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Re: Fucking Color Picker

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Post by astura »

aeonflux wrote: post #8

Seriously there was no existing color picker app for Windows alraady?

Of course there was, even open source Electron ones[1], but that wouldn't be a blog post and a chance to "promote" yourself.

Also, opening up Photoshop for the color picker? Paint opens faster than I can blink and has a color picker.

[1] https://electronjs.org/apps/colorpicker

Re: Fucking Color Picker

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Post by mosselman »

nieksand wrote: post #13
pooya72 wrote: post #2

I know some people think Electron is cancer[1], but it is the fastest way to write cross-platform applications. I've been trying to learn to make apps for macOS, and it feels like even Apple doesn't want me write apps for the Mac. [1]: https://medium.com/commitlog/electron-is-cancer-b066108e6c32

Is it actually faster to develop in Electron than with QT and C++? It has been over a decade, but I remember it being both straight-forward and pleasant to support Linux, Windows, and MacOS. I vaguely recall supporting Solaris too.

I don't know about QT and C++, but a while ago I wanted to try out Electron and I just could not figure out how to build anything with it.

Re: Fucking Color Picker

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Post by baal80spam »

gokhan wrote: post #15
aeonflux wrote: post #8

Seriously there was no existing color picker app for Windows alraady?

Of course there are many, but bashing Windows is free. After 10 seconds on google: http://colorcop.net/ http://www.iconico.com/download.aspx?app=ColorPic&type=free http://www.youngsmarts.com/download.htm ... and so on.

Didn't know about Color Cop, it's great!

Re: Fucking Color Picker

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Post by babuskov »

nieksand wrote: post #13
pooya72 wrote: post #2

I know some people think Electron is cancer[1], but it is the fastest way to write cross-platform applications. I've been trying to learn to make apps for macOS, and it feels like even Apple doesn't want me write apps for the Mac. [1]: https://medium.com/commitlog/electron-is-cancer-b066108e6c32

Is it actually faster to develop in Electron than with QT and C++? It has been over a decade, but I remember it being both straight-forward and pleasant to support Linux, Windows, and MacOS. I vaguely recall supporting Solaris too.

Web developers using Electron probably count in the time to learn C++ vs the fact that they already know web stack. ;)

Re: Fucking Color Picker

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Post by pooya72 »

nieksand wrote: post #13
pooya72 wrote: post #2

I know some people think Electron is cancer[1], but it is the fastest way to write cross-platform applications. I've been trying to learn to make apps for macOS, and it feels like even Apple doesn't want me write apps for the Mac. [1]: https://medium.com/commitlog/electron-is-cancer-b066108e6c32

Is it actually faster to develop in Electron than with QT and C++? It has been over a decade, but I remember it being both straight-forward and pleasant to support Linux, Windows, and MacOS. I vaguely recall supporting Solaris too.

That's a good comparison, and I think I should qualify my statement. It's the fastest way to develop cross-platform apps when you already know web development. I've only done some trivial apps with QT and Python, and it was pretty straight forward. The UI didn't look as nice as it does with Electron. I'd be interested to hear someone's opinion who has real experience with both.

edit: u/781 has some experience with both and says Electron was faster to develop, his comment is below: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19652691

Re: Fucking Color Picker

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Post by booleandilemma »

I had become so used to just grabbing color values from any old pixel on the screen..., but on Windows the best way I came up with was to take a screenshot, wait for Photoshop to open, then get the color value through the PS eyedropper tool. That took probably 30 seconds to get a single color, since Adobe software is somehow still dog slow on brand new hardware.

You can do the same thing in MS Paint and save yourself 15 seconds.

Re: Fucking Color Picker

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Post by spookylukey »

Drup wrote: post #6

If you wonder about linux: gcolor2 ( http://gcolor2.sourceforge.net/ ) does the job. And for size fetishists: it weights 42KB.

Also, xmag, you already have it installed if you use the X Window System. It's 41kb, extremely lightweight (always starts instantly) and also magnifies a screen portion which is helpful for picking colours.
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