Show HN: I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire

Post by yzzxy » Mon, Aug 25, 2014, 10:49 PM UTC

rational-future wrote: post #147

gregbarbosa wrote: post #16

Wow. I hate how so many Windows applications are considerably uglier compared to Mac counterparts. The Windows apps don't seem to push forward Windows design but rather get stuck in the Windows XP design days. This is beautifully designed and clear. The graph visualization is prime, and I love that the peaks are "rounded" out instead of sharp declines (sharp declines would make it look more like a live stock ticker).…

I'm a Windows user (go on, press the down arrow) and I don't care about app design. Give me military ship grey windows, text menus and a way to hide all icons. Windows 2000 was for me the apogee of 2D design.

Post by eps » Mon, Aug 25, 2014, 10:57 PM UTC

elwell wrote: post #86

This is really pretty, but I don't use anything in this vein except for Spybot Search and Destroy. I wonder what other HNers are think about that: am I asking for trouble? I haven't had any problems in years. I'm a Windows user, and I run SS&D every month or so (I don't run the resident process).

Post by fencepost » Mon, Aug 25, 2014, 11:01 PM UTC

jdhzzz wrote: post #151

rational-future wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm a Windows user (go on, press the down arrow) and I don't care about app design. Give me military ship grey windows, text menus and a way to hide all icons. Windows 2000 was for me the apogee of 2D design.

I'm in on Windows 2000. Active window titles that could be set to bright colors to distinguish the active window from all the others (mine was canary yellow). I miss you Win2k.

  * Right-click on the Desktop background, Personalize

  * Select Window Color button/link at the bottom

  * Select "Advanced appearance settings..." link

  * Click on the Active Title Bar in the preview area, or 
    select Active Title Bar from the Item dropdown

  * Customize the font appearance, including font, color, size and weight.

Post by Sir_Cmpwn » Mon, Aug 25, 2014, 11:09 PM UTC

lucb1e wrote: post #168

ddevault wrote: post #113

All software related to security should be open source. This particular piece of software doesn't sit at a crucial point in a secure system, but a greater deal of transparency would be appreciated. I personally avoid using closed-source tools for security purposes, and especially closed-source tools that are hoping to monetize. I use Linux, though, so I guess it doesn't really matter to me in this case :) I would als…

> All software related to security should be open source Why just security-related software? It doesn't get special permissions or anything. All software can do equal damage on most operating systems. > I personally avoid using closed-source tools for security purposes I too prefer open source tools for security purposes, but that means that for security purposes I prefer all my software to be open source.

Post by geographomics » Mon, Aug 25, 2014, 11:13 PM UTC