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Show HN: boringBar – a taskbar-style dock replacement for macOS

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Re: Show HN: boringBar – a taskbar-style dock replacement for macOS

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Post by nagonago »

When I got a Macbook many years ago, I was surprised how often little utility software like this cost money. I was just so used to the abundance of open source and freeware in the Windows/Linux world.

No judgement either way, I get that developers want to be compensated for their time. I just always found the difference in culture curious. I guess it's because if you're willing to spend the extra premium for Apple products, you're probably also willing to spend a little extra premium on the software too.

Re: Show HN: boringBar – a taskbar-style dock replacement for macOS

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Post by upmostly »

a-ve wrote: post #101
sonofhans wrote: post #11

I am the target audience for this, from a UX and tech perspective. It addresses a problem I have and for which I periodically audition solutions. A subscription for a menu bar, though, kills it for me. I have apps on Macs that are over 20 years old. Some of those companies don’t exist anymore. I’m not going to risk paying $100 for a decade of your app and hope that your company, or your goodwill, stays around that lo…

Since this is the top comment as of now - hijacking this to introduce a change to pricing: ------ OP here - based on the feedback, I’ve switched boringBar to a perpetual license for personal use: https://boringbar.app It’s now $40 for 2 devices and includes 2 years of updates. After that, you can keep using the version you have, or choose to pay for updates again later. For businesses, I’m keeping the existing annual…

We went through the exact same dilemma with our product [1]. For desktop apps, one-off with a defined support window just feels right.

Users get certainty, and you still have a clear path to future revenue when that window expires.

Subscription makes a lot more sense once you’re in cloud/collaborative territory which we've just entered. Sounds like you landed in a good place with this split.

[1] https://dbpro.app/pricing

Re: Show HN: boringBar – a taskbar-style dock replacement for macOS

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Post by trymas »

amarant wrote: post #27

Ah, good old Apple, where for only $9.99 a month, you can experience what Linux offered for free 15+ years ago.

Ah, good old Linux, where for free, you cannot experience what macOS offers since 1984.

/s of course. Just pointing out that your comment is just to flame.

Re: Show HN: boringBar – a taskbar-style dock replacement for macOS

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Post by a-ve »

joongix wrote: post #177

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It does! That's the USP here - it's present on all spaces and it only shows windows on that space.

If you have multiple displays and have the "Displays have separate spaces" option disabled in macOS settings even then you can have the bar displayed on all displays from the boringBar settings.

Re: Show HN: boringBar – a taskbar-style dock replacement for macOS

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Post by disillusioned »

Would it be possible to potentially expand the size options? Large just isn't large enough for me on my MBP; I'd like it to be nearly 2x the size, or roughly equivalent to the 150% 4k scaling factor I have on Windows. (I like the icon-only mode!)

On the default XDR M2 Pro MBP display I'm on, I have it set to the default scaling for reasons, but I'd really like to be able to scale the BoringBar to be... quite a lot larger... maybe a scale bar, or maybe add an XL and XXL option?

Re: Show HN: boringBar – a taskbar-style dock replacement for macOS

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Post by alykirk »

I went through a similar transition and ended up with yabai + skhd for tiling. The Dock pain is real.

One thing I'd love to see: integration with tiling WMs. Being able to see which windows are in the current yabai Space, and maybe even switch between stacked windows, would be amazing.

Does boringBar play nicely with yabai or similar tools?

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