Wox
Dev tools
application launcher
SHOW HN2015
54points
19comments
#524of 2,565 in 2015
Top 21%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
3 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Idea: 3 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Application search is faster than Windows 7 Start Menu
From 1 comment
I have been using this for a while. It is good. It is not a replacement to GNOME Do yet (I am not sure if plugins bridge the gap) but I have found that the application search is…
warunsl on HN
Fills gap left by Launchy
From 2 comments
Very cool! I've been hoping something like this would get active development again, since Launchy basically died. Alfred's been pretty good Mac-side. Shame that Synapse & near as…
daviross on HNI will give it a try, looks like a good alternative to Launchy. The online readme contains some broken images.
spacey on HN
Objections
Plugins fail to install
From 1 comment
Nice idea but can't install most plugins. The installation by wpm or manual complete succesfully yet the plugin is not installed. Example: Switcheroo for Wox;…
mavromatis on HN
Windows 10 search already covers this
From 1 comment
I'm willing to try this, and it would have been really nice to have during the Win8/7 days but... What purpose does it serve in Windows 10? Every feature and voice recognition…
KirinDave on HN
Error dialog with stack trace on reboot
From 1 comment
I have been using this for a while. It is good. It is not a replacement to GNOME Do yet (I am not sure if plugins bridge the gap) but I have found that the application search is…
warunsl on HN
Requests
Fix broken images in readme
From 1 comment
I will give it a try, looks like a good alternative to Launchy. The online readme contains some broken images.
spacey on HN
Link to GitHub repository on project pages
From 1 comment
Open source, but no github/bitbucket links on the project or the plugins? This makes any type of contributing very limiting.
blainesch on HN
Questions
Does it conflict with alt+space Windows menu, and can the shortcut change?
From 1 comment
Docs say the keyboard shortcuts for this is alt+space. Does this mean that if I install this, I can no longer access the standard alt+space windows menu to minimize, resize, etc?…
torgoguys on HN
Is it a replacement for GNOME Do?
From 1 comment
I have been using this for a while. It is good. It is not a replacement to GNOME Do yet (I am not sure if plugins bridge the gap) but I have found that the application search is…
warunsl on HN
Alternatives named
Launchy
From 2 comments
Very cool! I've been hoping something like this would get active development again, since Launchy basically died. Alfred's been pretty good Mac-side. Shame that Synapse & near as…
daviross on HNI will give it a try, looks like a good alternative to Launchy. The online readme contains some broken images.
spacey on HN
Alfred
From 2 comments
Very cool! I've been hoping something like this would get active development again, since Launchy basically died. Alfred's been pretty good Mac-side. Shame that Synapse & near as…
daviross on HNIs Alfred really that much better than the updated Spotlight? I used to use it (free version), but I find that Spotlight does everything I want/need that I'm aware of.
JHonaker on HN
GNOME Do
From 1 comment
I have been using this for a while. It is good. It is not a replacement to GNOME Do yet (I am not sure if plugins bridge the gap) but I have found that the application search is…
warunsl on HN
Windows 10 search
From 1 comment
I'm willing to try this, and it would have been really nice to have during the Win8/7 days but... What purpose does it serve in Windows 10? Every feature and voice recognition…
KirinDave on HN
dmenu
From 1 comment
Check out dmenu for Linux. http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/ Pipe a list of things into it, it'll graphically prompt the user for a specific thing, and then it'll print that thing…
Sir_Cmpwn on HN
KRunner
From 1 comment
Linux side: I still use krunner (KDE) and I also like dmenu for simple launcher in tiled window managers.
baldfat on HN
Spotlight
From 1 comment
Is Alfred really that much better than the updated Spotlight? I used to use it (free version), but I find that Spotlight does everything I want/need that I'm aware of.
JHonaker on HN