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Show HN: Barbell – A subtle news ticker in the menu bar
Hey HN, Barbell is a tiny news ticker for the macOS menu bar. I get really distracted by notifications, and don’t always want to open newsfeeds, so this way I’m able to glance and only click on the news I find interesting. For me personally this has quickly become one of my essential macOS tools. Current features include: A max character length, refresh rate, mute for 1 hour, and sources from HN, Twitter, and Reddit.
In the future I’d like to add support for RSS, a more advanced history, and integration with focus modes. If you have any other suggestions, please let me know, I’d like to make it as useful as possible.
- HardwareLust 4y agoNeat idea! Gonna try it out as soon as I get home.
- jarrenae 4y agoGreat! Let me know what you think, and if you have any suggestions.
- HardwareLust 4y agoI have another suggestion I just thought of. When you click the ticker, the drop down menu shows you the last 4 stories. It would be nice if you could show a few more than 4, maybe make that a preference. I'd like that to be a lot longer. Other than that, been using it the last 3 days, and I really like it so far!
- HardwareLust 4y agoI'm digging it so far! Is there a way to adjust the text color?
- jarrenae 4y agoNot yet, though ideally we'd be able to add text resizing as well as color changes. I'd really like to try 2 lines of text, especially because on the new MacBook Pros the notch increases the menu bar height.
- HardwareLust 4y agoSounds like a great idea. Lemme know if you need a beta tester!