Show HN: Slowy app, Real-world connection simulator and bandwidth limiter

Re:Show HN: Slowy app, Real-world connection simulator and b... by Void_ on Wednesday November 30, 2011 @06:46AM (#3294727)

So how is it different from /Applications/Utilities/Network Link Conditioner ?

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Re:Show HN: Slowy app, Real-world connection simulator and b... by CharlieA on Wednesday November 30, 2011 @06:59AM (#3294746)

On the homepage (6th feature) "As Slowy mainly is a GUI for built-in OSX tools, it will occupy only few MB of your RAM and nearly 0% of your CPU."

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Re:Show HN: Slowy app, Real-world connection simulator and b... by pitchblack on Wednesday November 30, 2011 @07:06AM (#3294766)

I'm pretty sure Network Link Conditioner is the same.

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Re:Show HN: Slowy app, Real-world connection simulator and b... by Maro on Wednesday November 30, 2011 @07:34AM (#3294819)

I think the author would be better off giving it away for free, earning goodwill and making a name for his dev shop, then releasing other apps to all the people who now are aware of him.

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Re:Show HN: Slowy app, Real-world connection simulator and b... by beobab on Wednesday November 30, 2011 @07:40AM (#3294829)

Or sell it, and earn good will because he sells good products?

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Re:Show HN: Slowy app, Real-world connection simulator and b... by dkubb on Wednesday November 30, 2011 @04:46PM (#3297038)

It's possible that within the Mac App developer community he might earn goodwill by giving it away, but I don't think it's going to make a difference for the average users.

I can't recall the names of any dev shops for the OSX products I have purchased, much less the ones I use for free.

I have no problem with people selling simple tools that make built-in features more accessible.

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Re:Show HN: Slowy app, Real-world connection simulator and b... by robert-boehnke on Wednesday November 30, 2011 @07:37AM (#3294824)

This also works on 10.5 and 10.6

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Re:Show HN: Slowy app, Real-world connection simulator and b... by derwildemomo on Wednesday November 30, 2011 @06:57AM (#3294741)

The per-port throttling is different, the rest is quite similar ( that's what I get from reading the page ).

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