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Re:Launch HN: SigmaOS (YC S21) – A MacOS web browser designe... by qwerty456127 on Monday August 16, 2021 @09:45AM (#28197971)
This makes me feel rickrolled. I clicked and only see a Mac version download link. The title should mention the platform if it's single-platform.

In fact I even have a Mac but it's High Sierra and I'm not updating to Big Sur with all the questionable changes just to try a new browser.

Re:Launch HN: SigmaOS (YC S21) – A MacOS web browser designe... by sauravmitra on Monday August 16, 2021 @10:22AM (#28198449)
Oh, sorry about that!

Hopefully you give it a try when you update eventually :)

Re:Launch HN: SigmaOS (YC S21) – A MacOS web browser designe... by qwerty456127 on Monday August 16, 2021 @11:44AM (#28199393)
I will. Thank you for doing a great job anyway. I don't actually feel angry or demand anything from you, although I might sound this way. I just expressed my thoughts which many people obviously share.

May I, however, ask if there is a serious reason to require Big Sur instead of supporting Catalina, Mojave and High Sierra also? I understand you probably don't want to waste resources on actually supporting them but perhaps you could just build against them and let users use it on their own risk?

Re:Launch HN: SigmaOS (YC S21) – A MacOS web browser designe... by sauravmitra on Monday August 16, 2021 @11:52AM (#28199479)
We're using SwiftUI and WebKit features that were added quite recently (MacOS doesn't get nearly as much love from Apple as iOS). This keeps our product iteration cycle quite high, and the worry is having to implement cumbersome solutions if supporting previous OSs.

I'll have to look into it again to see if I can go back just a bit maybe and assess how much time it would take to support those versions.

We're a pretty small team :)

Re:Launch HN: SigmaOS (YC S21) – A MacOS web browser designe... by oidar on Monday August 16, 2021 @12:12PM (#28199724)
I would have lobed to try this out as well, but I'm stuck in 32 bit land for the foreseeable future - so I am staying with Mojave.
Re:Launch HN: SigmaOS (YC S21) – A MacOS web browser designe... by sauravmitra on Monday August 16, 2021 @12:18PM (#28199795)
Ah, what a shame. Hopefully I figure out a workaround to support Mojave :D
Re:Launch HN: SigmaOS (YC S21) – A MacOS web browser designe... by qwerty456127 on Monday August 16, 2021 @12:07PM (#28199657)
I see. Thank you for your time.
Re:Launch HN: SigmaOS (YC S21) – A MacOS web browser designe... by sauravmitra on Monday August 16, 2021 @10:44AM (#28198727)
Changed the title!
Re:Launch HN: SigmaOS (YC S21) – A MacOS web browser designe... by qwerty456127 on Monday August 16, 2021 @12:12PM (#28199728)
I can speculate this can actually attract even more of the target audience to you. Mac people probably feel more enthusiastic about Mac-specific software announcements and are steadier to go and take a look at something Mac-specific than at yet another generic browser. And for the conversion rate - this probably even is a serious boost.
Re:Launch HN: SigmaOS (YC S21) – A MacOS web browser designe... by sauravmitra on Monday August 16, 2021 @12:31PM (#28199923)
We have been getting slightly more constructive comments since changing the title, so thanks :D
Re:Launch HN: SigmaOS (YC S21) – A MacOS web browser designe... by freediver on Monday August 16, 2021 @03:18PM (#28201753)
And those enthusiastic about Mac, also care about things like how 'macOS' is written. Attention to detail matters and shows your own level of dilligence.
Re:Launch HN: SigmaOS (YC S21) – A MacOS web browser designe... by sauravmitra on Monday August 16, 2021 @03:32PM (#28201883)
Interesting. I typically write it as macOS in conversation, but wasn't aware it was seen as correct to capitalise the M.

Thanks!