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Re: Show HN: Check the things that matter to you in the menubar

#11
post #5

It’s a nice utility but I feel it is another activity that will further sap our focus. As if social media hasn’t done enough damage by utilizing “easy” to get our attention.

Yeah. But, I felt this is better than opening multiple browser tabs and losing focus. So, I built this.

Re: Show HN: Check the things that matter to you in the menubar

#13
Unfortunately the things that I keep checking don't have an API. So I've been looking for something like this that scrapes - and that can detect if it's a login page and log me in.

I realize that it's unlikely that I'll ever find it but I don't have the time to make it myself atm.

Re: Show HN: Check the things that matter to you in the menubar

#15
post #13

Unfortunately the things that I keep checking don't have an API. So I've been looking for something like this that scrapes - and that can detect if it's a login page and log me in. I realize that it's unlikely that I'll ever find it but I don't have the time to make it myself atm.

Can you contact me (info in bio), I’m working on something that does what you just mentioned. It would be great to see your use cases so that I can integrate them.

Re: Show HN: Check the things that matter to you in the menubar

#16
post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

birbar isn't developed any more. it's rebooted as xbar https://github.com/matryer/xbar

I've switched to SwiftBar currently. https://github.com/swiftbar/SwiftBar

Why did you switch? I use xbar to run a script every second for the existence of a file, and I noticed xbar using a lot of resources.

Re: Show HN: Check the things that matter to you in the menubar

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've switched to SwiftBar currently. https://github.com/swiftbar/SwiftBar

Why did you switch? I use xbar to run a script every second for the existence of a file, and I noticed xbar using a lot of resources.

After moving the icon around to my fav place, xbar didn't retain the position on menu bar after restart.
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