Numi – Calculator app for Mac • Hacker News Board

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by behnamoh » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 6:46 PM UTC

neither_color wrote: post #7

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

I removed the widget "feature" on El Capitan years ago. It was useless and better solutions are available.

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by argvargc » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 6:47 PM UTC

What about privacy/tracking? Do queries ever leave the machine, in any form?

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by orangepanda » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 6:48 PM UTC

Hijacking the thread. Does anyone know of a simple paid calculator app for iPad?

They all seem to be riddled with ads or obnoxious "cute" features to justify the price

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by behnamoh » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 6:48 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?

To be fair, Windows enjoys many other little/medium/big apps that are not available on macOS.

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by imaginamundo » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 6:49 PM UTC

I use a lot and tried to build a simple version for the browser (to use on windows). Not even remotely close to feature set but still works on basic stuffs.

https://imaginamundo.github.io/math-notes/

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by peruvian » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 6:50 PM UTC

I like numi but I already own Soulver.

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by lordleft » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 6:51 PM UTC

I find that calculators remain weirdly unergonomic on most Operating Systems. There are so many times where I want to do some quick math but feel hobbled by the insistence of calculator software writers to ape physical calculator design -- Numi seems like a cool step in the right direction

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by SamBam » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 6:52 PM UTC

evanmoran wrote: post #29

Does anyone have thoughts on how natural it feels to use ‘:’ instead ‘=‘ for variable creation? From a distance it has a nice elegance, but it is interesting how few programming languages make this choice.

I've always felt similarly. Obviously using "=" comes from math ("let x = 1"), but I've always felt it was such a barrier to a newcomer. Both because of variable creation (it looks more like the answer to a problem, rather than the initial premise) and because then we have to add ungainly new symbols such as "==" and "===" to test for equality.

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by sdevonoes » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 6:52 PM UTC

Nice app. Based on the source code (https://github.com/nikolaeu/numi) it's not clear to me how the .dmg is built. Is it explained somewhere?

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by bilalq » Mon, Mar 29, 2021, 6:55 PM UTC

This is really neat. Google does a pretty good job at providing similar answers, but it doesn't support things like summing up past queries and needs copy/pasting for more advanced use-cases.

I love the UX here. The simple interface and even the coloring go a long way in making it easy to use.