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Just to be clear, what's the primary difference between the featured app and Boop (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/boop/id1518425043?mt=12 https://apps.apple.com/
by tr1ll10nb1ll 6y ago
Just to be clear, what's the primary difference between the featured app and Boop (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/boop/id1518425043?mt=12 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/boop/id1518425043?mt=12)?
- haswell 6y agoJust to be clear, what is the purpose of this question as asked? There's plenty of room for utilities like this. I purchased Boop, and it's not bad, but I'm not a fan of the UX. DevUtils looks interesting to me and I'll give it a shot. Even if there was 100% feature parity between these apps, the different approach to UX alone is enough to justify its existence, an existence which doesn't really need to be justified to begin with.
- arthtyagi 6y agoI don't understand how the purpose of the question is not clear. I intend to know how does this featured app differs from Boop, that's all. And instead, I get a -1 from someone, haha.
- haswell 6y agoIt may not have been intentional, but the way the question was phrased, it sounded extremely dismissive and borderline accusatory. If that was not the intent, that's great. Honest feedback, no ill will.
- tr1ll10nb1ll 6y agoAlright, I think it might have come across like that which in no way was my intent and for that purpose, I have rephrased my question.
- simplify 6y agoAsking "how is this different" is not dismissive. It's just a question. How else should one ask for a useful comparison?
- haswell 6y ago> "There's another app called Boop that seems similar. How would you compare your app to Boop?" I certainly agree that "how is this different" is not dismissive by itself. But the whole of the comment came across as very dismissive. It's possible that I overreacted, but that's how I interpreted it.
- danpalmer 6y agoI don't think you overreacted, the "Just to be clear" and other wording seems like gaslighting to me, assuming that the author knows about this alternative but knowing that is unlikely. A much better way to phrase this question would be something like: > On the surface this looks like it solves similar problems to Boop, an app I use to do similar things. Have you heard of Boop? If so, how do you think this compares?
- abalaji 6y agoIt's a valid question, though I agree it could certainly be phrased in a less confrontational manner.
- ladberg 6y agoIt looks like it has a separate input and output which is nice, and it also lists the possible options so you don't have to type and guess :)
- mumblerino 6y agoLooks great, thanks! Having to guess command names however isn't great in Boop.
- trungdq88 6y agoWhoa, I did not know this app exists, it also looks nice! As I can see, DevUtils provide convenience features like global hotkey, smart detect, context menu, etc... this is something I have spent a lot of time on, and it worked well for me at least :) I did research on online tools and open-source projects like CyberChef [1], but none of them were providing the convenience I was looking for. [1] https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef