Apple lawyers are probably already at work drafting cease and decist letter to the author :)
hehe this project's been on since November. I don't think they'll sue me anytime :)
(PS. Project author here :) )
macOS in Svelte
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Re: macOS in Svelte
#72It's a copycat of another's work in a different framework. Please do proper attribution.
This is actually the same author of the famous MacOS in React. He’s a legend, and has been very active in the Svelte community / discord lately!
Whoa!!! Thanks buddy! Legend might be a bit too much though
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#73Unrealistic. The UI is faster than my mac's.
I guess that it is fast because modern browsers are fast, implement good algorithms to repaint just what need to be repainted, and delegate a lot of work to the GPU. Exactly like the Quartz compositor engine.
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#74Gotta be honest, the last mac I ever used ran OS8 I think, maybe 9, it was one of the classic Mac os's either way. I know this is just a UI recreation and not the actual OS but as a long time KDE user, like over a decade, I can't help but think meh, why does this UI get so much praise? I can make my desktop look, act and behave literally any way I want, I can modify every single aspect of every single thing on my des…
As a long time Mac user, in my opinion what has historically distinguished the Mac from other platforms is the high degree of UI/UX consistency across applications. Mac users historically valued software products that conformed to the Apple Human Interface Guidelines and tended to shun non-compliant products; this is why Microsoft Word 5.1 was so well-received by classic Mac users while Microsoft Word 6 was rejected…
I started using Macs 5-6 years ago due to the companies I was working at providing Macbooks and maybe my intuition is ruined by Windows, but I still find Mac very unintuitive and frustrating. I also use Windows and Ubuntu personally and I like both of these more design, smoothness and animation wise.
I feel like everything about the macOS is just weird and the animations are also really weird, like minimizing the window animation - what the hell is that? And it's also weird how icons increase nearby when I hover on something, little things like that feel so off about Mac.
As see on this App, when I hover on the icons in the bottom, they jump bigger and it immediately disorientates me. Like why do that? Am I unable to see the icons in any other way that you have to zoom increase them? And that annoying bouncy animation when those apps require attention.
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#75Project author here :) Can't express my gratitude enough for sharing this here. Thanks you!
You're welcome! I loved your project and the fact that it's so responsive.
Re: macOS in Svelte
#76Unrealistic. The UI is faster than my mac's.
I guess that it is fast because modern browsers are fast, implement good algorithms to repaint just what need to be repainted, and delegate a lot of work to the GPU. Exactly like the Quartz compositor engine.
But he said "Faster". Not "Fast"
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#77Unrealistic. The UI is faster than my mac's.
This reminds me of an old story about the original development of OS X Aqua in the 90s.
At the time they were doing functioning mockups for the Aqua design in Macromedia Director. It was not easy to actually implement the UI with the available hardware, but the mockups showed that it was possible. "Mr. Ratzlaff frequently would remind Apple engineers that 'Macromedia can do it, so why can't you?'"
Only source I can find is: https://www.macobserver.com/article/2006/03/15.9.shtml
> As it so happened, Mr. Ratzlaff and his team had already been working on a ground-up redesign of the operating system after they discovered that their original goal of porting the look-and-feel of Mac OS 8 completely to Mac OS X would be impossible. "We were only going to be able to get about 95% of the way there [putting the Mac OS 8 interface on Mac OS X], which is possibly the worst thing you could do," Mr. Ratzlaff said. The redesign had been scrubbed by higher-ups at Apple but was put back on track by Mr. Jobs.
> With that, Mr. Ratzlaff and his team's list of requirements for the operating system, which had been called overly ambitious and led to laughter from engineers who heard of them only weeks prior, became mandatory. These included 32-bit color with alpha channels and QuickTime integration, all being able to run on a system with just a G3 processor and as a little as 8MB of video memory. Mocking up the operating system's design and functionality with Macromedia's Director, Mr. Ratzlaff frequently would remind Apple engineers that "Macromedia can do it, so why can't you?"
Re: macOS in Svelte
#78Gotta be honest, the last mac I ever used ran OS8 I think, maybe 9, it was one of the classic Mac os's either way. I know this is just a UI recreation and not the actual OS but as a long time KDE user, like over a decade, I can't help but think meh, why does this UI get so much praise? I can make my desktop look, act and behave literally any way I want, I can modify every single aspect of every single thing on my des…
I have previously used basically any open source operating system you can name. From Ubuntu through building Gentoo or building my own LFS all the way to trying NetBSD and QNX on desktop - silly, I know.
I've been a Mac user ever since 2013 and I feel like it's consistency beats any other desktop environment.
I never have to worry about something not working.
I don't have to tell my colleagues at the end of a project that I'm sorry but I'll be off for a couple hour because my custom wi-fi icon just crashed the system. I don't have to wonder whether my laptop will connect to the airport wifi or they're using a different protocol then the one I have at home.
I know I could customise every aspect of the look and feel of my desktop, I just no longer want to.
I want to get work done.
Re: macOS in Svelte
#79Gotta be honest, the last mac I ever used ran OS8 I think, maybe 9, it was one of the classic Mac os's either way. I know this is just a UI recreation and not the actual OS but as a long time KDE user, like over a decade, I can't help but think meh, why does this UI get so much praise? I can make my desktop look, act and behave literally any way I want, I can modify every single aspect of every single thing on my des…
As a long time Mac user, in my opinion what has historically distinguished the Mac from other platforms is the high degree of UI/UX consistency across applications. Mac users historically valued software products that conformed to the Apple Human Interface Guidelines and tended to shun non-compliant products; this is why Microsoft Word 5.1 was so well-received by classic Mac users while Microsoft Word 6 was rejected…
As a heavy keyboard shortcut user I find it hard to agree. Windows has been better in that regard for a long time and Linux is catching up fast. The rest to me is just unnecessary eye candy, like the hideous animations everywhere on Mac.
Re: macOS in Svelte
#80You are a beast. This is ridiculous and incredible!