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Just for some statistics, I just purchased it but the main selling point for me is cross platform. I use Windows/Linux at home and Mac at work, so a tool that w

by orclev 10y ago

Just for some statistics, I just purchased it but the main selling point for me is cross platform. I use Windows/Linux at home and Mac at work, so a tool that works on all of them is a real boon to me. This way I can customize and use a single tool and use it no matter where I am. Same reason I purchased a copy of Sublime Text.

zerr 10y ago
Is it electron based?
- mherrmann 10y ago
  If you mean fman then no: I thought about this long and hard but startup speed is crucial and Electron just doesn't cut it. It's based on PyQt. I wrote a blog post about this: https://fman.io/blog/picking-technologies-for-a-desktop-app-in-2016/ https://fman.io/blog/picking-technologies-for-a-desktop-app-...
  - zellyn 10y ago
    Just FYI, Go has a (currently experimental, linux-only) plugin mechanism now. Of course, it's not cross-platform… yet.
  - zerr 10y ago
    Good to hear that... It would have been even better if it was C++ Qt based.
    - srssays 10y ago
      Congratulations! You exemplify the term "pathological customer"!
      - zerr 10y ago
        Is this a new name for someone who wants to avoid a bloatware?
        srssays 10y ago
        I can understand why people don't like Electron, but what's wrong with Python?
  - Jare 10y ago
    I see the Windows version is a 1MB download and the Mac & Linux are 21MB, so I was surprised to ready Python and Qt are involved. I take it the Windows setup is a downloader?
    - mherrmann 10y ago
      Yes - see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13778676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13778676