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Re: Show HN: Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation

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Post by _chendo_ »

dexterleng wrote: post #2

Hello all! I am a student from Singapore who was introduced to Vimium by a friend two years ago. Vimac is my attempt to implement Vimium on an OS level. I have shared this app on Reddit about a year ago. Since then, the notable changes would be a major performance buff in webkit/electron, force keyboard layout, and reducing the overwhelming no. of hints to what is just "clickable". It is open source at https://github…

Hello!

Glad to see more people making tools around the Accessibility API. I've been working on a similar app called Shortcat (https://shortcatapp.com) almost 8 years ago (wow) but haven't had the time to properly work on it. It sounds like you're encountering a lot of the same problems I've had when I was starting out (figuring what's actionable, forcing keyboard layout etc). Let me know if you want to chat about the various problems in that space

Re: Show HN: Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation

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Post by chipotle_coyote »

dmortin wrote: post #46
siproprio wrote: post #14

I really want a version of this for Windows as well!

I wonder why people are downvoting you for asking for a windows version. Is everyone a mac user here?

I am a Mac user, but now that you've mentioned this, I'll upvote the parent on general principle. While I don't think Vimac is specifically for me, it's odd little system-level utilities like this that would make it really tough for me to switch to Windows -- or Linux -- if I couldn't find equivalents.

Re: Show HN: Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation

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Post by seventhtiger »

refresher wrote: post #62

The headlining quote on the site seems a bit silly. Does anyone consider their Mac trackpad to be "clunky"?

It's the best trackpad out there, and all trackpads are clunky and non-ergonomic. A mouse, keyboard, touchscreen, or almost anything else is better. Due to the location of a trackpad you are guaranteed to have your wrist bent which limits how long you can work before discomfort.

Re: Show HN: Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation

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Post by IggleSniggle »

_chendo_ wrote: post #61
dexterleng wrote: post #2

Hello all! I am a student from Singapore who was introduced to Vimium by a friend two years ago. Vimac is my attempt to implement Vimium on an OS level. I have shared this app on Reddit about a year ago. Since then, the notable changes would be a major performance buff in webkit/electron, force keyboard layout, and reducing the overwhelming no. of hints to what is just "clickable". It is open source at https://github…

Hello! Glad to see more people making tools around the Accessibility API. I've been working on a similar app called Shortcat ( https://shortcatapp.com ) almost 8 years ago (wow) but haven't had the time to properly work on it. It sounds like you're encountering a lot of the same problems I've had when I was starting out (figuring what's actionable, forcing keyboard layout etc). Let me know if you want to chat about t…

Hey, it’s you! The author of Shortcat. I tried out your project maybe a year ago and absolutely loved the concept, but eventually had to give up on it when it kept crashing and didn’t reliably find what I was attempting to click on. I never knew if Shortcat was to blame or if it was the application not being properly presented to the Accessibility system.

Anyway, Shortcat is a freakin brilliant idea and I hope you keep working on it, or help this author with their project. If you think you’re going to have time to work on Shortcat again, though, I’d happily buy a copy (even if I already did before, I can’t remember if I did) and be an active bug reporter.

Re: Show HN: Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation

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Post by IggleSniggle »

dbalatero wrote: post #48
ivan888 wrote: post #31

Really want a way to have vi-mode input in all text inputs throughout the OS, hopefully that is a future possibility

I made this! It's not perfect but it's most of the way there in terms of Vim motions and operators, and works in any text field. It uses the Accessibility API when available, and then falls back to raw keypresses (like alt + right arrow to simulate `w`, etc). In the fallback mode, not all motions are available, because we can't read cursor position or text field value without accessibility support. https://github.com…

Wow so cool! Hope to give this a go sometime soon
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