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Re:I'm Pulling ColorCopy from the macOS App Store on Tuesday August 11, 2026 @08:28PM (#49266347)
Only if you apply for it, which I did, but I still haven't received a response from them three months later.
Re:I'm Pulling ColorCopy from the macOS App Store on Saturday August 08, 2026 @08:45AM (#49221340)
> and expected it to blow up

This wasn't what the experiment was about at all.

Re:I'm Pulling ColorCopy from the macOS App Store on Saturday August 08, 2026 @08:22AM (#49221152)
The app does way more than the built-in color picker.
Re:I'm Pulling ColorCopy from the macOS App Store on Saturday August 08, 2026 @08:21AM (#49221146)
The post explains the experiment clearly. I wanted confirmation and got it.
They rejected mine too for the exact same reason, despite press-to-talk being a legitimate accessibility issue.

I wrote about this here [1], and even called out some of the most common disabilities that clearly benefit from it.

They also don’t allow microphone access from keyboard extensions in iOS, which prevented me from shipping an iPhone target (that I really wanted for myself tbh).

It’s a shame and I can only assume they’re trying to protect their built-in dictation, which historically has been laughably bad.

[1] https://tonguetype.app/accessibility

Show HN: TongueType – Local, privacy-focused Whisper dictation for macOS

https://tonguetype.app/

Hi HN,I'm a longtime web dev, but this is my first macOS app. Feedback is very welcome <3I built TongueType because every dictation app I tried failed at least one of three things: it sent my audio to someone's cloud, it charged me monthly fee, or it felt clunky or enterprisy. The cloud thing kills it for anything sensitive. The subscription thing is insulting for what amounts to "Whisper +...

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025) on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @07:40AM (#45424275)
Thank you! For the components, I use the Custom Elements Manifest Analyzer to get data from JSDoc comments and TypeScript. This populates properties, events, methods, slots, etc. All the examples and other pages are hand-made. Docs are generated with 11ty.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025) on Monday September 29, 2025 @07:02PM (#45419928)
Thanks! I’ll look into this.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025) on Monday September 29, 2025 @06:36PM (#45419699)
I launched Quiet UI this week:

https://quietui.org/

It prioritizes accessibility, longevity, performance, and simplicity.

With the autoloader, one script tag loads components dynamically without downloading the entire library. (npm also available.)

Theming uses color-mix() and OKLAB to create uniform color palettes from a single CSS property. Adaptive palettes are used for dark mode.

All form controls are form-associated via ElementInternals and work with native validation APIs (required, pattern, etc.).

Dialogs, popovers, tooltips, etc. use Popover API for top-layer access without having to portal or hoist.

Some of the more fun components include: Joystick, Stamp, Mesh Gradient, Flip Card, Random Content, Intersection Observer, Typewriter, Lorem Ipsum, Slide Activator

The library is free for personal, educational, non-profit use. Commercial use requires a license.

Re:Show HN: A UI Library for the Web on Thursday September 25, 2025 @10:40AM (#45373175)
Thank you! <3
Re:Show HN: A UI Library for the Web on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @02:48PM (#45364454)
I enjoy building components and exploring new concepts.
Re:Show HN: A UI Library for the Web on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @01:55PM (#45363754)
Oh, a secret admirer! Thank you <3
Re:Show HN: A UI Library for the Web on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @01:54PM (#45363752)
Shoelace has matured into Web Awesome and has a whole team behind it, as well as an attractive pro offering. Quiet is my creative outlet. Some components from Quiet have been adapted to Web Awesome, but many probably don't make sense to such as joystick, mesh gradient, stamp, etc.

The theming layers are completely different. Web Awesome's theming system is more robust, with over a dozen pro themes already available with interchangeable, professionally-curated palettes. In contrast, Quiet has just one theme with a palette that's generated with color-mix().

Re:Show HN: A UI Library for the Web on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @01:28PM (#45363419)
Oh, hey. I made that :D

I’ve been quietly working on this for the last two years. It started as a creative outlet and a way to discover and learn modern Web APIs. It ended up as an addiction.

I built Quiet from scratch to improve my design skills. To learn new APIs. To try different approaches that may or may not in my main focus, which is Web Awesome.

I learned so many new things building it. It let me explore newer APIs such as `color-mix()`, the Popover API, and Element Internals. It let me use newer CSS features such as `:has()` and nesting before they were baseline. It taught me about color, especially OKLAB and OKLCH, which is still a mysterious box of wonder, but slightly less intimidating now.

Quiet has given me the freedom to explore ideas that make me a better developer and designer, many of which would be out of scope for a more established product.

I’d love to hear what you think, and I'm happy to answer any questions!

Re:JavaScript retro sound effects generator on Friday August 01, 2025 @11:57PM (#44764796)
Oh wow! I used this last year to generate the sound effects for https://rocketblaster.app/ and it gave it a great retro vibe.

Show HN: Font Awesome 7 launches with new icon packs

https://fontawesome.com

I work at Font Awesome (YC 2015) and we recently launched Font Awesome 7, including hundreds of new icons, a fresh visual redesign, and better perf.Fun fact: Font Awesome icons are viewed 6–8 TRILLION times per month, so we have a pretty good idea which ones are used the most! Armed with this knowledge, we added seven entirely new icon packs, each with 200+ of the most frequently used icons in...

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I would imagine the subtle daily increase or decrease in daylight, even in extreme latitudes, is more natural and healthier than an immediate one hour shift in either direction.
Re:Apple silently uploads your passwords and keeps them on Friday November 01, 2024 @01:55PM (#42019676)
I had a similar but more concerning experience. I enabled family sharing (years ago when it was newer) and suddenly my spouse had access to many (all?) of MY passwords in HER keychain. I never knowingly granted access or put any passwords in a non-personal group — it just happened like magic.
Re:The TRS-80 Pocket Computer on Friday August 16, 2024 @03:52PM (#41269741)
I loved mine. Found one at a yard sale as a kid (with the book!) and taught myself how to program with it. Eventually, I learned about QBASIC and my world — and love for programming — got so much bigger.
Re:Google is killing infinite scroll on search results on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @09:19PM (#40795518)
I hope they bring back goooooooooooogle
Re:What You Don't Know About Sperm on Saturday January 06, 2024 @10:58AM (#38892457)
> When the hard-working little swimmers encounter the thicker vaginal mucus, their path is slowed. So the sperm often join together at their heads, which gives them greater swimming speed (up to 50 percent faster) than if they were to carry on individually.

Teamwork makes the cream work.

Re:Use web components for what they’re good at on Thursday August 24, 2023 @09:04AM (#37248282)
This has been fixed in a PR that made it into React’s experimental release. They’ve been promising support since 16, but keep bumping it back. It’s now slated for React 19. You can read the discussion here. [0]

Per Dan’s comment [1], they began rolling out the flag to test support at Meta in February and, barring any major problems, they’re still targeting 19.

0: https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/11347

1: https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/11347#issuecomment-...

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