rajivm1991 (u/rajivm1991)

rajivm1991 commented on Show HN: DroidDock – A sleek macOS app for browsing Android device files via ADB rajivm1991.github.io/Droi... · Posted by u/rajivm1991

luckydata · a month ago

Not exactly what beautiful looks like on a Mac.

rajivm1991 · a month ago

appreciate your honest comments.. I want DroidDock to be both beautiful and functional, balancing modern design trends with macOS idioms. yes, feedback like this helps me iterate toward a better experience

rajivm1991 commented on Show HN: DroidDock – A sleek macOS app for browsing Android device files via ADB rajivm1991.github.io/Droi... · Posted by u/rajivm1991

jeroenhd · a month ago

That's pretty annoying. I swear you used to be able to, what changed?

Edit: I thought Apple supported MTP but I guess they never did? That's a weird limitation for an OS to have.

rajivm1991 · a month ago

macOS has limited support for MTP.. native browsing of Android devices is very limited or broken. Using ADB is admittedly a workaround, but it provides broader device compatibility and control, especially on newer Android versions

rajivm1991 commented on Show HN: DroidDock – A sleek macOS app for browsing Android device files via ADB rajivm1991.github.io/Droi... · Posted by u/rajivm1991

rand17 · a month ago

I wouldn't dare to call an app with a webview approach (be that tauri or electron), react, typescript and the whole frontend Pandora's box "sleek", but each to his own. I find using the adb bridge for such operation a bit of an overkill, but fortunately I don't own Apple made devices this year so I don't face such problems; maybe drastic times call for drastic measures: Apple's and Google's hatred towards end users is palpable these days. I took a quick look at the source and the naming convention is not "conventional" and the lack of eslint/prettier made me raise my eyebrows (raised it high enough to not want to touch this project with a ten foot pole), just like the 2452 line main App.tsx and the rampant useEffect abuse in it - but again, I'm not the target audience, maybe this is super useful for the poster and aesthetics have always been subjective.

rajivm1991 · a month ago

Appreciate the code review eyes and honesty . Yeah the current App.tsx is admittedly dense.. refactoring and adding linting/prettier is next on the list. The choice of React and Tauri was pragmatic to move fast with technologies I’m comfortable with, but I’m open to suggestions to improve code quality and maintainability.

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tgma · a month ago

Don't wanna be killjoy, but specifically since "sleek" and "native" is mentioned many times, I'd say that's not what one expects from a sleek macOS application to say the least.

I'd expect something like Cyberduck quality UI, as an example. The author should aim to mimic system UI in my opinion as closely as possible (or integrate inside Finder).

rajivm1991 · a month ago

Appreciate your feedback! I hear you on the importance of a truly native macOS experience, improving the macOS native look and feel is definitely on my priority