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iMeme (meme generator for Mac OS X)

10 points by hnbascht 15y ago

martythemaniak 15y ago
Why would someone use this instead of quickmeme.com?
- ploxination 15y ago
  This one is pretty
- jamesu 15y ago
  To me this seems to be much faster and easier to use than quickmeme.com
msinghai 15y ago
Another site down!
wavephorm 15y ago
Desktop software specific to one platform? Wow, it's been a while since I've seen that.
- frou_dh 15y ago
  I'm confused because you seem to be insinuating that fully native applications are bad thing, and much rarer than they actually are. This meme thing is obviously daft, but I'll be very sad if I'm forced in to using compromised cross-platform apps or web-apps for everything.
  - rplnt 15y ago
    What compromises do you have in mind? I could think of some, but I don't remember (as I could forget) any product that would lack something only because of its "multiplatformity".
    - frou_dh 15y ago
      Isn't it obvious that a GUI application that has to bend to the conventions of multiple platforms will be, at best, on par, but likely worse, than had it been designed for a specific platform? (Again, I'm not talking about this daft meme thing :))
      - rplnt 15y ago
        I was trying to think too much about it. So right, GUI. But there is too few true multiplatform applications anyway. You do have ports for different platforms and those ports can each use appropriate gui toolkit.
        frou_dh 15y ago
        Yeah. I love it when companies put out a versions of a product that look and feel distinct and standalone on each platform. Though IMO some apps do get away with being uniformly alien everywhere, for example Spotify. Can't put my finger on why.
  - wavephorm 15y ago
    To target a niche app on a niche native platform because you like Xcode is not a compromise?
    - frou_dh 15y ago
      A compromised "business plan", maybe. Not a compromised artifact. I'm sure this guy is gutted that his growth in the global meme application space will be stunted.
- pak 15y ago
  Then you probably aren't on Hacker News that often. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3271572 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3271572

10 points by hnbascht 15y ago

martythemaniak 15y ago

Why would someone use this instead of quickmeme.com?

ploxination 15y ago
This one is pretty
jamesu 15y ago
To me this seems to be much faster and easier to use than quickmeme.com

msinghai 15y ago

Another site down!

wavephorm 15y ago

Desktop software specific to one platform? Wow, it's been a while since I've seen that.

frou_dh 15y ago
I'm confused because you seem to be insinuating that fully native applications are bad thing, and much rarer than they actually are. This meme thing is obviously daft, but I'll be very sad if I'm forced in to using compromised cross-platform apps or web-apps for everything.
- rplnt 15y ago
  What compromises do you have in mind? I could think of some, but I don't remember (as I could forget) any product that would lack something only because of its "multiplatformity".
  - frou_dh 15y ago
    Isn't it obvious that a GUI application that has to bend to the conventions of multiple platforms will be, at best, on par, but likely worse, than had it been designed for a specific platform? (Again, I'm not talking about this daft meme thing :))
    - rplnt 15y ago
      I was trying to think too much about it. So right, GUI. But there is too few true multiplatform applications anyway. You do have ports for different platforms and those ports can each use appropriate gui toolkit.
      - frou_dh 15y ago
        Yeah. I love it when companies put out a versions of a product that look and feel distinct and standalone on each platform. Though IMO some apps do get away with being uniformly alien everywhere, for example Spotify. Can't put my finger on why.
- wavephorm 15y ago
  To target a niche app on a niche native platform because you like Xcode is not a compromise?
  - frou_dh 15y ago
    A compromised "business plan", maybe. Not a compromised artifact. I'm sure this guy is gutted that his growth in the global meme application space will be stunted.
pak 15y ago
Then you probably aren't on Hacker News that often. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3271572 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3271572