playground-macos
Productivity
portfolio website
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
38 positive, 30 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 12 critical, out of 83 comments about the project. Thread score +0.35.
Design: 12 for, 2 againstExecution: 6 for, 5 againstPerformance: 4 for, 3 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Extremely convincing macOS look and attention to detail
From 3 comments
The attention to detail is breathtaking.
mjthompson on HNFantastic. Very fun, with great attention to detail, e.g. the dock animations.
montebicyclelo on HNThis has been echoed in virtually every comment here, but I have to say it—This is brilliant. Everything about it is stellar! It really looks like MacOS (I made the same mistake…
raju on HN
Responsive and smooth performance
From 2 comments
Responsiveness is very good
thomasjudge on HNThe fake terminal had impressively low typing latency. Overall this portfolio was really well done!
blunte on HN
Easter eggs such as the embedded terminal and VS Code
From 3 comments
You can even open the website recursively within its own "Safari" window. The recursion depth seems to be limited to one though. Nice easter egg nonetheless. Edit: It's possible…
LaputanMachine on HNIt includes its own terminal: https://i.imgur.com/sdxOHqr.png I was able to play the alpha of my game in the embedded Safari! https://i.imgur.com/PWCYEZP.png Really interesting…
crazypython on HNWow, this is impressive and quite crazy! Ok so how does the VS Code thing work? I browsed the source (in VS Code in your website of course) and found the VS code component but I…
da39a3ee on HN
Objections
Window dragging performance is slow or janky
From 3 comments
Dragging windows is extremely slow.
sgt on HNIt seems awesome. But dock animation seems to stagger a bit, why is that? And can you solve it?
log101 on HN> using React and a performance profile shows absolutely insane JS overhead (in React) when simply dragging a window. compare this to something like…
leeoniya on HN
Maximize and zoom behavior differs from real macOS
From 1 comment
First thing that came to my mind when I opened this: hey let's test if maximization is just as broken as in real MacOS. And oh my god it is indeed! Safari won't maximize to the…
Liskni_si on HN
Font choice does not match macOS
From 1 comment
Typeface choice is strange, system font stack could make it look much more like macOS.
strogonoff on HN
Requests
Add a 1px window border
From 1 comment
Very cool! Small tweak - MacOS adds a tiny 1px border around each window, so if two windows partially overlap they don't blend together into UI soup. I'd never consciously…
josephg on HN
Use system font stack
From 1 comment
Typeface choice is strange, system font stack could make it look much more like macOS.
strogonoff on HN
Fix typo in Safari text
From 1 comment
Looks great! The only real complaint I have is that I can't tell which links will open in a new tab vs which ones will work within a tab. Oh and I found a typo in Safari: > In…
input_sh on HN
Questions
How does the VS Code component work
From 1 comment
Wow, this is impressive and quite crazy! Ok so how does the VS Code thing work? I browsed the source (in VS Code in your website of course) and found the VS code component but I…
da39a3ee on HN
How was it hosted
From 1 comment
How did you host this?
ricardobayes on HN
Alternatives named
macos.vercel.app
From 2 comments
looks similar to https://macos.vercel.app/
mfbx9da4 on HNWell, I made https://macos.vercel.app Not really an exact portfolio, but it leads to my twitter and gets me tons of followers, and leads them to my personal site, so IG it counts
puruvj on HN
winbox web desktop
From 1 comment
> using React and a performance profile shows absolutely insane JS overhead (in React) when simply dragging a window. compare this to something like…
leeoniya on HN
Ubuntu-themed portfolio by vivek9patel
From 1 comment
If you want to see Ubuntu 20.04 in action, check this. https://vivek9patel.github.io/
amitmerchant on HN