Ask HN: What are your favorite utility desktop apps?

Post by brokenmachine » Fri, Mar 29, 2019, 10:48 AM UTC

ChrisGranger wrote: post #20

brokenmachine wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

With ditto, can you copy a few things into the clipboard, then paste them in order somehow? So for example I copy my password, then my username, then you can press, say, ctrl-shift-v and it will paste your password and remove the topmost item so the next paste will be my username? Or something like that?

Is there any clipboard manager that can do this? It sounds like a good idea. Edit: it would be easy enough to whip this up using Autokey (Linux) or AutoHotkey (Windows), but I wouldn't be too keen on having a password in plain text in a script... At least with a clipboard manager you can clear that password right after use.

Post by vinhnx » Fri, Mar 29, 2019, 12:12 PM UTC

mpurham wrote: post #12

- Focus Window for macOS https://focuswindow.app/ - ByWord for macOS https://bywordapp.com/

Post by tugberkk » Fri, Mar 29, 2019, 2:17 PM UTC

scarcely wrote: post #14

numbers wrote: post #4

- Alfred https://www.alfredapp.com/ - BetterTouchTool https://folivora.ai/ - Sip https://sipapp.io (even tho the new pricing isn't great) - Spectacle https://www.spectacleapp.com/ (if you want a Magnet alternative) - Calibre https://calibre-ebook.com/ (not sure if this counts)

Re: sip, why not just use a custom HTML file. I store vast majority of my data in custom HTML files custom written with custom js and CSS and custom elements. Level of customizability is extremely high and you can represent the data with infinite flexibility and you can display your data via an infinite number of views and it's just a matter of switching stylesheets. All hail the age of custom written HTML pages inte…

Post by PascLeRasc » Fri, Mar 29, 2019, 3:52 PM UTC

Post by impostir » Fri, Mar 29, 2019, 5:01 PM UTC

4bpp wrote: post #27

rofi ( https://github.com/davatorium/rofi ). I use it as my primary window switcher.