Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers

polypane.app

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

121–130 of 141 posts

Re: Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers

#121

Post by gaoryrt »

As a frontend developer focusing on mobile React, the features I've wanted the most for several years is the ability to simulate the safe-area (yes, the notch) on modern iOS devices.

I tried using Polypane, but unfortunately, I couldn't find any relevant settings.

That’s not surprising, though Chrome DevTools doesn’t support it, and even the Safari simulator lacks this functionality.

It seems I still have to rely on guesswork and iterative adjustments to resolve all the issues related to safe-areas.

Re: Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers

#122

Post by kilian »

gaoryrt wrote: post #121

As a frontend developer focusing on mobile React, the features I've wanted the most for several years is the ability to simulate the safe-area (yes, the notch) on modern iOS devices. I tried using Polypane, but unfortunately, I couldn't find any relevant settings. That’s not surprising, though Chrome DevTools doesn’t support it, and even the Safari simulator lacks this functionality. It seems I still have to rely on…

I hired Igalia to work on Chromium recently. Give me a month or two ;)

Re: Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers

#123

Post by kilian »

megamorf wrote: post #115
kilian wrote: post #6

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!

Never heard of the product and just had a look at the landing page. Immediately spotted a typo :D > On Mac, Window and Linux should be > On Mac, Windows and Linux

Well that’s embarrassing, thats been there for literal years.

At least the icons are right!

Re: Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers

#124

Post by kilian »

culi wrote: post #116

Almost all of these features are already built into Firefox devtools. Why is a whole new browser warranted? It seems like this could've been an extension

I don’t see how you can come to that conclusion with even a superficial reading of the homepage, unless you count ‘shows web pages’ as ‘almost all features’.

And even then the homepage only lists about 30% of what Polypane does.

Re: Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers

#125

Post by whatnow37373 »

masto wrote: post #107
whatnow37373 wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You basically reproduced the product by opening a couple of browser instances, right? What would polypane do for you? Maybe I am not getting it. I am probably not getting it.

As a purpose-built tool, it improves on the experience of having multiple windows open. While the headline feature is keeping them all in sync, for my particular app, that's not as big a deal (though it's pretty cool that it will even do that for stuff like tweaking CSS styles in the inspector). I've been playing around with it for a few minutes and I think what I'm really appreciating is that it's filled with dev to…

Sounds super useful indeed. Thanks for the detailed reply.

Re: Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers

#126

Post by sureglymop »

kilian wrote: post #73
sureglymop wrote: post #70

Super cool! Is there the possibility to get a students discount? Will try the free trial for now :)

Its free for students through the GitHub Student Developer Pack :)

Wow, that's amazing. Thank you sincerely!

Re: Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers

#127

Post by kilian »

pietmichal wrote: post #46
kilian wrote: post #6

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!

Quick feedback: The "Polypane Portal" page hangs after opening it in Chrome on M1 Pro Macbook.

It should be better now, as I made tweaks to the starfield canvas at the top of the page.

Re: Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers

#128

Post by neogodless »

cluckindan wrote: post #94
neogodless wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Remove the word "just" from your question, and you'll magically get a lot more positive feedback! Sorry JUST remove the word ;)

How about ”simply”?

That doesn't change the meaning. It's not trivial to execute well on an idea, test a wide swath of use cases and edge cases, and release a high quality product.

Re: Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers

#129

Post by mattlondon »

handfuloflight wrote: post #114
bitpush wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How and where is Google using Polypane?

Google has tens of thousands of engineers—one of them using Polypane at Google would be indicative of Polypane being used at Google.

If only a few engineers are using it out of their own volition that I don't think that justifies trying to imply that Google is a customer.

Pretty misleading and underhanded I think.

Re: Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers

#130

Post by culi »

kilian wrote: post #124
culi wrote: post #116

Almost all of these features are already built into Firefox devtools. Why is a whole new browser warranted? It seems like this could've been an extension

I don’t see how you can come to that conclusion with even a superficial reading of the homepage, unless you count ‘shows web pages’ as ‘almost all features’. And even then the homepage only lists about 30% of what Polypane does.

You can simulate mobile screens, toggle light/dark/print/other media modes, edit css, debug layout, run a11y and lighthouse tests, and download all the framework-specific devtools you want.

Besides the multi-pane synced windows I don't really see a new feature here. It's a lot of advertising of little-known features that are already built-in to Firefox

I'm not trying to shit on your product. It seems polished and possibly useful. It just seems insincere for you to advertise browser features that are built in as features of your app specifically

Post reply on HN