Re:Shortcat – Manipulate macOS masterfully, minus the mouse
by matanrubin on Monday October 17, 2022 @04:36AM
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Anyone tried both and can compare? They seem quite similar at first glance...
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Re:Shortcat – Manipulate macOS masterfully, minus the mouse
by eddyg on Monday October 17, 2022 @05:15AM
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One difference I noticed:
Shortcat: “Shortcat leverages the Accessibility API used in macOS, used by VoiceOver and other screen readers, to be able to expose UI elements, menus, apps, and windows as a list for you to search through and action.”
Superkey: “[The] Seek [feature] uses Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to find your text, and there are currently some limitations to this. It has a particularly difficult time with certain shades of blue text on black background, small text, and text close to lines.”
Re:Shortcat – Manipulate macOS masterfully, minus the mouse
by cmer on Monday October 17, 2022 @01:59PM
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I just tried both. I like how Superkey works better (ie: it points to what you're about to click) but it couldn't find a a LOT of text on the screen making it not very useful. I'm not sure if there's an issue on my end or what.
Re:Shortcat – Manipulate macOS masterfully, minus the mouse
by _chendo_ on Tuesday October 18, 2022 @07:26PM
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I'm thinking about doing something similar to highlight where Shortcat's about to click cause I do agree that it could be better in that aspect. The amount of elements Shortcat will be able to pick up will be far greater than an OCR-based solution though
Re:Shortcat – Manipulate macOS masterfully, minus the mouse
by cmer on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @11:20PM
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So I’ve been using Shortcat for a couple of days and I changed my mind. I think it’s superior to Superkey in almost every way. But I do like how Superkey points to the target. It’d be a great feature to add. Thanks for your great work!