Messages for Macintosh
Consumer and social
messaging client
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
5 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Idea: 2 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive proof of concept and fun retro project
From 3 comments
An impressive proof-of-concept. The UI elements look rather odd. What's the rationale for using a custom immediate-mode UI library instead of using the Mac's native forms and…
RodgerTheGreat on HNVery cool
sgt on HNThis is awesome! I sort of want to dust off one of my old PPC Macs and try this out — tho I’d have to put MacOS 9 on it first (I think I’ve only got OS X on it). What a great/fun…
filmgirlcw on HN
Box art and packaging design appreciated
From 2 comments
I miss Classic box art.
marban on HNCameron, that's awesome, congratulations. I'd love to read about the developing process in a blog post. Now you just need a cool icon to go with your app. You already have the…
tambourine_man on HN
Objections
Clunky compared to existing IRC/Bitlbee route
From 2 comments
Just 10 conversations? It would be better to use an IRC client against Bitlbee. As for the irc client, use any.
anthk on HNYep. This looks a bit clunky. Any old/rusty irc client (even the ones for DOS and a 286) will connect to public bitlbee servers, where you have several. By typing up 'plugins' at…
anthk on HN
Unclear practical purpose
From 1 comment
Ok but why?
behnamoh on HN
Requests
Write up the development process in a blog post
From 1 comment
Cameron, that's awesome, congratulations. I'd love to read about the developing process in a blog post. Now you just need a cool icon to go with your app. You already have the…
tambourine_man on HN
Port to Linux
From 1 comment
Does this mean we could write and iMessage client for Linux?
cplusplusfellow on HN
Questions
How does it send and receive messages?
From 1 comment
I've thought about hooking into messages w/ a running mac before... Do you have a high level description of your approach? I looked in the iMessage GraphQL Server server repo for…
mpolichette on HN
Why use an immediate-mode UI instead of native toolbox?
From 1 comment
An impressive proof-of-concept. The UI elements look rather odd. What's the rationale for using a custom immediate-mode UI library instead of using the Mac's native forms and…
RodgerTheGreat on HN
Alternatives named
Bitlbee with an IRC client
From 2 comments
Just 10 conversations? It would be better to use an IRC client against Bitlbee. As for the irc client, use any.
anthk on HNUnfortunately, there's no way other than what the author used. Not even through a third party like Twilio
tambourine_man on HN
Matrix iMessage bridge (Barcelona)
From 1 comment
Not curl, but https://github.com/open-imcore/barcelona may be of interest (I believe you might have to disable SIP and AMFI though). The Matrix-iMessage bridge uses and I find it…
kaladin-jasnah on HN
AppleScript-based sending
From 1 comment
You can write it in applescript https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11812184/how-to-send-an-imessage-text-with-applescript-only-in-provided-service
asdff on HN
KDE Connect and Signal for desktop messaging
From 2 comments
With KDE Connect I can send SMS right from my desktop. It ain't iMessage, but I have maybe one or two contacts who use it anyways. Anyone who wants more features can message me…
smoldesu on HNcplusplusfellow if your contacts transition to the likes of Signal [0], you can then message from phone or computer. They have software for Windows, Mac and Linux. [0] signal.org
jaidan on HN