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SigmaOS isn’t the first startup to try reinventing the web browser, but it might be the weirdest.

Unlike most desktop web browsers, this new Mac app has no horizontal tab bar, no bookmarks, and only one browser window. Some elements of its layout, such as its new tab button, seem deliberately out of place, and it’s missing some features you might consider table-stakes, like extension support. It also costs $10 per month after a two-week trial, whereas most browsers are free.

So why did SigmaOS become the most-upvoted entry on ProductHunt last week? Perhaps it’s because we’re constantly overwhelmed by our browser tabs and are desperate for new ways to deal with them. Mahyad Ghassemi, SigmaOS’s cofounder and CEO, has said that he became frustrated by the lack of organization features in traditional web browsers, and decided to develop a radical alternative.

That’s why SigmaOS forces users to imagine browser tabs as tasks and the browser itself as a to-do list. While it has…