Bike
Productivity
outliner
SHOW HN2022
513points
236comments
#50of 2,570 in 2022
Top 2%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
33 positive, 44 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 18 critical, out of 101 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Idea: 8 for, 7 againstDesign: 6 for, 7 againstPricing: 4 for, 2 againstExecution: 3 for, 1 againstPerformance: 3 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fluid animations feel polished and delightful
From 2 comments
Congratulations on the release! It’s cool to see more outliners with multi-item text selection. The “fluid” animations look really delightful — I’m jealous! I know you’ve shared…
jitl on HNThis is a great outliner. I'm quite impressed by how fluid it is. Great work! quick question: why you chose to go with HTML instead of making OPML the default file format? I'm…
soapdog on HN
Fast and native, with open file formats and AppleScript support
From 2 comments
In particular I love these features: - "respects your computer's memory and battery" - "uses open file formats" - "is scriptable" Feels like we should also think about these…
camgunz on HNThis is great. It feels very fast, focused, native, and lightweight like all of HogBay's offerings. Is there any way to change the font? As a developer, non-monospace fonts feel…
ryanianian on HN
Objections
Requires macOS 11, leaving older Macs unsupported
From 2 comments
I've been refraining myself to upgrade to MacOSX 11 in order to not mess with my dev environment. Are you planning to release it for MaxOSX 10.14 or lower?
soci on HNRunning the last gen Mac Mini Server which Apple decided to not support past Catalina. As a fan of TaskPaper, this appears to be the point where Apple obsolesce hits me because…
bsg75 on HN
Animated cursor can make typing feel slower
From 1 comment
This is an impressively well stripped down app. It's all I ever wanted from OmniOutliner (remember when it shipped with OS X?). Unfortunately, I've been drawn in by the linking…
kall on HN
Subscription on the App Store version
From 1 comment
Is this available on the App Store ? (Not a super big deal if not. Just like to manage all my subscriptions/purchases in one place. So makes updating easier along with the…
Jcowell on HN
Free alternatives like Obsidian and Logseq exist
From 1 comment
Why would I buy this over Obsidian or Logseq, both of which are free and support more platforms?
smoldesu on HN
Requests
Change the underlying font
From 2 comments
This is great. It feels very fast, focused, native, and lightweight like all of HogBay's offerings. Is there any way to change the font? As a developer, non-monospace fonts feel…
ryanianian on HNA simple font selector would be nice. I have some seriously impaired vision w/o correction and monospaced fonts really help when I have to look at a screen that way. That and…
billrobertson42 on HN
Soft line breaks within a node
From 1 comment
>Text editing should work as you expect. This is a nice feature of Bike. Often outliner apps constrain text editing in various ways. Bike doesn't do that. So, how do you add a…
coldtea on HN
iOS version and sync
From 2 comments
I think basic iCloud syncing between Macs should already work, just as part of the fact that Bike saves your outlines to some Mac OS file (not database). I know I need to do iOS…
jessegrosjean on HNIf this supported multi-user synchronous editing Google-docs style I'd be thrilled.
telesilla on HN
Full-screen mode and navigation bar
From 2 comments
I made WriteRoom which coined "Distraction free writing". Good fullscreen mode for Bike is on my list for sure.
jessegrosjean on HNI think yes, but no plans are really set in stone at this point. I agree a navigation bar would help navigation in big outlines.
jessegrosjean on HN
Questions
What the fluid editing actually does and what problem it solves
From 1 comment
I watched the movie on the linked website, but I really don't get what "fluid" editing is supposed to be and what problem it solves? (I've been using OmniOutliner for years and…
elcapitan on HN
Whether it supports Windows or older macOS versions
From 1 comment
I've been refraining myself to upgrade to MacOSX 11 in order to not mess with my dev environment. Are you planning to release it for MaxOSX 10.14 or lower?
soci on HN
Alternatives named
Workflowy
From 2 comments
I've been using workflowy.com - looks VERY similar.
twohaibei on HNWorkflowy and Logseq already provide these features. Am I missing something?
ilrwbwrkhv on HN
Logseq
From 2 comments
Workflowy and Logseq already provide these features. Am I missing something?
ilrwbwrkhv on HNWhy would I buy this over Obsidian or Logseq, both of which are free and support more platforms?
smoldesu on HN
OmniOutliner
From 1 comment
This is an impressively well stripped down app. It's all I ever wanted from OmniOutliner (remember when it shipped with OS X?). Unfortunately, I've been drawn in by the linking…
kall on HN
org-mode
From 1 comment
Surprised nobody has mentioned org-mode yet. It does everything shown in the video: collapse/expand nodes, focus on subtrees, ability to highlight across rows/nodes, etc. That…
mpwoz on HN
TaskPaper
From 1 comment
Thanks! Bike's editor is pretty much: OutlinerLayer RowLayers LineFragmentLayers I use CoreText to line break and render into each LineFragmentLayer. A whole new level of…
jessegrosjean on HN