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Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by leokennis »

apazzolini wrote: post #48
lordleft wrote: post #37

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

If you're using OS X, try using Spotlight or Alfred directly (Keypirinha[0] is a reasonable Windows alternative) - just type in `1 + 2` and you get the answer without launching a special app. There are plugins for conversions as well. [0]. https://keypirinha.com/

I love Alfred, also for this reason.

These days, DuckDuckGo is my go to calculator. I can type math and conversions and get the answer. And if I don’t, I do the !wa bang and let Wolfram Alpha handle it.

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by foobarian »

BozeWolf wrote: post #21

What is wrong with “bc” ;-) half joking, anybody else who uses bc? I am by no means an expert, just using the regular add/multiply and sometimes a variable. This looks way better though.

It's my go-to calc too but I always start 'bc -l' in case I need decimals.

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by 0x_rs »

lordleft wrote: post #37

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

I've found programs such as SpeedCrunch[0] to be extremely more comfortable to use than calculators imitating "classic" designs.

[0] https://speedcrunch.org/

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by ksec »

With Soulver 2 for iOS is not longer available, I wish Numi have a paid version for iOS so it could use iCloud Sync between all devices.

Edit: And one of the thing I dont understand is all these Notes Calculator dont have B for Billion and T for Trillion. Some of them has M for million, but most dont.

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by [deleted] »

selykg wrote: post #24
reid wrote: post #3

Soulver is a similar app for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS with shared documents in iCloud Drive. Check it out if you’re looking for something like this to go!

Soulver is so good. I use it almost every single day. It's just a great app and isn't that expensive. One of those apps I completely miss when it's not installed on a new device.

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Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by 908B64B197 »

lordleft wrote: post #37

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

There's always a REPL close by for users that are technical enough.

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by kstrauser »

reid wrote: post #3

Soulver is a similar app for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS with shared documents in iCloud Drive. Check it out if you’re looking for something like this to go!

Soulver is no longer available for iOS and iPadOS. It's been pulled until version 3 comes along: https://twitter.com/soulver/status/1375548200833146884

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by mromanuk »

mikewhy wrote: post #19
mromanuk wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Yes, you are right about that. Apple doesn't allow it to work as a mini app. I suspect, they will unlock more APIs to make Widget more interactive on later versions.

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by kstrauser »

orangepanda wrote: post #33

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

I love PCalc. It's not "simple" by default, but you can make it into what you want.
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