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Re: Show HN: my Mac app just got fireballed

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Post by markchristian »

gurkendoktor wrote: post #125

I wanted to love this because I am heavy trackpad D&D user, and I think D&D has only gotten worse after Leopard, but... :( I can't get the gesture to work reliably on a (magic) trackpad, and with a mouse I usually don't bother to use D&D. Also, you cannot stash things and then move them to the desktop, which is my #1 use case. If you put things into Dragon Drop, then reveal the desktop, the Dragon Drop window will mo…

Try drawing circles with your mouse, rather than shaking it — some people find that easier to do on trackpads. Does that help?

RE: showing up when you show the desktop — this is a good feature request, and I will see if I can make it happen. It may not be possible.

Re: Show HN: my Mac app just got fireballed

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Post by markchristian »

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #118
markchristian wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sorry, my server metaphorically melted due to the traffic. :( The site's back up now, and here's the screencast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M0PAiiJLlo

I suggest you add a link to the website in your YouTube video description, for people who find it through YouTube.

That's a great idea — I just did. Thank you.

Re: Show HN: my Mac app just got fireballed

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Post by Terretta »

mrchess wrote: post #58

I own a similar app called Yoink that does the same thing. Any reason why I should migrate to Dragondrop/does DND do some things better?

Yoink user here, love it.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/yoink/id457622435?mt=12

http://www.eternalstorms.at/yoink/

Sounds like DnD's "wiggle" is a nice innovation.

Re: Show HN: my Mac app just got fireballed

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Post by garret »

dguaraglia wrote: post #144
markchristian wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're feeling adventurous, I've heard success stories from people manually hacking the Info.plist on the direct download version. It currently doesn't require any Lion specific APIs, but I plan on updating it in the future to make use of the nice flocking icons while dragging, and that will require Lion.

Done. Here, have my money! :)

How'd you do it?

Re: Show HN: my Mac app just got fireballed

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Post by dkersten »

thoughtsimple wrote: post #148
dkersten wrote: post #90

I don't understand the part about browser tabs - when I want to drag something from one tab to another, I just hover the mouse over the destination tab and the browser switches to that tab. Takes about a second.

That works on Chrome but not Safari.

Firefox too. I did not know it doesn't work in Safari though.

Re: Show HN: my Mac app just got fireballed

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Post by dkersten »

evgen wrote: post #93
dkersten wrote: post #90

I don't understand the part about browser tabs - when I want to drag something from one tab to another, I just hover the mouse over the destination tab and the browser switches to that tab. Takes about a second.

How do you do that when the other tab is buried under three other browser windows in another space? Possible, but this makes things a lot easier. Then again, maybe the way I leave tons of stuff open across lots of spaces is just the sort of workflow that something like this is meant for...

I guess I must not have that many browser windows scattered around the place when I'm using OS X or Windows and on linux I use a tiling window manager, so its trivial to tile both windows side-by-side and then drag between them.

Re: Show HN: my Mac app just got fireballed

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Post by sammathews »

markchristian wrote: post #79
graeme wrote: post #76

Great idea! Just bought it. I previously did workarounds such as dragging an entire chrome tab out to move the picture. Got awkward sometimes. You might want to consider not having a free trial. I watched the video, was sold, went to click buy, then saw the trial button. Still went to buy, but almost clicked the trial out of habit. Edit: Wow, 45 seconds later it's already installed and working seamlessly. Took me all…

Thanks, Graeme. The free trial is actually an entire non-App Store version with its own in-app purchase -- I chronicled the experience at http://writing.markchristian.org/2012/03/30/make-your-own-ap... in the hopes of sharing the knowledge with other potential indie devs.

Awesome, thanks Mark.

Does the mac appstore allow you to track where your sales come from? Do you get the majority from people linking to your site or discovering the app through the store?

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