Do you have any plans on launching a Swift framework?
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dexterleng commented on Wasavi – Vi editor for any webpage appsweets.net/wasavi/... · Posted by u/nonbirithm
This looks very similar to shortcat https://shortcat.app/, can you tell me what your program offers that the other one (free, but also not OS) does not?
On an unrelated note, I made the same thing (barebones), but for Linux and theoretically also Windows: https://github.com/phil294/vimium-everywhere
Major differences are that (1) Homerow does not show search results in a command palette fashion. YMMV but I prefer the UI to be minimalist. (2) you can disable search and have it work almost exactly like Vimium.
I would also like to note that the Shortcat dev plans on adding licensing. Homerow has licensing, but there's no blocks on features. So they are both "free" in the same way.
dexterleng commented on Wasavi – Vi editor for any webpage appsweets.net/wasavi/... · Posted by u/nonbirithm
If you like Vim, you should also check out Vimium - an extension, that enables Vim-like navigation in the browser. Never take your fingers off the home row!
I made Homerow, it's the same idea as Vimium, but for the entire macOS user interface.
dexterleng commented on I have reached Vim nirvana maxwellrules.com/misc/nvi... · Posted by u/behnamoh
Don't forget the browser.
Vimium radically improved my entire web browsing experience. I can't live without it anymore.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vimium-ff/
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/vimium/dbepggeogba...
Love Vimium! Loved it so much I wanted it OS-wide. So I made Homerow, basically Vimium + Spotlight for the macOS user interface.
dexterleng commented on Show HN: Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation vimacapp.com... · Posted by u/dexterleng
The headlining quote on the site seems a bit silly. Does anyone consider their Mac trackpad to be "clunky"?
Haha, I wrote that on a whim. I'll come up with a better line.
dexterleng commented on Show HN: Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation vimacapp.com... · Posted by u/dexterleng
Great work! I am just trying it out, but realized it doesn't highlight links/buttons in Firefox. Is that outside the scope of this tool? If so, do you just suggest using Vimac in combination with Vimium?
It actually technically could support Firefox/chrome, but I have disabled it because enabling accessibility on chrome breaks window managers.
Also vimium will always be faster than vimac due to how slow the accessibility API is.
I would recommend using both for now.
dexterleng commented on Show HN: Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation vimacapp.com... · Posted by u/dexterleng
I love this! As a colemak-dh user, is there a way to easily re-kebind hjkl?
Yes, you can do so!
dexterleng commented on Show HN: Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation vimacapp.com... · Posted by u/dexterleng
I don't know vim. If I get used to this, will I be halfway to knowing vim?
It's very much like Vimium, which is nothing like Vim, so no. I see Vimium being referred to as "vim bindings" for chrome which I never got. Maybe someone could enlighten me on this.
dexterleng commented on Show HN: Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation vimacapp.com... · Posted by u/dexterleng
I really want a version of this for Windows as well!
I have yet to try it out:
dexterleng commented on Show HN: Vimac – Productive macOS keyboard-driven navigation vimacapp.com... · Posted by u/dexterleng
Why did you choose to use electron for something so specific to MacOS?
Awesome project by the way. This will save my wrists from a lot of pain.
The app is written in Swift, not Electron.
Vimac had major performance issues previously when traversing the UI Element tree of Electron/Webkit apps.