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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 randomeel »

selkin wrote: post #282
a-ve wrote: post #101

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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…

What bothers me ain't the subscription, but the lack of transparency. I'm asked to pay for future updates and support here, but I don't know what that would be. Some visibility into the roadmap and operations (an anonymous LLC doesn't really say "Trust") is needed for me to feel good about typing my credit card number into the form.

I agree , but I only need a page dedicated to release history to see how frequently the app is updated and so I can trust it for the future

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

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Post by carlosjobim »

bean469 wrote: post #283
carlosjobim wrote: post #234

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The Mac way is much better. Users get high quality software for a fair price, and talented indie developers get compensated for their work and skills. Meanwhile I guess FOSS communists can continue to enjoy working for free programming crucial net infrastructure for companies like Google, Meta and Microsoft.

> FOSS communists That's a solid combination of ideas. If anybody is forming a group of FOSS comrades - count me in!

Pick any FOSS project and you will be right at home.

But you won't have time for much merry-making with your friends: An important manager at Meta just submitted a bug report to your open source project which needs to get taken care of urgently and for free by you. Quarterly reports are quickly approaching, so get on it comrade! Don't make him wait!

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

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Post by danish00111 »

I think it's a great idea. I have been a gamer for the last 20+ years, and I work on Mac for development. I do love some of the old taskbar-style view that I get on Windows. Great product... Are you thinking of also making a Windows 11 version of it? I would actually love that to have consistently also if we can make the hotkeys pretty much the same.

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

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Post by klaxce »

a-ve wrote: post #99

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 pricing. A lot of the comments on pricing were fair, and I appreciate people being direct about i…

I’m trying the demo now, since I’ve been looking for something like this and haven’t been happy with any of the options. This is really close, so I want it to be right so I can be done looking.

I have “Displays have separate Spaces” enabled for a few reasons, and I’d like to keep it that way.

I have “Show on all displays” in BoringBar turned off, because if I turn it on, then I lose the per-monitor window on the bar, which I want.

My MBP and First External Display have the opposite windows on their bars. Spotify is open on MBP, but showing on the monitor, and vice versa. The Main display is fine. External Display 2 is my “Main display” and External Display 1 and the MBP display are “Extend display”.

On the extended monitors, BoringBar doesn’t stop windows from going behind it (it auto resizes on the main display) when I maximize them.

I would really like if it had an option like Windows to group windows by application, but not to put them all in one “chip” as you call it. I just want all of my VSCode windows to be next to each other, without another app’s window in between. If I use your “Group windows by app” then I don’t like how hiding and showing from the bar works. In Windows 11, I always show window title and group windows by app.

Lastly, I’d like if all “chips” were the same size, even if some title text is shorter than others.

Great work so far. It feels far less janky than uBar or others I’ve tried. I’m hopeful and will keep an eye on it! Is there any way to reset my trial if you come out with these changes at a later date? For now I’ll be uninstalling it, as the windows on the wrong display is unusable.

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