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Re: Show HN: my Mac app just got fireballed

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Post by Drbble » Wed, May 09, 2012, 2:53 AM UTC

brianlash wrote: post #34

This is just brilliant. Please create a Windows equivalent and make my whole year.

Search for [clipboard shelf] apps. There are loads of these.

Re: Show HN: my Mac app just got fireballed

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Post by gojomo » Wed, May 09, 2012, 2:54 AM UTC

Cool!

I could see this same gestural/persistent-floaty trick being useful on iOS (and similar full-screen foreground or touch environments) as well.

(Though, reserving a side of the screen as a clip-dock would be an obvious touch-OS alternative, and might work better on touch screens than it would on a desktop. On the desktop, the corners and edge are already heavily colonized with meaning.)

Re: Show HN: my Mac app just got fireballed

#83

Post by dazbradbury » Wed, May 09, 2012, 2:55 AM UTC

I'm confused, is this just an alternative to copy & paste? Or even cut/paste?

The demo for example talks about putting a picture in an email. I would currently right click -> copy. Go to email -> paste. Is this really easier?

The clipboard utility I find most useful is ditto [1], which has a nice history and shortcuts for pasting from your history.

Disclaimer: I'm a windows user, so maybe I missed something.

[1] - http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net/

Re: Show HN: my Mac app just got fireballed

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Post by rosstafarian » Wed, May 09, 2012, 2:57 AM UTC

carb wrote: post #64

factorialboy wrote: post #43

So, its like doing a 'cut' and then navigating and performing a 'paste'. Did I miss something in the video?

Basically, however when moving files you can't cut then paste. You can only copy/paste/delete. This is pretty intuitive and can be controlled very easily from the trackpad.

option-cmd-v instead of cmd-v will move a file instead of just copying it

Re: Show HN: my Mac app just got fireballed

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Post by markchristian » Wed, May 09, 2012, 2:57 AM UTC

kareemm wrote: post #77

markchristian wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, that's me — and a very high-end microphone that I managed to borrow from someone. ;) The mic made all the difference.

A hack for getting good audio on screencasts: sit in a closet with a blanket over your head while you record the audio. It makes even a built-in Mac mic sound good.

Hrm -- oddly enough, I can picture that working really well. I may try that next time. :)

Re: Show HN: my Mac app just got fireballed

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Post by solutionyogi » Wed, May 09, 2012, 3:02 AM UTC

dazbradbury wrote: post #83

I'm confused, is this just an alternative to copy & paste? Or even cut/paste? The demo for example talks about putting a picture in an email. I would currently right click -> copy. Go to email -> paste. Is this really easier? The clipboard utility I find most useful is ditto [1], which has a nice history and shortcuts for pasting from your history. Disclaimer: I'm a windows user, so maybe I missed something. [1] - ht…

Nope. This is not about copy/paste at all.

Windows and Mac lets you drag objects and drop them on target. This works in normal scenario where the object you are trying to drag and the target are easy to identify. It gets very difficult if your target is hard to reach. This app has a brilliant new UI which makes those drag-n-drop operations super easy.

Please see the demo video to understand the app:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M0PAiiJLlo

Re: Show HN: my Mac app just got fireballed

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Post by dools » Wed, May 09, 2012, 3:09 AM UTC

Wow this is awesome. I created this thing[1] a little while back that's just an Automator service (hence can't be sold in the mac app store according to their install guidelines) that solves a similar issue I was having - basically I wanted to browse through my file system picking a bunch of files and then drop them in one place (like cumulative copy/paste for files).

I love how this solution fits perfectly into an existing workflow, though. Now if only it were cumulative ... ;)

[1]http://www.pickdropapp.com/

EDIT: I should also note this grew out of a little command line utility for unix: https://github.com/iaindooley/pickdrop/

Re: Show HN: my Mac app just got fireballed

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Post by dazbradbury » Wed, May 09, 2012, 3:09 AM UTC

solutionyogi wrote: post #86

dazbradbury wrote: post #83

I'm confused, is this just an alternative to copy & paste? Or even cut/paste? The demo for example talks about putting a picture in an email. I would currently right click -> copy. Go to email -> paste. Is this really easier? The clipboard utility I find most useful is ditto [1], which has a nice history and shortcuts for pasting from your history. Disclaimer: I'm a windows user, so maybe I missed something. [1] - ht…

Nope. This is not about copy/paste at all. Windows and Mac lets you drag objects and drop them on target. This works in normal scenario where the object you are trying to drag and the target are easy to identify. It gets very difficult if your target is hard to reach. This app has a brilliant new UI which makes those drag-n-drop operations super easy. Please see the demo video to understand the app: http://www.youtub…

Sorry, what I meant to say isn't this simply equivalent to copy and paste?

In windows at least: http://superuser.com/a/252104

I can think of only a few scenarios where dropping is the only option and pasting isn't available - but clearly those scenarios were real pain points for people!

Re: Show HN: my Mac app just got fireballed

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Post by kposehn » Wed, May 09, 2012, 3:23 AM UTC

I have always loved full-screen mode on Mac OS, but dragging and dropping things between screens was a royal pain in the arse. You fixed it.

Thank you.

Re: Show HN: my Mac app just got fireballed

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Post by dkersten » Wed, May 09, 2012, 3:36 AM UTC

I don't understand the part about browser tabs - when I want to drag something from one tab to another, I just hover the mouse over the destination tab and the browser switches to that tab. Takes about a second.