always be there no matter the workspace or project. They Persist across workspaces and that makes sense, no notes.
Pins: Specific to Project/Workspace, Act as bookmarks, Persistent for Months/years. These are workspace specific and things I will usually only be using for a massive project. (Or bookmarked things for general saving, though that is another conversation) Still things that are frequently opened. Specific github pages, maybe the assignment rubric, class outline/schedule, quarterly reports, web apps, etc. Whatever that Workspace is working on. These are like bookmarks in my brain. Pins are things I don't use as often as Essentials, but things I frequently need to refer back to.
Folders: Specific to Project/Workspace, Act as bookmarks, Persistent for months/years. Organization for pinned tabs (or bookmarks). I organize these Pins in these folders sometimes, or just have pins out, but the folders are super useful to organize these static/consistent pins. Things that will be staying saved for quick access repeatedly. Don't need to be colored, don't need a close all function (though both would be fine). These are bookmarked for continued or future use but need to stay put for a long while.

What I need:

Tab GROUPS: Project Specific, Tiny browsing sessions, Persist only for hours-days. These are little micro projects, search tangents, maybe a quick task 3 tabs deep that I need to come back to. What I need groups for are for UNpinned/active tabs that might stay opened for a day at most. Random googling tangents, 6 tabs of a Library documentation I'm reading once and closing.
Only for active/in use tabs I want grouped to keep them clean, but I'm closing them the fk out at the end of the day. I want to be able to collapse them as I go down a different tangent but will come back to them that day, two days at most.
These are fluid, active, and in use tabs I want to clean up and DON'T want to pin. They just need to stay in their little organized group for a moment till I'm done with them. I want a the color group to be behind all the tabs in the group.
Adding AI/Smart Grouping/sorting would be a HUGE plus (even if it's tied to my own LLM API key (but honestly AI is overrated and I can organize my own tabs). I just NEED SO BAD a fluid grouping for ACTIVE tabs that isn't folders because folders are so much more permanent in my brain and I don't want the tabs in the groups to be pinned.

(Stolen from Vertex Mods to demonstrate tab groups in Zen)

Tab Groups would be PARAMOUNT.

I've tried using the about:config enable tab groups and I've tried using Sine and the Vertex Group Tab Mod, but it breaks often and is clunky/stops working, crashes zen, just doesn't flow with my zen.

Chef I BEG you to (re)consider tab groups. Even if they are "folders" that can be colorized and don't live as pinned tabs but stay just in the general open tab section.

Tab tree hierarchy would be another plus (Like sub tabs beneath parent tabs) but honestly not a big deal if I can just group them.

I'm not the only one who wants this: (Some of these threads make suggestions to leave to other browsers that have similar features but also have tab groups. I love zen and want to keep people here)

https://www.reddit.com/r/zen_browser/comments/1n7oo3s/tab_group_is_dead_a_lamentation_and_a_farewell/

https://www.reddit.com/r/zen_browser/comments/1ry561j/are_tab_groups_still_planned_in_zen/

https://www.reddit.com/r/zen_browser/comments/1juxdlr/tab_groups_are_here_here_to_stay_well_at_least/

https://www.reddit.com/r/zen_browser/comments/1k2lgdb/tab_foldersgroups/

https://www.reddit.com/r/zen_browser/comments/1i132l2/tab_groups_finally_here/

If I just don't get something about folders that would work how my brain sees groups, please tell me.

TLDR+:
Basically,
Zen Profiles are different buildings. Work, School, Home.
Workspaces are different departments, different projects, different classes.
Essentials are different apps on my phone I am using all the time. Communication, Music, Email, Web apps.
Pinned tabs and folders are papers (tabs) going in the filing cabinet and folders for a long time.
Tab GROUPS are piles of papers (tabs) on my desk I'm actively working on RIGHT NOW. Currently the papers are just everywhere--Floor, desk, taped on the wall, I need little color-coded boxes and piles on my desk to keep my papers straight and organized.