Readit Newsoffbeatport commented on Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025) · Posted by u/david927
https://VoteFeature.com - An open catalog of products and features where users can vote to help build what matters.
The only thing they say about the camera is megapixel count for the single front and single rear camera. This is a very clear sign that the camera is an afterthought tacked onto the phone. I have zero faith in its hardware or software.
I'm in a weird position where I definitely care enough about phone cameras that I make most of my phone purchasing positions based on the camera, but I also don't care so much about photography that I'd be willing to carry around a traditional bulky camera. I travel and hike a lot, and enjoy trying to take nice photos of beautiful things, so it's very important to me that the phone does a good job at that without encumbering me.
Maybe for my next device I'll end up just switching to a Linux phone and then carrying around an iPhone or Android just for the camera and 2FA / banking apps.
Thanks, I think I can relate.
For me, the camera gets more important as I get older. I realise that, althougth I'm not into photography either, it's very easy to capture day-to-day memories.
However, I'm one of those people who would never buy a dedicated camera. I'm just not into it that much.
I'm courious to see if the hardware would be OK. If so, how much more can we get by writing good software. After all, there's only so much we can improve with hardware until it becomes irrelevant!?
Another one, which is good.
Although I am curious about general battery life.
The single most problematic issue is obviously app availability, for example no access to classic dating apps.
I have to admit it would be nice if Google could give access to their app store to those sorts of phones, but obviously they are never going to do that.
I guess it's a vicious cycle with open / linux-based. Although not impossible, it's difficult to get good grade apps with slow capital. E.g. It seems to me that the appstore is one of the main arguments for choosing iPhones.
Unfortunately, the Linux phone I've been waiting for has to have a top-notch camera. So I'll sadly be waiting a long time unless I want to lug around an extra device just for photos.
Is this not a good enough camera? Is the problem with the hardware or software?
offbeatport commented on Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell · Posted by u/code_Whisperer
https://switchcenter.app/
SwitchCenter aims to improve the experience of managing your opened apps/windows on macOS.
With this, you can display your opened windows grouped in columns (by application). You can also also display the minimized windows in the same column as the opened windows and allows you to pin applications so they always display in the same order. On top of that, it allows for (arguably) better windows control (close, minimize, full-screen, Zoom In / Out, etc.).
It started as an experiment because I was looking for a cleaner, more organized way to arrange the (many) opened windows.
I'm thinking of adding browser tabs somewhere in there (maybe).
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