Great concept, but I will suggest that innovating on types of clicks (left + right, left + scroll wheel, etc.) is a mistake that will inhibit adoption of your app.
Your personal fingers might work well that way, but there is a reason those combinations are "unused" and "available" for your app. Countless other devs over the years have all concluded "yeah, that doesn't actually work for most people's hands." I don't have specific examples, but lots of early 3D modeling apps (possibly including early blender?) used weird combo clicks. The industry learned from that mistake and newer tools use more conventional hotkeys.
You've built something very cool and useful. It will be much more successful if you don't try to innovate in an unrelated area. Just use normal hotkeys, and let people customize them in case the ones you default to don't work for them.
Your concern is valid, but if you actually try the app, you'll notice how special it is. There are no inhibits, as you can see from all the 5-star reviews. It's completely natural, and in case you really don't like them, simply switch them off via settings.
How much of this is targeted to a mouse user vs. trackpad user?
Window management on macOS is awful.
Stage Manager almost gets this right but then I go through months with turning it off again.
It seems like Windows and Linux users tend to favor having everything maximized and Mac users tend to have multiple windows on screen at once by virtue of the design of Mac apps. I want something somewhere between the abandoned Single Window Mode of older Mac OS X builds and Stage Manager with Rectangle for moving windows around.
Usually I want two windows on my screen: an editor (Nova, TextMate, BBEdit, or mg inside Prompt) and a web browser (Safari, Firefox) side by side with the ability to command-tab to a different virtual desktop with say Slack and my email client open. I don’t have that part yet.
It is beneficial for both mouse and trackpad users, although mouse users generally find it more convenient since they do not need to use the Fn key to perform all gestures.
It also works well with Stage Manager mode, and makes it a breeze to side windows and most importantly - restoring them to the original size and position when needed.
> Furthermore, I'll be sending a completely free license to the commenters with the most thoughtful feedback, bug reports, or feature suggestions I see. You're not just buying an app; you're helping to shape it.
No. Show HN needs to be free or free trial historically. This feels like an ad and uses engagement bait tactics. This post doesn’t really feel right for HN, nothing personal against you or the product.
Great concept, but I will suggest that innovating on types of clicks (left + right, left + scroll wheel, etc.) is a mistake that will inhibit adoption of your app.
Your personal fingers might work well that way, but there is a reason those combinations are "unused" and "available" for your app. Countless other devs over the years have all concluded "yeah, that doesn't actually work for most people's hands." I don't have specific examples, but lots of early 3D modeling apps (possibly including early blender?) used weird combo clicks. The industry learned from that mistake and newer tools use more conventional hotkeys.
You've built something very cool and useful. It will be much more successful if you don't try to innovate in an unrelated area. Just use normal hotkeys, and let people customize them in case the ones you default to don't work for them.
Your concern is valid, but if you actually try the app, you'll notice how special it is. There are no inhibits, as you can see from all the 5-star reviews. It's completely natural, and in case you really don't like them, simply switch them off via settings.
How much of this is targeted to a mouse user vs. trackpad user?
Window management on macOS is awful.
Stage Manager almost gets this right but then I go through months with turning it off again.
It seems like Windows and Linux users tend to favor having everything maximized and Mac users tend to have multiple windows on screen at once by virtue of the design of Mac apps. I want something somewhere between the abandoned Single Window Mode of older Mac OS X builds and Stage Manager with Rectangle for moving windows around.
Usually I want two windows on my screen: an editor (Nova, TextMate, BBEdit, or mg inside Prompt) and a web browser (Safari, Firefox) side by side with the ability to command-tab to a different virtual desktop with say Slack and my email client open. I don’t have that part yet.
It is beneficial for both mouse and trackpad users, although mouse users generally find it more convenient since they do not need to use the Fn key to perform all gestures.
It also works well with Stage Manager mode, and makes it a breeze to side windows and most importantly - restoring them to the original size and position when needed.
> Furthermore, I'll be sending a completely free license to the commenters with the most thoughtful feedback, bug reports, or feature suggestions I see. You're not just buying an app; you're helping to shape it.
No. Show HN needs to be free or free trial historically. This feels like an ad and uses engagement bait tactics. This post doesn’t really feel right for HN, nothing personal against you or the product.