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Re: Going native

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Post by _pdp_ »

juice_bus wrote: post #6

I am really getting tired of the constant "need an account" for _everything_ - nvidia being the one that drives me the most crazy. I appreciate the fact that Postman allows you to continue without registration[0] [0] http://i.imgur.com/8XVCu5u.png

Maybe not Postman but at least you don't need an account: https://rest.secapps.com/ - https://httpview.secapps.com/ - #disclosure I am the author and we are making some substantial changes to make our tools available without registration

Re: Going native

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Post by johnflan »

These 'native' wrapped apps on desktop and mobile are always less in some way than a real native app. I know there is a cost benefit argument, but I personally avoid them.

Re: Going native

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Post by blizkreeg »

Animats wrote: post #9

With a name like "Postman", one might expect this has something to do with mail, or messaging. The blog post gives no clue as to what it's for. It's apparently a test tool for testing HTTP-based APIs. [1] (HTTP "POST", get it?) Not to be confused with Postman Corporation, which is a "computer repair shop" near CIA headquarters. [1] https://www.getpostman.com/

It's a fairly well known tool if you're a consumer/producer of APIs for web/mobile dev. May be that's why?

Re: Going native

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Post by xenadu02 »

EduardoBautista wrote: post #4
macsj200 wrote: post #2

"The native apps cover all the features and functionality of the Chrome app and Chrome extension together, and more. The native apps run on Electron overcoming a lot of the restrictions of the Chrome platform." My understanding was that Electron is just an embedded instance of Chromium, so I'm reading this sentence more like "The native apps run on [embedded Chromium] overcoming a lot of the restrictions of the [stan…

Yup. Luckily, there is Paw[0] if you want a native experience on the mac. [0]: https://paw.cloud

I had the pleasure of emailing the creator of Paw when he was looking at applying to YC. It's a great app and I recommend it.

Re: Going native

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Post by luhn »

I've been on the native app for a while and was very glad to switch. The pseudo-standalone Chrome app had some very weird and obnoxious behavior when navigating between applications and windows on MacOS.

Re: Going native

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Post by eyko »

EduardoBautista wrote: post #4
macsj200 wrote: post #2

"The native apps cover all the features and functionality of the Chrome app and Chrome extension together, and more. The native apps run on Electron overcoming a lot of the restrictions of the Chrome platform." My understanding was that Electron is just an embedded instance of Chromium, so I'm reading this sentence more like "The native apps run on [embedded Chromium] overcoming a lot of the restrictions of the [stan…

Yup. Luckily, there is Paw[0] if you want a native experience on the mac. [0]: https://paw.cloud

I liked paw, but postman is free. I'd consider paw at half the price because I don't spend that much time testing REST APIs, but when I do I don't mind using a better tool than httpie or curl. Postman does the job (quite well) for free.

Re: Going native

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Post by a85 »

macsj200 wrote: post #2

"The native apps cover all the features and functionality of the Chrome app and Chrome extension together, and more. The native apps run on Electron overcoming a lot of the restrictions of the Chrome platform." My understanding was that Electron is just an embedded instance of Chromium, so I'm reading this sentence more like "The native apps run on [embedded Chromium] overcoming a lot of the restrictions of the [stan…

It's not just an embedded instance of Chromium. There are APIs that bridge the gap with the operating system. One way to look at this is that the UI layer runs on HTML/CSS/Javascript. VS Code, Slack etc. are other common examples.

[Electron APIs]: https://electron.atom.io/docs/api/

Re: Going native

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Post by draw_down »

Animats wrote: post #9

With a name like "Postman", one might expect this has something to do with mail, or messaging. The blog post gives no clue as to what it's for. It's apparently a test tool for testing HTTP-based APIs. [1] (HTTP "POST", get it?) Not to be confused with Postman Corporation, which is a "computer repair shop" near CIA headquarters. [1] https://www.getpostman.com/

With a name like "Apple", you'd think they're selling fruit!

Re: Going native

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Post by a85 »

luhn wrote: post #15

I've been on the native app for a while and was very glad to switch. The pseudo-standalone Chrome app had some very weird and obnoxious behavior when navigating between applications and windows on MacOS.

We waited and waited and waited for Chrome to fix this. :/

Re: Going native

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Post by fiatjaf »

Animats wrote: post #9

With a name like "Postman", one might expect this has something to do with mail, or messaging. The blog post gives no clue as to what it's for. It's apparently a test tool for testing HTTP-based APIs. [1] (HTTP "POST", get it?) Not to be confused with Postman Corporation, which is a "computer repair shop" near CIA headquarters. [1] https://www.getpostman.com/

Because the blog post is written for Postman users.
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