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Oh, why are all the cool toys coming out for Mac these days?

analog31 12y ago
Check out "aacircuits" for Windows. It's been around for at least 15 years, but is oriented towards drawing circuit diagrams: http://www.tech-chat.de/aacircuit.html http://www.tech-chat.de/aacircuit.html As I recall, folks used it for inserting circuit diagrams into usenet posts. I've used it for sticking skeletal hookup diagrams into my microcontroller source code. When I write a code to access a particular device such as a specialized chip, I like to include in the comments a diagram that will at least let you demonstrate the code. As an aside, the cool toys are coming out for this "operating system" called Python. ;-)
girvo 12y ago
My co-workers who run Windows hate me for this; every few days I get super excited about some awesome tiny tool that saves me time, and explain in rushed tones how awesome it is, only for my co-workers to groan once again when I sheepishly mention its "Mac only"... on the other hand, they have some awesome apps I don't either!
danbruc 12y ago
Almost the first search result [1], not sure how they compare in detail but it seems quite similar. [1] http://www.torchsoft.com/en/aas_information.html http://www.torchsoft.com/en/aas_information.html
bjz_ 12y ago
The OS and its ecosystem inspires folks to create beautiful stuff with a great attention to detail.
milen 12y ago
I don't think all the cool tools are coming out for the Mac but it's undoubtedly skewed towards it. The reasons for this are a mix of cultural, social and technical, along with momentum. Speaking for myself, when I was getting into serious programming, it was right in the heyday of the Delicious Generation (Delicious Library, Disco, AppZapper and more). Back in the 10.4 / 10.5 days, eye candy and ease-of-use were the top priority. Some notable apps came out and they in turn inspired other developers to follow the same path - a polished user experience is absolutely vital. This creates a self-perpetuating cycle, where the existence of such apps creates fans who dream of making apps like that (I'm one of these).
linker3000 12y ago
..because the PC one has been out since 1986 http://www.syaross.org/thedraw/ http://www.syaross.org/thedraw/ http://artscene.textfiles.com/ansi/information/ansidraw.txt http://artscene.textfiles.com/ansi/information/ansidraw.txt
umeshunni 12y ago
More developers use OS X these days?

Check out "aacircuits" for Windows. It's been around for at least 15 years, but is oriented towards drawing circuit diagrams: http://www.tech-chat.de/aacircuit.html http://www.tech-chat.de/aacircuit.html As I recall, folks used it for inserting circuit diagrams into usenet posts. I've used it for sticking skeletal hookup diagrams into my microcontroller source code. When I write a code to access a particular device such as a specialized chip, I like to include in the comments a diagram that will at least let you demonstrate the code. As an aside, the cool toys are coming out for this "operating system" called Python. ;-)

girvo 12y ago

My co-workers who run Windows hate me for this; every few days I get super excited about some awesome tiny tool that saves me time, and explain in rushed tones how awesome it is, only for my co-workers to groan once again when I sheepishly mention its "Mac only"... on the other hand, they have some awesome apps I don't either!

danbruc 12y ago

Almost the first search result [1], not sure how they compare in detail but it seems quite similar. [1] http://www.torchsoft.com/en/aas_information.html http://www.torchsoft.com/en/aas_information.html

bjz_ 12y ago

The OS and its ecosystem inspires folks to create beautiful stuff with a great attention to detail.

milen 12y ago

I don't think all the cool tools are coming out for the Mac but it's undoubtedly skewed towards it. The reasons for this are a mix of cultural, social and technical, along with momentum. Speaking for myself, when I was getting into serious programming, it was right in the heyday of the Delicious Generation (Delicious Library, Disco, AppZapper and more). Back in the 10.4 / 10.5 days, eye candy and ease-of-use were the top priority. Some notable apps came out and they in turn inspired other developers to follow the same path - a polished user experience is absolutely vital. This creates a self-perpetuating cycle, where the existence of such apps creates fans who dream of making apps like that (I'm one of these).

linker3000 12y ago

..because the PC one has been out since 1986 http://www.syaross.org/thedraw/ http://www.syaross.org/thedraw/ http://artscene.textfiles.com/ansi/information/ansidraw.txt http://artscene.textfiles.com/ansi/information/ansidraw.txt

umeshunni 12y ago

More developers use OS X these days?