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

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Post by villedespommes »

a-ve wrote: post #176
villedespommes wrote: post #152

IMO, this isn't priced competitively: * Mbar can be had for $15 on stacksocial * Sidebar is $21 w/ lifetime updates * DockDoor is free and OSS

- I cannot seem to find Mbar on stacksocial. Do you have a link for that? - Sidebar looks like a decent app but on a cursory look it does not seem to take care of window overlapping (atleast on Tahoe). You can expand windows behind Sidebar and they stay there. This problem does not exist on boringBar.

I eventually settled on DockDoor and a custom HS script that imitates Window's LRU behaviour.

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

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Post by zx8080 »

dangus wrote: post #156
user34283 wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would not. I'm not paying $40 for a taskbar replacement. And not for two years of updates and a two device limit on top. Maybe if it was $10, I could consider it. Prices for macOS apps are insane in my opinion. Everyone wants to charge yearly or every two years now too.

They’re not insane. It costs $99 a year just to be able to write Mac apps at all. Any sort of buy-once app on macOS is unsustainable to the developer. They are paying Apple $99 a year forever. If you want cheap/free apps get off of Apple’s ecosystem and switch to Linux.

> It costs $99 a year just to be able to write Mac apps at all.

$99 costs publishing apps for profit.

Anyone can compile and run for free.

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

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Post by bloqs »

bloqs wrote: post #318
a-ve wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

Hey great change, am now buying. It was by pure chance i came back to this thread after 3 days, which is a damn shame as Im sure there were many people put off by the pricing that missed the change.

that said - the customisation options could use some work. I also find it seems to handle some windows differently (steam for example won't show an activity window, just a dock icon)

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

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Post by joongix »

a-ve wrote: post #185
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.

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

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Post by shadyabhi »

nagisa12321 wrote: post #304
teiferer wrote: post #192

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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.

I just make an open source version https://github.com/nagisa77/OpenBoringBar

Amazing, that's what I thought, this one should be easy to vibe, thanks for the effort.

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

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Post by s3r »

subpixel wrote: post #317
j-b wrote: post #276

If you could add the ability to auto hide the bar and show it on mouseover, kind of like the dock, and also customize the active app color in the bar (it's a little bright for my taste), I would totally purchase a license.

Came to request the auto-hide feature as well!

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