Hey, I'm Kilian, the creator and solo developer of Polypane. Exciting to see this on the homepage again. Happy to answer any questions folks have!
You have the Google logo on your landing page above the fold - what's the connection?
Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers
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#92I really wish the pricing model offered some sort of lifetime purchase. This seems great but I don’t think I could justify the monthly/yearly cost.
I would be OK with payed upgrades but a subscription is a big no-no.
Re: Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers
#93Hey, I'm Kilian, the creator and solo developer of Polypane. Exciting to see this on the homepage again. Happy to answer any questions folks have!
Congrats Kilian!
Polypane made a massive difference in getting our startup's website shipped a few months ago. I highly recommend it for entrepreneur-devs.
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#95I've used it a lot. Great product, emulates subtle device issues very well that Chrome device view doesn't
Such as?
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
Quick feedback: The "Polypane Portal" page hangs after opening it in Chrome on M1 Pro Macbook.
Can't seem to replicate that here (m4 macbook), but I'll keep it open for a bit and see what happens. Thanks for letting me know!
M1 Mac mini here and instant loading in Brave.
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#97I just spent several long days implementing my first modern CSS responsive web design, learning flexboxes and grids and what-can-I-use along the way. I currently have three different browser windows and two device emulators open across two monitors. So what I'm saying is, I have an appreciation for how this app could probably have saved me a lot of trouble if I'd known about it last week.
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#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
Quick feedback: The "Polypane Portal" page hangs after opening it in Chrome on M1 Pro Macbook.
Can't seem to replicate that here (m4 macbook), but I'll keep it open for a bit and see what happens. Thanks for letting me know!
Scrolling is unusable on that page for me:
Computer: Apple M3 Max
macOS: 14.7.3 (23H417)
Google Chrome 134.0.6998.118
I also tried in my "clean" chrome profile (to rule out extensions) and it's still got really bad scroll lag. This happens as soon as I open the page.
Here is a video though I understand it's hard to convey since you can't see when/how much I'm scrolling. I can tell you I scrolled slowly down and back up consistently through this video.
https://cs.joshstrange.com/m71YtZdk
Even worse, I just found that having that tab open (and visible) makes Chrome (no other app) laggy everywhere. Something is definitely wrong with that page. Also that page was open in a different chrome profile and it still made my main chrome profile lag when just trying to click around the text area for this comment on HN.
Edit: Some extra details for my setup, I have external monitors (4) and the Macbook Pro is closed in clamshell mode. Not sure why either of those things would matter but I figure both those cases are more common for people on HN (external monitors/closed laptop) than the general public so I wanted to mention it.
Edit2: And here is a video of me doing the same scrolling on the homepage just to show the difference: https://cs.joshstrange.com/GWLr0Qwl
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#99I wish such a browser could accurately emulate a mobile device's browser, not just change screen size, but even Apple's iOS simulator fails at this.
There's a huge list of things Polypane emulates beyond the screen size. For devices: - user agent - reported platform - device pixel ratio - rendering mode (mobile rendering and desktop rendering respond differently depending on your viewport meta tag) - default input device - orientation APIs Beyond that it can also emulate reading direction, page language, browser locale, user-configured default font-size, differen…
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't those all things chromium gives you for free? I open the inspector right here, click the devices button, and I can set all those
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#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can't seem to replicate that here (m4 macbook), but I'll keep it open for a bit and see what happens. Thanks for letting me know!
Scrolling is unusable on that page for me: Computer: Apple M3 Max macOS: 14.7.3 (23H417) Google Chrome 134.0.6998.118 I also tried in my "clean" chrome profile (to rule out extensions) and it's still got really bad scroll lag. This happens as soon as I open the page. Here is a video though I understand it's hard to convey since you can't see when/how much I'm scrolling. I can tell you I scrolled slowly down and back…
Can confirm, M1 Air 16 GB, Brave and macOS are up-to-date