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You can check here (osx only): https://shortexts.com/
Show HN: A keyboard-centric clipboard history app for macOS
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Re: Show HN: A keyboard-centric clipboard history app for macOS
#102Ok, I'll be that guy. But what stops a very clever hacker from creating something useful and seemingly naive as this, but adding some hard to find backdoor in it. I was about to just install it but then stopped and thought, what could be the easiest RCE out there. Make a useful app, a catchy domain name, professional landing page, get social proof by getting it to HN front page and have zero people comment what I'm c…
I'm the creator. Thanks for your comment. It's not about paranoid. It's critical thinking and I believe everybody should use it during the Internet epoch.
I'm not hiding and you can easily find me in social networks: - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladimir-ikryanov-9334915/ - GitHub: https://github.com/vladimir-ikryanov
I will definitely need to share the source code of ClipBook, so anybody can analyze it or build their own copy of the app.
Re: Show HN: A keyboard-centric clipboard history app for macOS
#103Ok, I'll be that guy. But what stops a very clever hacker from creating something useful and seemingly naive as this, but adding some hard to find backdoor in it. I was about to just install it but then stopped and thought, what could be the easiest RCE out there. Make a useful app, a catchy domain name, professional landing page, get social proof by getting it to HN front page and have zero people comment what I'm c…
I actually had the same thought after I had installed it and noticed that the binary was over 600MB. Sure, it's probably just Electron, but still, it was just enough to get me to hold off on actually trying it for now.
There are three downloads: for Mac Apple Silicon, Intel, and Universal.
You see the 600MB binary, because it's probably Universal (Apple Silicon + Intel) DMG. To have a smaller size it's better to download DMG for your Mac CPU architecture. You can find all three versions at https://clipbook.app/download/
I should say that even Apple Silicon or Intel app will still be ~330MB. It's because of the SDK I use to build this app.
Re: Show HN: A keyboard-centric clipboard history app for macOS
#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
I actually had the same thought after I had installed it and noticed that the binary was over 600MB. Sure, it's probably just Electron, but still, it was just enough to get me to hold off on actually trying it for now.
It's actually not Electron, it appears to be Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF), which is what Spotify desktop app uses. I'm speaking completely separately from OP's product: CEF was supposed to be more efficient than Electron, but I think that framework heavily missed the mark. I'd be interested to know why the dev chose CEF instead.
Last year I answered on SO about the difference between Electron and CEF and which one to chose: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70620182/whats-the-diffr...
I actually use an Electron-like framework to make ClipBook, but it's not Electron and not CEF. It's Electron for C++ developers. It's called Molybden SDK. I'm one of the creators of this SDK. I decided to use it, because I know it really well and it allows me to write using C++ and closely work with the operating system. It's very important when you build a software like ClipBook.
Re: Show HN: A keyboard-centric clipboard history app for macOS
#105It's always hard to trust and install desktop apps unless they're open source or coming from a well known dev. But looks promising and useful.
I will make it open source. It's not a problem at all. Thank you for your comment.
Re: Show HN: A keyboard-centric clipboard history app for macOS
#106Thank you. Could you open the clipboard window on the active screen where the cursor is?
I think I can add this feature, so you can open the clipboard window on the screen with the currently focused window. I think a screen with the currently focused window should be treated as active. It's because I can keep my mouse cursor on secondary screen and work (type something) inside a window on the primary screen. Or just add both preferences, so you can decide yourself which screen should be treated as active.
Re: Show HN: A keyboard-centric clipboard history app for macOS
#107Very nice and clean! Only feature request I have is to allow window repositioning and resizing :)
You can resize the window using mouse. Like any other regular window. I didn't implement the resizing feature using keyboard shortcuts yet.
As for repositioning window, you can drag the window by dragging the panel with the keyboard shortcuts on the left-bottom side of the window.
Re: Show HN: A keyboard-centric clipboard history app for macOS
#108Hi, thank you very much for clipbook, it's what I was looking for to manage my clipboard simply. I have to read carefully for privacy but I think we are on the right track.
Thank you for your feedback. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Re: Show HN: A keyboard-centric clipboard history app for macOS
#109Looks amazing, love the simplicity Does it support images? Can text clipboard items be edited on the clipboard before pasting? Are you planning on adding snippets? Alfred works really well for me in terms of snippets and clipboard history Except for one use case: quick edits For that, I end up having to paste the content somewhere, change it, (sometimes having to additionally re-copy, then paste in the final destinat…
I didn't enable support for images. It's on the product roadmap. I would like to add support for files too.
As for quick edits — I do the same trick too. I will add the quick edit functionality. I miss it too.
I'm not planning to add snippets. Alfred and Raycast are really good at this.
Re: Show HN: A keyboard-centric clipboard history app for macOS
#110> ClipBook stores everything you copy Everything ? I'm not seeing any screenshots in the... screenshot.
It doesn't support images yet. I work mostly with text, so in the first versions I added support of the text content only, but support of images and files on the product roadmap. Will add it later. Thanks for your note. Appreciate that.