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2023: Slint in Review

64 points by tronical 3y ago

leonheld 3y ago
Slint is very much the real deal and I truly hope it sticks for a loooong time!
CJefferson 3y ago
Couldn’t see anything about accessibility, and last time I tried slint (18 months ago), there was no accessibility support I could make work. Any progress?
- FreeFull 3y ago
  https://slint.dev/blog/slint-1.1-released https://slint.dev/blog/slint-1.1-released mentions that there is AccessKit integration.
bobchadwick 3y ago
For a second I thought there was a new album that had flown under my radar, and I wondered why a review of it had been shared on HN.
- greenie_beans 3y ago
  lmao i did the same thing
  - tronical 3y ago
    If you scroll all the way down, you can see at least a similar look of “the band” :)
    - greenie_beans 3y ago
      lol nice. kinda want to work for them now, weirdly.
estrogendemon 3y ago
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j4yav 3y ago
I'm surprised they were able to take a well-known band name that's a made up word and name their project after it
- Kiro 3y ago
  It's not a made-up word in my language.
  - j4yav 3y ago
    It is in the language of the band they took the name from and replicated the team/band photo from, though. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/slint-spiderland-interview-1144942/ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/slint-spid...
    - Kiro 3y ago
      They didn't take it from the band. Pretty sure the team photo was created as a response to everyone referencing the band. > The name comes from our design goals - Straightforward, Lightweight, Intuitive, Native Toolkit. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36389584 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36389584
      - j4yav 3y ago
        Oh that's interesting, would you be able to name your project The Beatles and make an Abbey Road team photo, or maybe Radiohead is a better example as it's not a real word, if you had a similar acronym ahead of time? Or is it just that Slint doesnt have the legal team of the Beatles? Genuinely curious how it works.
coffeeaddict1 3y ago
This project is really exciting. It's founded by 2 ex Qt guys and I think they made the right decision of focusing on the UI aspect only, instead of aiming to be a full on framework like Qt.
dang 3y ago
Related: Show HN: Slint – A declarative UI toolkit for embedded and desktop - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36388821 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36388821 - June 2023 (148 comments)
Claretyselzer 3y ago
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64 points by tronical 3y ago

Slint is very much the real deal and I truly hope it sticks for a loooong time!

Couldn’t see anything about accessibility, and last time I tried slint (18 months ago), there was no accessibility support I could make work. Any progress?

FreeFull 3y ago
https://slint.dev/blog/slint-1.1-released https://slint.dev/blog/slint-1.1-released mentions that there is AccessKit integration.

bobchadwick 3y ago

For a second I thought there was a new album that had flown under my radar, and I wondered why a review of it had been shared on HN.

greenie_beans 3y ago
lmao i did the same thing
- tronical 3y ago
  If you scroll all the way down, you can see at least a similar look of “the band” :)
  - greenie_beans 3y ago
    lol nice. kinda want to work for them now, weirdly.

estrogendemon 3y ago

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j4yav 3y ago

I'm surprised they were able to take a well-known band name that's a made up word and name their project after it

Kiro 3y ago
It's not a made-up word in my language.
- j4yav 3y ago
  It is in the language of the band they took the name from and replicated the team/band photo from, though. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/slint-spiderland-interview-1144942/ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/slint-spid...
  - Kiro 3y ago
    They didn't take it from the band. Pretty sure the team photo was created as a response to everyone referencing the band. > The name comes from our design goals - Straightforward, Lightweight, Intuitive, Native Toolkit. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36389584 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36389584
    - j4yav 3y ago
      Oh that's interesting, would you be able to name your project The Beatles and make an Abbey Road team photo, or maybe Radiohead is a better example as it's not a real word, if you had a similar acronym ahead of time? Or is it just that Slint doesnt have the legal team of the Beatles? Genuinely curious how it works.

coffeeaddict1 3y ago

This project is really exciting. It's founded by 2 ex Qt guys and I think they made the right decision of focusing on the UI aspect only, instead of aiming to be a full on framework like Qt.

dang 3y ago

Related: Show HN: Slint – A declarative UI toolkit for embedded and desktop - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36388821 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36388821 - June 2023 (148 comments)

Claretyselzer 3y ago

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