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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 teiferer »

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…

C'mon, why not just open source it? Do you really expect to gain a sizeable following to get substantial cash flow? Most shareware went the way of oblivion.

If you'd open source it then there is at least the chance of gaining a community. And you'd be giving back to the community that you have benefitted from for decades.

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

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Post by a-ve »

disillusioned wrote: post #188

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 la…

Wow okay - I thought the large option was already quite large. Will experiment with an extra large option in some time and push out an update if it appears stable.

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

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Post by a-ve »

alykirk wrote: post #189

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?

Technically it should - I tried using Amethyst with it for a few weeks before launch and it seemed to work fine for me.

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

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Post by teiferer »

nagonago wrote: post #181

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 pr…

> I get that developers want to be compensated for their time.

Depends. If you build software for others then of course you should be paid. But if you build sth for youself, to scratch you own itch, isn't that already compensation? Why try to milk that cow to for such a mini tool that just took a few weekends to build? (The author said that.) If everybody had followed that philosophy then the whole OSS ecosystem wouldn't exist. Time to pay back to the community and open source such a project.

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

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Post by msephton »

a-ve wrote: post #171
msephton wrote: post #167

I'm not sure this is for me, but I wanted to say I Appreciate the little design touches and thought that is on display in this app. Great work!

OP here - much appreciated. Is there something that you didn't like about boringBar? Is there any missing feature you would like to see implemented or is it that it doesn't fit well with your current muscle memory with the system Dock?

I don't really use the Dock or need an alternative. I do things using Alfred and Finder. Also, I run a portrait display with my Dock hidden down the right side.

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

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Post by 71bw »

oneplane wrote: post #80
gunapologist99 wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

MacOS is neutered for any advanced or even power user compared to practically any Linux desktop experience. Trying to just resize or remove a window should convince you of that instantly.

That statement makes no sense. X11 works fine on macOS and running it in rootful mode with Gnome essentially works the same way it would work on an OS that uses the Linux kernel. Granted, it will not integrate with anything hardware-wise by itself (unless there's a package for it - if not, macOS still handles it, and Aqua/Quartz will keep running in the background anyway), but if what you wanted was something that is…

There is a major difference between losing your power and having to constantly fight the UI to keep your power. And, for example, window management on Mac is clunky as all hell.
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