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Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by thr0w3345 »

asveikau wrote: post #131
winrid wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

GitHub Desktop is actually pretty awesome. What I don't get is why MongoDB Compass is so slow. It's almost like they have artificial timeouts everywhere.

I was explaining to someone how to generate an SSH key, they way I would normally do when explaining git to someone not exposed. They instead used the GitHub app and their GitHub password. I didn't see any interaction with an SSH key. I am not sure how I feel about that. Something seems not right about it.

You can use http basic since forever with git....

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by dreen »

sjwright wrote: post #120

I'm endlessly impressed at how good Synology's DSM interface is. The experience is so incredibly seamless in all the important ways. And it's not just a gimmick—all of the benefits of draggable, resizable windows are there: you can drag files between folders, you can open multiple settings windows at the same time, and so on. There's a live demo: https://demo.synology.com/en-global/dsm

Maybe its the host on which the demo lives, but it seems visually slower than even the fancy examples in OP.

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

#143

Post by kdmytro »

thr0w3345 wrote: post #141
asveikau wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was explaining to someone how to generate an SSH key, they way I would normally do when explaining git to someone not exposed. They instead used the GitHub app and their GitHub password. I didn't see any interaction with an SSH key. I am not sure how I feel about that. Something seems not right about it.

You can use http basic since forever with git....

Why?

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

nolok wrote: post #138
sjwright wrote: post #120

I'm endlessly impressed at how good Synology's DSM interface is. The experience is so incredibly seamless in all the important ways. And it's not just a gimmick—all of the benefits of draggable, resizable windows are there: you can drag files between folders, you can open multiple settings windows at the same time, and so on. There's a live demo: https://demo.synology.com/en-global/dsm

Agreed. DSM is basically the reason to buy synology over competitors : you pay almost twice the price the hardware is worth, and in exchange you get their top notch software and support.

I am lowkey thinking of setting up a NAS / inhouse server, on the one hand I can build something myself but OTOH I'm hearing nothing but glowing reviews about Synology.

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by neuromute »

syx wrote: post #135
neuromute wrote: post #80

I started work on one of these a couple of years back. Never actually finished it (is anything ever truly finished?!). It’s got a media player with milkdrop visualiser (you can control the presets with left and right on the keyboard), a terminal (with matrix effect via the command with the same name), various settings and apps. I had a drum machine in there, but removed it because it was a bit messy code-wise. Wanna…

great work, hope to see it finished one day, I really like the transparent UI

Thanks, I'm now motivated to work some more on it!

Likewise, your site is looking pretty sweet too.

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by Aeolun »

thr0w3345 wrote: post #141
asveikau wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was explaining to someone how to generate an SSH key, they way I would normally do when explaining git to someone not exposed. They instead used the GitHub app and their GitHub password. I didn't see any interaction with an SSH key. I am not sure how I feel about that. Something seems not right about it.

You can use http basic since forever with git....

Yes, but something doesn’t feel right about it no?

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by CathedralBorrow »

doubleunplussed wrote: post #128
winrid wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can create a branch from the current head which isn't exactly what you said but fits my use case. But, it just works really well for simple work flows - I like it on Windows for my projects. Has keyboard bindings, is fast, and does what it's trying to do well. If you want to do more advanced stuff maybe Git Kraken, or just the CLI.

I use Sublime Merge, it's fairly fully featured. Seems like GitHub desktop is mostly aimed at people who want to use git like it's Dropbox.

I don't think there's need to ascribe some "Want to use X like it's Y" intentions to people. The tagline "simplifies your development workflow" certainly doesn't make me think of Dropbox at least.

Maybe it's mostly aimed at people who like the features of GitHub Desktop?

Re: Websites that look like desktop GUIs

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Post by aldanor »

winrid wrote: post #121
sigjuice wrote: post #98

Desktop GUIs that look like websites :p https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_(software_framework)#...

GitHub Desktop is actually pretty awesome. What I don't get is why MongoDB Compass is so slow. It's almost like they have artificial timeouts everywhere.

Disagreed, at least on Mac, while there are (free) apps like Fork.
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