Tip
Dev tools
text selection action tool
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How HN took it
9 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.52.
Idea: 6 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Useful concept for quick text actions and workflows
From 4 comments
The title doesn’t do it justice once I saw it. These aren’t simply tool tips. They are actions.
jtbayly on HNThis looks like it might help me do something I do multiple times a day. I work with multiple AWS accounts and have to sign in to several different ones each day. Currently, I…
Corrado on HNAwesome! For a lot of my personal productivity tools, I've been using Alfred, but for some of them a tooltip would be a lot more natural. Looking forward to using it!
hobofan on HNThis is neat, reminds me a little of Apple Data Detectors, a text selection parsing thing that Apple shipped around System 8 or so. I still miss it.
sneak on HN
Similar to PopClip and Alfred but more programmable
From 2 comments
Looks somewhat similar to Popclip[0], but is less intrusive(user needs to be explicit) and more visual(result is shown below). Very interesting solution for text manipulation. (A…
pcr910303 on HNYou can do similar stuff with Alfred, which happens to already be quite useful for frequent tasks. At least with Alfred 2, dunno about new versions. Create a workflow, put in a…
aasasd on HN
Objections
Example of epoch conversion is too simple to show value
From 2 comments
I think the example was silly, but think about finding the epoch in, say, a log file. With this system you could just click and see the human readable. With the date command…
sportsaw on HN> Copying a millisecond-from-epoch number, visiting a website that can convert it to human-readable date, pasting the number, and hitting enter I use the builtin `date` utility…
jan_g on HN
Title does not explain what the tool does
From 2 comments
The title doesn’t do it justice once I saw it. These aren’t simply tool tips. They are actions.
jtbayly on HNI saw it but title did not justice it.
HABytes on HN
Requests
Built-in translation or provider scripts
From 1 comment
Oh wow. Plugin to translate chinese to english?
baby on HN
Support for a directory of multiple script files
From 1 comment
This is fantastic, thank you. I have two questions: 1. Did you decide against including any script in the app bundle for more privacy? It looks like it. 2. So all scripts must be…
nonninz on HN
Questions
Whether bundled scripts are included for privacy
From 1 comment
This is fantastic, thank you. I have two questions: 1. Did you decide against including any script in the app bundle for more privacy? It looks like it. 2. So all scripts must be…
nonninz on HN
Whether iTerm2 can be triggered via URL for AWS credentials
From 1 comment
This looks like it might help me do something I do multiple times a day. I work with multiple AWS accounts and have to sign in to several different ones each day. Currently, I…
Corrado on HN
Alternatives named
PopClip
From 2 comments
Looks somewhat similar to Popclip[0], but is less intrusive(user needs to be explicit) and more visual(result is shown below). Very interesting solution for text manipulation. (A…
pcr910303 on HNPopClip is fantastic... all kinds of useful extensions for it you can download.
chris_st on HN
Alfred workflows
From 1 comment
You can do similar stuff with Alfred, which happens to already be quite useful for frequent tasks. At least with Alfred 2, dunno about new versions. Create a workflow, put in a…
aasasd on HN