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Re: Show HN: Desktop app displaying files on a 2D canvas

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Post by alpaca128 »

limandoc wrote: post #14
zelos wrote: post #6

Nice. Kind of like Jef Raskin suggested in The Humane Interface? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archy_(software)#Zoomworld

This is a great find, thanks! Indeed I had the vision of Zoomworld as described there. The Leaping concept is very intriguing I must say - will play with that for sure

Vim's incremental search experience is basically identical to this Leap concept, just that unfortunately it doesn't come with two dedicated keys on the keyboard. It's been my favorite way to navigate text files for years and one of the reasons I like that editor.

Re: Show HN: Desktop app displaying files on a 2D canvas

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Post by puppycodes »

I love this idea but its a mistake not to open source it. Especially at an early stage the feedback and work from dedicated contributors is worth it. Not to be rude or presume but I venture to guess nothing in your source code is actually of proprietary value as the app is pretty simple and I think thats a good thing! You only lose by closing the source at this stage of the game.

Re: Show HN: Desktop app displaying files on a 2D canvas

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Post by dr_kiszonka »

It looks neat. One aspect that I didn't quite get from the clips was accessing "distant" documents. Let's say I work with two files. One file on the very surface and another a few levels deeper. Do I need to zoom in and zoom out all the time to compare the documents? In other words, is there an equivalent of two windows opened next to each other, even if the documents come from two very different locations?

Re: Show HN: Desktop app displaying files on a 2D canvas

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Post by limandoc »

dr_kiszonka wrote: post #25

It looks neat. One aspect that I didn't quite get from the clips was accessing "distant" documents. Let's say I work with two files. One file on the very surface and another a few levels deeper. Do I need to zoom in and zoom out all the time to compare the documents? In other words, is there an equivalent of two windows opened next to each other, even if the documents come from two very different locations?

There are tabs, like in a browser, so you can have two tabs for your usecase. Perhaps I can work on tab division, like I'm IDEs. I'll be also implementing a search functionality later to find the files and even searching across the content of files.

However for both files to be visually be on the same level, I am now thinking about shortcuts, where the original document will live in a distant folder (board), and you can view it from other board by creating a reference/shortcut to it. Possibilities are endless!

Re: Show HN: Desktop app displaying files on a 2D canvas

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Post by mqoca »

limandoc wrote: post #13
mqoca wrote: post #12

Any reason why this needs admin rights in windows?

Does the installer needs admin rights? Or the app after installing it? One possible answer is that I self-signed the app rather than using 400$ code-signing authority - hence you might get warnings for the installer.

The installer needs admin rights
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