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milen

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About milen

Software engineer on Build Infrastructure @ Facebook, ex-tech lead on Spark AR Studio, amongst other things created Monodraw, co-created Clear, EventBox and others.

More about me at http://milen.me/

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    Comment #47007297

    I’ve implemented that feature but I haven’t had the time to push out a new update (family life and day job take up all my time). I’ll try to prioritise this over the next few weeks…

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    Comment #45072956

    Yup, that's me! EventBox [1] was rebranded as Socialite after it got acquired [2] by Realmac Software. [1] https://milen.me/software/eventbox-walkthrough/ [2] https://www.macworld.…

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    Comment #45042870

    The team is just me - the developer. There’s no affiliation whatsoever, I’m actually quite surprised every time Monodraw appears on the front page as the app just had its 10th birt…

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    Comment #45041069

    At least back in the day, it used to be common to "buy a license" or "buy a serial key". I didn't really put too much thought into the phrasing, as I haven't received any feedback.…

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    Comment #45041031

    As jamil7 noted, Monodraw predates SwiftUI by about 4yrs. But more importantly, my priority is delivering the best user experience and that's where AppKit shines.

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    Comment #45041015

    One idea I've been toying with would be to do a Kickstarter-style campaign and if it reaches a certain threshold, then I know it would be worth porting.

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    Comment #45041002

    FWIW, pirated copies of Monodraw are widely available, I take that as a form of flattery :D

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    Comment #45040985

    Thank you!

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    Comment #45040982

    Appreciated!

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    Comment #45040978

    Oh, wow - so happy to hear from a Clear user! I was one of the co-creators of Clear and the developer who built the iOS app. It was co-created by me, Realmac and Impending. I had p…

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    Comment #45040943

    Thank you for the appreciation!

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    Comment #45040936

    It's on the TODO list!

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    Comment #45040929

    Yeah, it's unclear how many people fall into that bucket. I'm sure it's non-zero but I don't know if it's worth the time.

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    Comment #45040911

    Targeting Windows/Linux/web still means I cannot re-use the sources. But targeting web might be faster in terms of development time, although I don't have deep expertise on non-App…

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    Comment #45040889

    Yeah, there's a few such libraries that I'm aware of but I haven't had time to evaluate them. I do plan to at least look into them and make decision from there.

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    Comment #45040876

    That makes sense - I deliberately did not go down the subscription route.

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    Comment #45040867

    Thank you!

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    Comment #45039172

    The top two features I want to add next are table support and some form of auto layout (like flexbox). I really care about stability and performance, so I’m happy to hear that it’s…

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    Comment #45038353

    Monodraw's main selling point is that it's a fully native AppKit macOS app. If you value the experience, then you might like the app. asciiflow.com is great as well. (Monodraw deve…

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    Comment #45038329

    Thank you for the kind words! > Would you consider adding an '8-bit character bitmap' mode, which allows for the bitmap to also be edited? Can you clarify with an example? Monodraw…

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    Comment #45038312

    The direct version is not sandboxed as I didn't want to deal with Sparkle (autoupdater) and sandboxing. The Mac App Store version is sandboxed.

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    Comment #45038301

    Good luck with your project! The world is big enough for multiple products in the same space, no need to get discouraged.

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    Comment #45038281

    Any time spent on copy protection is time not spent on improving the product for the paying customers. I find it unlikely that such copy protection would actually convert a non-pay…

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    Comment #45038249

    There are no current plans but never say never (the app is 100% AppKit, so porting means a full rewrite). I wish I had the time to port it to all three desktop OSes.