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Re:Show HN: Marta – A fast and minimalistic file manager for... by yanex on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @08:51AM (#13921683)
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 (#13924778)
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. ;)

Re:Show HN: Marta – A fast and minimalistic file manager for... by zerr on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @11:18AM (#13922931)
And your project is done with Cocoa/Obj-C/Swift?
Re:Show HN: Marta – A fast and minimalistic file manager for... by yanex on Tuesday March 21, 2017 @11:40AM (#13923176)
Yes, it's Cocoa/Swift.