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DynamicNotch
Dynamic island for macOS
167 followers
Dynamic island for macOS
167 followers
The difference between this project and others is that it is built on its own engine, and not taken from other ready-made repositories. It completely copies the logic, animations, and behavior of a real Dynamic Island on an iPhone, unlike other projects. The main goal is to make the project as native as possible, both in terms of design and interaction.
Hey Evgeniy, was on DynamicNotch's GitHub and the "didn't like the TheBoringNotch implementations" angle is a respect-earning reason to ship your own. one thing I wanted to ask, custom engine vs forking the existing notch projects, what made the rewrite cleaner, was it the animation timing or the gesture handling? wondering which part actually drove the redo.
DynamicNotch
@axlerodd Reworking everything, like the UI itself, which is similar to the original Dynamic Island, as well as logic and animations
Bringing Dynamic Island to Mac is a fun concept curious how it handles apps that don't have notch-aware integrations yet. Does it work out of the box with most apps or needs configuration per app?
DynamicNotch
@imad_elkhafi It mainly works with events. Of the applications, it still works with Timer, Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music.
@jackson_storm Events-based makes sense as the foundation Spotify and Apple Music are the perfect starting apps since playback info is exactly what you'd want glanceable. Good starting point.
DynamicNotch
@matthias_bettin I downloaded similar analogues, but I didn't like the implementation and almost all of them are based on TheBoringNotch, I liked the idea itself.
dynamic island for mac is the perfect "i never knew i wanted this" utility. notch on M4 macbooks is wasted space - turning it into the iOS-style live activity area is exactly the kind of mac-native upgrade apple should've shipped themselves. distribution play: get featured on 9to5mac + macstories. their audiences buy mac utilities on day one.
This actually looks pretty clean. Honestly, this is the kind of small Mac tweak that makes daily use feel nicer.
DynamicNotch
@a_y_u_s_h That was my main task, to make it as clean and native as possible
FiloMail
This just make the Macbook get on the same vibe as on the iPhone, looks elegant and something Apple team would have done themselves, nice job.
DynamicNotch
@justin_bao Thanks!