Show HN: Shade. A Free Mac App to hide your messy desktop.

#1

Post by pagliara » Fri, Aug 17, 2012, 3:52 AM UTC

Show HN: Shade. A Free Mac App to hide your messy desktop.
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Re: Show HN: Shade. A Free Mac App to hide your messy desktop.

#2

Post by humbyvaldes » Fri, Aug 17, 2012, 4:17 AM UTC

Cool app, I just installed it. Some feedback: Would be nice if double click shade desktop would show real desktop. Clicking the icon isn't always handy.

Re: Show HN: Shade. A Free Mac App to hide your messy desktop.

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Post by callmevlad » Fri, Aug 17, 2012, 4:29 AM UTC

I've been using a Mac for over a year, and I've never had more than a few things on the desktop, whereas my Windows 7 boxes sometimes ran into the problem that Shade is addressing.

Seems like OSX is much friendlier to organization and discovery. With Spotlight and tools like Alfred, all my apps and files are pretty much always a few keystrokes away, so storing stuff on the desktop becomes suboptimal.

Re: Show HN: Shade. A Free Mac App to hide your messy desktop.

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Post by pagliara » Fri, Aug 17, 2012, 4:33 AM UTC

humbyvaldes wrote: post #2

Cool app, I just installed it. Some feedback: Would be nice if double click shade desktop would show real desktop. Clicking the icon isn't always handy.

Thanks! That's a great idea actually.

Re: Show HN: Shade. A Free Mac App to hide your messy desktop.

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Post by DeepDuh » Fri, Aug 17, 2012, 4:59 AM UTC

callmevlad wrote: post #3

I've been using a Mac for over a year, and I've never had more than a few things on the desktop, whereas my Windows 7 boxes sometimes ran into the problem that Shade is addressing. Seems like OSX is much friendlier to organization and discovery. With Spotlight and tools like Alfred, all my apps and files are pretty much always a few keystrokes away, so storing stuff on the desktop becomes suboptimal.

I think you might have a point there. It appears to me now that my OSX desktop is only messy because I share it with my Windows VM, where the desktop is pretty much the goto place when you want fast access to your latest files.

Re: Show HN: Shade. A Free Mac App to hide your messy desktop.

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Post by dayzero » Fri, Aug 17, 2012, 5:12 AM UTC

Just earlier this week I was looking for an app that did exactly this. Installed it - works great. I'd also be keen to see a 'double-click to reveal' feature. Great work!

Re: Show HN: Shade. A Free Mac App to hide your messy desktop.

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Post by pagliara » Fri, Aug 17, 2012, 5:25 AM UTC

dayzero wrote: post #6

Just earlier this week I was looking for an app that did exactly this. Installed it - works great. I'd also be keen to see a 'double-click to reveal' feature. Great work!

Thanks! I've got a few other nice features planned as well.

Re: Show HN: Shade. A Free Mac App to hide your messy desktop.

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Post by MaxGabriel » Fri, Aug 17, 2012, 5:34 AM UTC

callmevlad wrote: post #3

I've been using a Mac for over a year, and I've never had more than a few things on the desktop, whereas my Windows 7 boxes sometimes ran into the problem that Shade is addressing. Seems like OSX is much friendlier to organization and discovery. With Spotlight and tools like Alfred, all my apps and files are pretty much always a few keystrokes away, so storing stuff on the desktop becomes suboptimal.

The desktop is the default for screenshots and iOS simulator screenshots; that's my undoing

Re: Show HN: Shade. A Free Mac App to hide your messy desktop.

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Post by biscarch » Fri, Aug 17, 2012, 5:42 AM UTC

Cool idea, I would definitely use it, but it seems that when using Spaces Shade will only cover a single space at a time.

Re: Show HN: Shade. A Free Mac App to hide your messy desktop.

#10

Post by wells-riley » Fri, Aug 17, 2012, 5:53 AM UTC

Hey OP, I love the simplicity, giving it a try. I added your app to http://retinamacapps.com -- nice work!