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Niv Dror@nivo0o0 · Writer/Social Editor @ProductHunt
Love the demo video. Class. 👌
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Maxim Ananov@pointum · Distraction Dimmer • HazeOver.com
@nivo0o0 Thank you. Wish I could get rid of the mouse pointer in the video. Looks stupid in the Touch Bar.
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Niv Dror@nivo0o0 · Writer/Social Editor @ProductHunt
I also made GIF 😎  See more
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Cem Kozinoglu@cemkozinoglu · CEO/Founder @SlashKeyboard
@pointum @nivo0o0 check this one out https://itunes.apple.com/app/upo... -- at least you can turn your pointer into a circle, similar to the click representations in the xCode Simulator. Still not the best solution but probably a good option to keep in mind.
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Dmitry Kaigorodov@kuolldev · ceo/founder, www.kuoll.com
@nivo0o0 GIF on the preview is awesome, make you catch the idea in seconds .. and makes you buy mbp.
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Joshua Pinter@joshuapinter · Product Dev at CNTRAL. Maker of ntwrk.
@pointum @nivo0o0 I use ScreenFlow for demos and it allows you to change your cursor to a circle that change gradient to show clicks. You can see what I mean at www.ntwrkapp.com
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Seth Feibus@sethfeibus · Blockchain, Social Entrepreneurship
@nivo0o0 GIF game on point👌
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Maxim Ananov@pointum · Distraction Dimmer • HazeOver.com
Hi, fellow hunters! This little thingy adds app switching as a new system-wide button to the new MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. I know, I know – there’s Command+Tab and Dock and Spotlight and Mission Control and good old pixel hunting. What’s different about this app is that for the first time on Mac it lets you pick an app by tapping it directly. Tap - show … See more
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Kirk McElhearn@mcelhearn · I write about stuff
@pointum Who puts the Dock at the bottom of the screen? :-)
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Maxim Ananov@pointum · Distraction Dimmer • HazeOver.com
@mcelhearn not me! 🙈 But it's the default.
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Christopher G@galtenberg · Eng Director, IBM (Blue Box), SEA
@pointum It's fantastic. Really. Done very thoughtfully. Thank you for building it!
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Juan Buis@juanbuis · internet words
possibly the first useful touch bar app
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Maxim Ananov@pointum · Distraction Dimmer • HazeOver.com
@juanbuis ironically I don't have the Touch Bar and I've developed a "touch bar envy" of sorts while working on this app. The beauty of it is that it's contextual and all software. Developer apps and Apple updates will make it essential.
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Ryan Hoover@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
@juanbuis I dunno, Juan. Touch Bar Nyancat is ammmmmazing.
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Juan Buis@juanbuis · internet words
@rrhoover brb buying mbp
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Csaba Kissi@csaba_kissi · Developer & maker of Hunter Analysis
seems to be really useful one
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Sam Cambridge@samcambridge · Senior Developer @ Quuu.co
I've had this installed for approx 45 mins and its already leveled up my touchbar. (I'm actually using it for something other than volume)
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Wilco de Kreij@emarky · CEO UpViral & Connectio
Great app! First useful TouchBar app indeed.
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Olivier Plante@oplante · CEO, Thingthing Keyboard @thingthingapp
Question: i'm a Spotlight and Cmd-Tab master - how does it compare in terms of speed?
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Maxim Ananov@pointum · Distraction Dimmer • HazeOver.com
@oplante here's a mental exercise: imagine that F9 is TouchSwitcher icon and F8 thru F1 are the recent app icons. Two taps and you're in the app. TouchSwitcher could be faster than Spotlight or Cmd+Tabbing in search of a particular app. Switching between two recent apps, though, is faster with Cmd+Tab, hands down.
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Olivier Plante@oplante · CEO, Thingthing Keyboard @thingthingapp
@pointum noted
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Ulises Rojas@usrix · UX - Strategy & Research
Is it possible to keep it always "visible/open"? I think that could be quicker and super straight forward to change between apps... I need the touch bar to test, sadly I don't have...
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Maxim Ananov@pointum · Distraction Dimmer • HazeOver.com
@usrix that would defeat the contextual purpose of the Touch Bar
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Ivan Cucer@ivancucer · UI/UX, Mobile, Web, Motion Designer
@pointum @usrix so it's impossible due to some touch bar limitations, right ?
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Maxim Ananov@pointum · Distraction Dimmer • HazeOver.com
@ivancucer @usrix technically it's possible (through private API)
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Ivan Cucer@ivancucer · UI/UX, Mobile, Web, Motion Designer
@pointum @usrix could you please add this feature into your app cuz it's really handy one. Thanks ^_^
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Ivan Cucer@ivancucer · UI/UX, Mobile, Web, Motion Designer
hey @pointum any news ? :)
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Maxim Ananov@pointum · Distraction Dimmer • HazeOver.com
@ivancucer not yet, I'll let you know
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Ivan Cucer@ivancucer · UI/UX, Mobile, Web, Motion Designer
@pointum ok great!
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James Futhey@futhey · Founder, Gumshoe.io
This is the first moment I wanted the touchbar. Nice!
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sprockett@sprockett · Founder of http://thepara.de
Any instructions on how to remove the blank button it leaves behind when i remove the app? I tried to force quit and delete the app, but now I have a blank button on my control bar. Thanks
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Maxim Ananov@pointum · Distraction Dimmer • HazeOver.com
@sprockett please use Activity Monitor to quit "Control Strip" system app. I've noticed this happens when using Xcode too (without ever launching my app). Might be their bug, might be my fault.
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Julian@crown_luminary · Student, Entrepreneur
I am so happy that I went with the TouchBar on my new MBP, these kinds of utilities will become so powerful! thanks for making this!!
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Pallav Agarwal@pallav_agarwal · Passionate for technology and startups
@pointum @mcelhearn Could you partner with Andreas Hegenberg (https://www.boastr.net)? He has developed better touch tool. One of the most useful apps ever made for Mac! Hoping for that to have amazing touchbar tweaks too!
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Jonathan Badeen@badeen · Co-founder & CS(trategy)O, Tinder
@juanbuis care to share how you actually get an item surfaced in the control strip? Is that private API? Seems like there are a lot of cool opportunities for this.
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Maxim Ananov@pointum · Distraction Dimmer • HazeOver.com
@badeen @pallav_agarwal I spent a lot of time tinkering with how to make it work properly system wide. For now the private API is the only secret sauce of my app and I want to enjoy this exclusivity for a bit. The problem with this API is that it only works for a single app at a time and it's not intended for continuous use, like I do. Even Apple's own apps… See more
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Jonathan Badeen@badeen · Co-founder & CS(trategy)O, Tinder
@pointum @pallav_agarwal well congrats & good luck. I hope you get what you want out of the exclusivity. If you want to talk to somebody about more things you can do with this or perhaps collaborate, I'd highly recommend talking to my good friend David Keegan (@iamkgn) of Acorns. He's made some handy macOS utilities like CopyPath on the Mac App Store. Ve… See more
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David Keegan@iamkgn · Director of Design at Acorns
@pointum @badeen @pallav_agarwal This is awesome! Nice work, would love to have a customizable set of global actions. Awesome to see something like this is possible, hope you share soon ;)
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Damian Esteban@estebanrules · CTO @ betterPT
I'm into this. It's an intuitive next step for the touchbar, and certainly gives us a look into where it can go from here.
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George Diab@geediab · Founder, WorkingOn
This is very cool! well done!
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Vasiliy Ivanov@vasiliy_ivanov · KeepSolid
Now my Macbook has a meaning!
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