Numi – Calculator app for Mac • Hacker News Board

reid wrote: post #3

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Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by erichurkman » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 6:19 PM UTC

It's one of the view apps always running on my Mac.

I wish it supported multiple windows, though.

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by sushisource » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 6:20 PM UTC

Why is it that OSX gets so many of these nice little apps that seem pretty easy to make multiplatform but they just... aren't?

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by mikewhy » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 6:21 PM UTC

danpalmer wrote: post #8

neither_color wrote: post #7

Does it have a widget? The most annoying thing about Big Sur is they removed the widget

Do you mean dashboard widgets? Dashboard hasn't been actively developed in maybe 10 years now. If you were still using it I'm interested to know why – I stopped because it felt clunky to use and there weren't many widgets. I'm not sure it's much of a criticism of an app if they don't have a Dashboard widget.

Widgets in Big Sur are not the same as the old Dashboard: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211789

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by finiteseries » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 6:24 PM UTC

sushisource wrote: post #16

Why is it that OSX gets so many of these nice little apps that seem pretty easy to make multiplatform but they just... aren't?

The macOS market is generally rich, with a tradition of niche, paid software.

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by mikewhy » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 6:26 PM UTC

mromanuk wrote: post #11

neither_color wrote: post #7

Does it have a widget? The most annoying thing about Big Sur is they removed the widget

What do you mean? You can use widgets in Big Sur, WidgetKit it's an unified API across all devices (iOS and MacOS).

The calculator widget is no more. IIRC (I haven't looked into how widgets are built) there's no way for a calculator widget to work. They work in a way where the developer just gets to update some data on a schedule.

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by SllX » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 6:26 PM UTC

sushisource wrote: post #16

Why is it that OSX gets so many of these nice little apps that seem pretty easy to make multiplatform but they just... aren't?

Dev preference, time and Cocoa.