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"TLDs", not "extensions". I wince when I see the latter, similar (but not the same) as when people say "backslash" when referring to ordinary solidus. The great domainsfortherestofus.com used to exist, but seems to have gone offline in the last couple of months.
I used namemesh.com sometimes, it's gone offline for some time as well
Hate to dogpile on this but why the app? Not trying to hate on you, genuinely curious why you chose this route. Sometimes using the tools you are most comfortable with at the time is the path to the highest short term productivity.
If you mean why a desktop app: I've been using some web-based tools. Somehow, they don't last (ie. namemesh, or domainsfortherestofus that @pwdisswordfish8 mention went offline for sometimes).
Then I thought having a desktop app would be great. For long term, you don't have to worry the site is down.
Is this another electron app? Why? This is 100% doable in the browser and has been done before with other sites. Why do I need to spend 300MiB of ram to search for domain names? Sorry to sound negative, it's just... the electron fad is getting really old.
Is this another electron app? Why? This is 100% doable in the browser and has been done before with other sites. Why do I need to spend 300MiB of ram to search for domain names? Sorry to sound negative, it's just... the electron fad is getting really old.
Then I thought having a desktop app would be great. For long term, you don't have to worry the site is down.
Maybe they just wanted to play around with Electron, they don't owe you anything.
"TLDs", not "extensions". I wince when I see the latter, similar (but not the same) as when people say "backslash" when referring to ordinary solidus. The great domainsfortherestofus.com used to exist, but seems to have gone offline in the last couple of months.
Ooooh, very nice. A welcome addition to my anti-personnel vocabularly. Let me put it right next to the tittle and somewhat more pedestrian compartmentalization.
Is this another electron app? Why? This is 100% doable in the browser and has been done before with other sites. Why do I need to spend 300MiB of ram to search for domain names? Sorry to sound negative, it's just... the electron fad is getting really old.
Why not browser? As mention in the other comment, I've been using some web-based tools. Somehow, they don't last (ie. namemesh, or domainsfortherestofus that @pwdisswordfish8 mention went offline for sometimes). Then I thought having a desktop app would be great. For long term, you don't have to worry the site is down.
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Why not browser? As mention in the other comment, I've been using some web-based tools. Somehow, they don't last (ie. namemesh, or domainsfortherestofus that @pwdisswordfish8 mention went offline for sometimes). Then I thought having a desktop app would be great. For long term, you don't have to worry the site is down.
How would you meaningfully use this tool in offline mode?
What I meant was, you don't have to worry if the tool you're using suddenly disappears.
To the people complaining about this being an app instead of a tool in a browser: This is a Show HN and someone made something for free and shared it. Maybe they just wanted to play around with Electron, they don't owe you anything.
OP's project is literally the reverse of taking a traditional desktop software, e.g. a graphic editor, and making it into a web app. Here, it's something that naturally belongs to a web site, but instead packed up into an installable desktop app.
I'd be really curious to see the rationale behind this.
Is this another electron app? Why? This is 100% doable in the browser and has been done before with other sites. Why do I need to spend 300MiB of ram to search for domain names? Sorry to sound negative, it's just... the electron fad is getting really old.
I agree. Why would I download an app for something that can be done in a browser?