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fman is a cross-platform application made with PyQt. I doubt if it will achieve the native macOS experience someday. And I think the difference is really impo
by yanex 10y ago
fman is a cross-platform application made with PyQt.
I doubt if it will achieve the native macOS experience someday. And I think the difference is really important.
- zerr 10y agoAnd your project is done with Cocoa/Obj-C/Swift?
- yanex 10y agoYes, it's Cocoa/Swift.
- mherrmann 10y agofman author here. Congrats on the launch. Sublime Text is cross-platform and is great on macOS. I don't see why fman shouldn't be. I would say people who truly care about 100% macOS may choose Marta, people who care about cross-platform and a Python-based plugin API will choose fman.
- mherrmann 10y agoActually Yan, I remember you signing up for fman's closed alpha! Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery I guess :)
- yanex 10y agoThe development of Marta started the long before I knew about fman, so it's not any kind of imitation. Actually, in the beginning, I also thought about making the cross-platform file manager, but I quickly realized that the approach with the existing GUI libraries just won't work (and still think so). I tried the closed alpha of fman (and also the number of other file managers) because of curiosity. I naively hoped that someone has already done what I need. ;)
- yanex 10y agoThank you! :) Well, the problem is that Sublime Text is the only GUI cross-platform application with the native behavior I know, so it's more like an exception. And it shows that making portable tools right is not that simple. I don't think we are the direct competitors. fman is a completely another project with its own strong and weak points. I tried fman and didn't like it because of numerous reasons, but it's my own opinion.
- mherrmann 10y agoOf course :) - to each their own. Good luck!