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SHOW HN2012
436points
156comments
#15of 1,677 in 2012
Top 1%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
40 positive, 34 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 24 critical, out of 102 comments about the project. Thread score +0.21.
Idea: 10 for, 7 againstDesign: 7 for, 8 againstPricing: 6 for, 0 againstDocs: 2 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 4 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful utility that fills a real gap in macOS drag and drop
From 3 comments
Congratulations - that is a seriously useful utility. At first I thought that holding down the mouse button wasn't that bad - but your browser tab demo absolutely convinced me…
antifuchs on HNI've spent the last four + years dragging stuff to that tiny little space in the bottom left of of my screen near the dock, switching to the app I'm interested in (sometimes…
ghshephard on HNWell done. This is the sort of app you look at and think "Why isn't this built into the operating system already?"
Dejital on HN
Clever shake interaction and well-made demo video
From 2 comments
This is a fantastic app, not just because of how much of a great utility it is (does anything like this exist for windows?) but the name is absolutely brilliant. Not only is it…
citricsquid on HNSeriously brilliant. And the video is spot on in answering questions/concerns that anyone would have.
rjb on HN
Objections
Trackpad gesture activation is unreliable for some users
From 2 comments
Hey Mark, Is this useful on the trackpad? It seem to be about 50% accurate on my magic trackpad when shaking back and forth. Also, what do you mean by "under the mouse?"
mikhailt on HNI wanted to love this because I am heavy trackpad D&D user, and I think D&D has only gotten worse after Leopard, but... :( I can't get the gesture to work reliably on a (magic)…
gurkendoktor on HN
Cannot stash items and move them to the desktop; window hides on show desktop
From 1 comment
I wanted to love this because I am heavy trackpad D&D user, and I think D&D has only gotten worse after Leopard, but... :( I can't get the gesture to work reliably on a (magic)…
gurkendoktor on HN
Redirect to App Store hides the demo video from visitors
From 1 comment
I can understand why you're redirecting traffic directly to the App Store, but I think it might be doing more harm than good. I vaguely remember seeing something about this app…
rkudeshi on HN
Requests
Windows version
From 2 comments
This is just brilliant. Please create a Windows equivalent and make my whole year.
brianlash on HNThis is a fantastic app, not just because of how much of a great utility it is (does anything like this exist for windows?) but the name is absolutely brilliant. Not only is it…
citricsquid on HN
Support for Snow Leopard or older macOS
From 1 comment
Hello, a quick question... my Mac cannot be upgraded to Lion. Is there a slight possibility of making it work for Snow Leopard? And if not - I would like to know - just for…
runn1ng on HN
Quick look preview and keyboard shortcut activation
From 2 comments
Dude nice app, but can you add a quickview button/quickview spacebar binding, so that I can check the whats in my dragondrop. Also, maybe bloat but can u add plug-in system so we…
rebo on HNThis is an excellent app, but I suppose it works best with a mouse. Using the trackpad is a bit of a pain, maybe it could have been nice to fire up that box with a shortcut?
why-el on HN
Questions
Does it work on Mac OS 10.6 without Lion features?
From 2 comments
If you're feeling adventurous, I've heard success stories from people manually hacking the Info.plist on the direct download version. It currently doesn't require any Lion…
markchristian on HNIs this really dependent on any particular Lion feature? I was about to buy it but I'm still on 10.6.8 (never bothered to update to Lion because of the myriad annoying new…
dguaraglia on HN
How it differs from Yoink and clipboard managers like Ditto
From 2 comments
I own a similar app called Yoink that does the same thing. Any reason why I should migrate to Dragondrop/does DND do some things better?
mrchess on HNI'm confused, is this just an alternative to copy & paste? Or even cut/paste? The demo for example talks about putting a picture in an email. I would currently right click ->…
dazbradbury on HN
Alternatives named
Yoink
From 1 comment
I own a similar app called Yoink that does the same thing. Any reason why I should migrate to Dragondrop/does DND do some things better?
mrchess on HN
Path Finder Drop Stack
From 1 comment
This is a cool app. The functionality is not as extensive as this but Path Finder for Mac (Finder replacement) has a featured called "Drop Stack" which essentially allows you to…
mikebracco on HN
Pickdrop
From 1 comment
Wow this is awesome. I created this thing[1] a little while back that's just an Automator service (hence can't be sold in the mac app store according to their install guidelines)…
dools on HN
Ditto clipboard manager
From 1 comment
I'm confused, is this just an alternative to copy & paste? Or even cut/paste? The demo for example talks about putting a picture in an email. I would currently right click ->…
dazbradbury on HN