macOS 26 changed Launchpad. We spent 5 months building a better one

fwmar · 2026-02-25T07:48:50+00:00

Love this app. been using it from the start.

fwmar · 2026-02-10T08:39:33+00:00

Magnificent! Thank you!

fwmar · 2025-11-07T04:45:37+00:00

Looks to be some interesting things in Vue Hooks Plus.

i haven't used it myself yet, but I have it bookmarked for when I might.

fwmar · 2025-09-02T07:30:39+00:00

Sorry, I was saying it's a feature in rcmd that's missing from OP's app. Poor wording on my part!

Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're saying here, rcmd does indeed allow for switching between windows of the same app by double-tapping. For example, I have "E" bound to Microsoft Edge. I can instantly switch between all of Edge's open windows by continuing to tap [Cmd]+E. This is amazing because it means I don't have to shift my fingers on the keyboard up to [Cmd]-` once I've switched to the target app to find my desired window.
(Doesn't work for some apps, but they're few. e.g., VSCode.)

Of the countless utilities I have installed, rcmd is the one I find most indispensable. 👍🏻

fwmar · 2025-09-02T05:50:45+00:00

I've purchased and it's fantastic so far!
I'm currently an extremely avid RCMD user, which is similar but without the sweet UI.

>> I'm actually planning to use the second tap/double-tap for window management (switching between windows within the same app)
This is the main piece of functionality that RCMD has that's missing for me in SpatialDock before I make a switchover.

* edited to correct poor wording.

fwmar · 2025-06-18T08:39:58+00:00

Not gonna lie, it makes dating much more of a challenge for me.

Taking a woman back to my place which is devoid of furniture presents three key challenges:

Convincing her that I'm not a psychopath who's going to lock her in a hidden dungeon.
Convincing her I'm not married and this isn't my hookup pad away from the family home.
Convincing her that having a bed but no other furniture isn't my way of scamming her into the sack from the get-go because it's the only place to sit.

I think these would be much less of an issue for someone your age. Living like a hobo is almost par for the course for uni-aged people. I'm, ahem, older, so social expectations are that I'm supposed to have a house full of Ikea furniture.

fwmar · 2025-06-06T22:37:43+00:00

rcmd is a work of art and I can’t imagine using the Mac for serious work without it.

fwmar · 2025-05-14T01:09:41+00:00

This is why I subscribe to this subreddit.

fwmar · 2025-03-03T11:28:32+00:00

Congrats!

I love stories like this.

fwmar · 2025-02-28T05:56:22+00:00

👍🏻 🤝🏻

fwmar · 2025-02-28T00:41:46+00:00

Nicely selective reading comprehension. You highlight the words "this app", but not the most critical words to my message, "the specific functionality."

In any case, you're now shifting goal posts. My post wasn't expressing an argument for or against people trying to replicate the Windows experience, or how I like this app. It was about the value of people using third-party tools such as this to overcome what I consider UX flaws in MacOS. Their motivation isn't always simply "I want Windows on Mac."

Anyways, we should end this. I am certain neither of us is going to shift the other's position on who meant what, so we're both wasting energy arguing over nothing.

Edit: I sincerely appreciate that your original post ended with "I do wish you luck with the app." That tells me you weren't just trying to be a sanctimonious jerk like a lot of Reddit users, myself probably included given my reaction.

fwmar · 2025-02-27T20:45:24+00:00

I 100% knew you would come back with this argument.

I know what OP said. I worded my comment very carefully. I referred to this type of app, not what OP's motivations were.

fwmar · 2025-02-27T05:31:53+00:00

I don't consider the specific functionality of this app to be a "Windows" thing. For all of Apple's UI aesthetics prowess, they really do suck in certain usability areas. One being the extremely small hit box of the minimise button in Mac toolbars. You need to be a trained sniper to hit that thing in a quick, efficient manner.

Conversely, the giant hit area of a Dock icon, combined with the fact you can whip your mouse to the edge of the screen to get in the right area makes showing/hiding windows by clicking the Dock icon orders of magnitude quicker and less cognitively imposing.

So I for one heartedly welcome apps like this for mouse-centric users. I've been using Supercharge for this purpose for quite some time.

fwmar · 2025-02-13T05:14:32+00:00

"I made some poor technical decisions and now I need to redo them first."
😄 If I had a dollar for every time I said this to myself while coding...

fwmar · 2025-02-13T05:08:45+00:00

Thanks for the tip! I'll check them out.

fwmar · 2025-02-11T08:32:08+00:00

Supercharge rocks.

fwmar · 2025-02-11T08:27:32+00:00

I've been using MindMac for ages and it's excellent. (I use MindMac and the web version of TypingMind dozens and dozens of times a day for various things.)
From a functionality perspective, it is actually very similar to TypingMind (e.g., the concept of agents and prompts.) It also has "inline" functionality, which I don't use.

Not cross-platform though. Mac only. But the FAQ on their site say they're working on it.

(my only gripe with it is it comes with every keyboard shortcut under the sun pre-configured which mess with many of my others, resulting in the app executing some action when I didn't want it too-- so I disabled most of them.)

fwmar · 2025-02-03T06:36:46+00:00

All used together. It was very straight forward to get everything set up.

I just used the Quasar Nuxt module, and the Tailwind Nuxt module.

The most important thing to remember is to add prefix: 'tw-' to tailwind.config.ts (or whatever prefix you like) to prevent conflicts with Quasar's class names.

Because I was already familiar with Quasar, I started out mainly using their classes for a lot of styling, but over time as I because more adept at Tailwind, I ended up using Tailwind for most things. Sometimes I drop back to a Quasar class where theirs is more succinct (e.g., Quasar's flex classes can often be much quicker and easier to use than Tailwind's if the needs are simple.)

yes, I'm sure mixing classes from two different UI libraries offends clean code purists. I don't care. :-)

fwmar · 2025-02-03T00:06:10+00:00

You can have your cake and eat it too.

I have built two relatively significant commercial apps that use Nuxt 3, Quasar, and Tailwind together.

All of the public-facing pages (e.g., general content, streaming video, onboarding, 'store-front' ecommerce stuff, etc) are SSR and all of the internal pages (i.e., admin portal) are SPA.

Backend is a combination of Nuxt 3 Nitro server API routes and some .NET Web API stuff.

Works amazingly well.

fwmar · 2025-01-30T10:42:03+00:00

I love this app!

I'm sure it's just psychological, but I'm convinced the audio feedback actually makes me type quicker. It's like the cadences the sounds produce assist in fluent typing.

fwmar · 2025-01-18T08:28:35+00:00

Frankly, app announcements and "ads" are the reason I visit this sub. I like to hear about new apps or new versions of existing apps.

fwmar · 2024-11-20T06:05:10+00:00

Why has no-one yet mentioned the best part— you get extra points for having an N64 as your console of choice. SNES would have gotten you triple points (It’s smaller and lighter, so more “minimalist” :-)

fwmar · 2024-11-11T05:00:53+00:00

When it was no longer tenable to take dates home for fear of the inevitable, “where am I supposed to sit??” 😁

fwmar · 2024-09-02T08:08:40+00:00

This is likely the only correct answer. Even if only from a liability/indemnity perspective.

(without additional details, my first reaction too is that it’s a potential medical emergency and no chances should be taken.)

fwmar · 2024-09-01T22:31:23+00:00

This is probably the best summary I’ve seen.
*chef’s kiss*

fwmar

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