Re:Show HN: Marta – A fast and minimalistic file manager for...
by wingerlang on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @10:37AM
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I was about to ask if this was some form of re-release.
Re:Show HN: Marta – A fast and minimalistic file manager for...
by yanex on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @08:51AM
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fman is a cross-platform application made with PyQt.
I doubt if it will achieve the native macOS experience someday. And I think the difference is really important.
Re:Show HN: Marta – A fast and minimalistic file manager for...
by mherrmann on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @01:45PM
(#13924469)
fman author here. Congrats on the launch. Sublime Text is cross-platform and is great on macOS. I don't see why fman shouldn't be.
I would say people who truly care about 100% macOS may choose Marta, people who care about cross-platform and a Python-based plugin API will choose fman.
Re:Show HN: Marta – A fast and minimalistic file manager for...
by yanex on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @02:24PM
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Thank you! :)
Well, the problem is that Sublime Text is the only GUI cross-platform application with the native behavior I know, so it's more like an exception. And it shows that making portable tools right is not that simple.
I don't think we are the direct competitors. fman is a completely another project with its own strong and weak points. I tried fman and didn't like it because of numerous reasons, but it's my own opinion.
Re:Show HN: Marta – A fast and minimalistic file manager for...
by mherrmann on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @02:28PM
(#13924815)
Of course :) - to each their own. Good luck!
Re:Show HN: Marta – A fast and minimalistic file manager for...
by mherrmann on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @01:53PM
(#13924524)
Actually Yan, I remember you signing up for fman's closed alpha! Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery I guess :)
Re:Show HN: Marta – A fast and minimalistic file manager for...
by yanex on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @02:34PM
(#13924878)
The development of Marta started the long before I knew about fman, so it's not any kind of imitation. Actually, in the beginning, I also thought about making the cross-platform file manager, but I quickly realized that the approach with the existing GUI libraries just won't work (and still think so).
I tried the closed alpha of fman (and also the number of other file managers) because of curiosity. I naively hoped that someone has already done what I need. ;)
https://fman.io/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13764060