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Re: Loop: Open-source macOS window manager

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Post by whatever1 »

DavideNL wrote: post #42
whatever1 wrote: post #25

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I've got an annoying bug that made Contexts unusable to me. After 10-15 minutes it steals focus from the active window and then the OS will try to bring up the previous app, which means it might even switch desktops to do so. If I quit contexts bug goes away for some time, but it returns after a while :( Sent an email to the creator, but given the update cadence I am not holding my breath for a fix this decade.

I’ve also had that bug happen, not sure why it isn’t happening anymore though… I think it happened when not rebooting my Macbook for a long time and only with fullscreen windows, and i’d simply restart Contexts. But yea it was annoying indeed. Note that it might also be one of the many Apple macOS (api) bugs…

Most likely apple broke the behavior of an API. Such an annoying platform to maintain software for.

Re: Loop: Open-source macOS window manager

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Post by teruakohatu »

MrKai77 wrote: post #70
teruakohatu wrote: post #52

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> this is all in order to make Loop more profitable, as I have put all my free time into making it. How do you plan on monetising Loop?

I do not plan on ever monetizing the core functionality of Loop, which is why I initially turned to making some of the source paid. Of course, this didn't seem to work, so Loop is now once again, fully open source :p Currently, the only way I am making money is via donations, and it seems to be working much better than how I initially was doing, so I'll see based on how these first few weeks with 1.0 ends up.

I wish you the best. I don't think "not-fully" open source would make a difference in terms of donations. Have you looked at setting up a Patreon?

Re: Loop: Open-source macOS window manager

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Post by xs83 »

SoftBred wrote: post #24
xs83 wrote: post #6

I have been a long term Rectangle user on Mac and a WinSplitRevolution for decades on Windows, my biggest preference as a developer is for it to be keyboard centric. I love the use of a numpad as a positional reference for the screen. Hotkey + NumPad 6 = right side of screen full Hotkey + NumPad 5 = full screen Hotkey + Numpad 1 = Bottom left Quarter Repeated presses of these cycle between Half, 3rd and Quarter This…

Loop can actually be strictly keyboard centric if you want too. It's all fully customisable. I too only use the keyboard

Nice!

Re: Loop: Open-source macOS window manager

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Post by MrKai77 »

teruakohatu wrote: post #82
MrKai77 wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do not plan on ever monetizing the core functionality of Loop, which is why I initially turned to making some of the source paid. Of course, this didn't seem to work, so Loop is now once again, fully open source :p Currently, the only way I am making money is via donations, and it seems to be working much better than how I initially was doing, so I'll see based on how these first few weeks with 1.0 ends up.

I wish you the best. I don't think "not-fully" open source would make a difference in terms of donations. Have you looked at setting up a Patreon?

I guess that may be true. I will definitely look into setting one up!

Re: Loop: Open-source macOS window manager

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Post by teruakohatu »

MrKai77 wrote: post #85
teruakohatu wrote: post #82

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I wish you the best. I don't think "not-fully" open source would make a difference in terms of donations. Have you looked at setting up a Patreon?

I guess that may be true. I will definitely look into setting one up!

A popular model is delayed source code release, so new features are developed on a private branch and binary releases, along with the code, and made available to supporters and then after X weeks merged into the main branch. Not sure how this would work with GPL3.

Re: Loop: Open-source macOS window manager

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Post by gigatexal »

MrKai77 wrote: post #66
gigatexal wrote: post #29

i love that there's work on this happening -- there are a lot of projects in this space: magnet, rectangle, yabai, this one, others I've forgotten to name (sorry!) i just can't wait until i can get tiling like i3 has on linux stacking, tabbed, infinite auto tiling, all keyboard driven with some mouse support all things i miss on macos :(

Not related to Loop, but I'd suggest that you take a look at https://github.com/nikitabobko/AeroSpace if you haven't already!

Will do!

Re: Loop: Open-source macOS window manager

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Post by lproven »

yodon wrote: post #13
notpushkin wrote: post #12

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Yeah, when you press ⌘ Tab, you are switching between applications (and ⌘ ` switches between windows of the applications). Super weird IMO.

The behavior dates back to the original Mac, which could only context switch between applications via a hack that simulated multitasking (the days of 128K memory, etc.)

Not really, no.

Having >1 app at once only appeared with Multifinder, which appeared in System 5.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MultiFinder

So that came along in 1987 alongside Macs with 1MB RAM. It built upon Switcher, which appeared with the 512kB Mac in 1985.

The reason all OSes now have file open/save dialog boxes is that the original Mac didn't have enough RAM to show a finder window alongside an app, so apps had to provide their own.

Re: Loop: Open-source macOS window manager

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Post by Intermernet »

cqqxo4zV46cp wrote: post #38
Intermernet wrote: post #36

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If you release software under a license then that version of the software is bound by the license.

Unequivocally false. A sole copyright holder is not bound by license terms in the same way as parties to whom the work is being licensed.

The copyright holders / holder can change or rescind the license, but not retroactively.
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