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Github Url: https://github.com/easyusesoft/LiquidScreens

I was fond of compose-navigation-reimagined library back then when I was learning compose and had many issues with official navigation library. but navigation-reimagined was last updated 2 years back. I had forked it recently and replaced deprecated apis with newer apis, updated compose library suite. Also did some internal rework to improve animations. Stars are appreciated!

Hi, I am using Windows MediaFoundation that comes baked in :) Nothing fancy. I will be very glad if you try it and give me a feedback if you liked the experience :)
Available on Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9P129QZVMSHF

Hi, maker of Rose Player here. I was growing tired of VLC and KM Player (it got infested with ads recently). My problem with VLC was the lacking of thumbnail preview. and their fix step seek, the after-seek effect felt laggy for some videos, and i generally did not like the clutter (albeit bearable for a free software).

KM Player was a very good player for me, it was fast and repeated seek felt better, but after the original author sold it, it was infested with ads. KM Player did not have the thumbnail preview as well.

Then I found MPC-HC. it's under developed and archived in 2017, but man it was so insanely well engineered, saying this as a marketshare competitor does not make me ashamed. It did right most things, but I did not like the UX, I had to hold down arrow button significant amount of time for repeated seeking. MPC has thumbnail preview, but I did not like how they did it, it has a weird debounce that makes me pull my hair when i do hovering.

I then decided to make Rose Player. I was hesitant whether I should make it cross-platform, but I thought I should focus on solving the pain points first, all the problems I faced with former video players. I made it with C++, with WinUI 3. I am proud to say Rose Player has a very refreshing UX, no-lag seeking and shows instant thumbnail preview. Its light, weighs under 3mb. Get it on Microsoft Store and see if you like it :) It has 2 weeks free trial.

If you have tried it, and have feedback, positive or negative, please share in the comments. As a token of appreciation, I will give a free coupon for Rose Player for first ten feedback :)

Re:Rose Player on Friday May 30, 2025 @12:26PM (#44137774)
VLC, KMP were born in an era when doing video playback right was a challenge. Users generally came second. Popular user demands remains ignored till to-date.

And I was thinking to myself: It should not be too hard to make a video player that does the foundations right: like Timeline previews. Consistent frame updates with seeking/dragging. Less buttons in the interface.

I noted them down what I miss dearly, and made a video player that does atleast the basic things right. I named it after Rose, my favorite flower.

You can try it from Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9P129QZVMSHF

There is a 15 days trial version, if you like it, you can keep it for 3$ one time payment only. It's forever yours.

I have encountered many video players in my life - be it youtube, vimeo and sites that I will not mention here (chuckles). All of them sucked in different ways. Some of them had no timeline thumbnail scrubbing, some of them had control buttons that blocks your view. some have timeline scrubbing but your mouse needs to be close to the slider otherwise the timeline preview will disappear.

All of these comes as minor annoyances but they play a crucial role on your users if they will come back to your site or not.

Being fed up, I decided to make a video player that will solve most of these problem and put the user first and rest second. That is the inspiration behind Roseplayer.

Just do `npm install roseplayer` and users will keep coming back to your site :)

Re:We built Dropbud, place to upload files without uploading on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @09:39AM (#43183999)
Haha. On point! We will fix it tho :) Would you mind signing up?
Re:We built Dropbud, place to upload files without uploading on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @08:37AM (#43183503)
Hey! I thought it will reduce everyone's pain. Becaue i just want to get done after I paste, not making file for everything. thought everyone is facing similar problems :)
Re:We built Dropbud, place to upload files without uploading on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @08:34AM (#43183487)
Hi! We felt dropbud was necessary because it saves what you pasted locally and on cloud. so you can access them from any device :) also you might be interested in our sharing feature. Cheers! Mail us if you want to see more features on Dropbud.
Re:We built Dropbud, place to upload files without uploading on Sunday February 23, 2025 @10:07PM (#43155449)
Do you mind signing up on Dropbud? :)
Re:We built Dropbud, place to upload files without uploading on Sunday February 23, 2025 @10:02PM (#43155420)
Hey, you are right, we will ship the said features today! for the bin to work you need to click the card and press Delete <3
Re:We built Dropbud, place to upload files without uploading on Sunday February 23, 2025 @11:51AM (#43150787)
Yes! it will :)
Re:We built Dropbud, place to upload files without uploading on Sunday February 23, 2025 @10:25AM (#43149900)
Hi veterans of HN. Felt the need to paste and save important texts and api keys without creating a file and uploading to drive. thats where the idea kicked in. So I just go there, paste my things and make workspaces (like servers in discord) to keep them tidy.You can also share them workspaces with friends and colleagues after you sign in. Give it a go, HN.
Re:Ask HN: Tools to help families with Alzheimer's/dementia on Friday January 19, 2024 @11:44AM (#39057513)
He is your dad?
Re: on Friday January 19, 2024 @11:43AM (#39057491)
Main highlights of this release:

1. New `as_str` fn for Sid (To get the session id as a base64 10 chars string)

2. Http request is now cloned for the websocket transport (it was not possible before http v1). Therefore it is possible to get headers/extensions of the initial request.

Re:Neo4rs – A Neo4j database driver for Rust on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @02:31PM (#38712590)
Some context: Neo4j is a graph database that uses cypher query language. You can find more information here: https://neo4j.com/docs/getting-started/cypher-intro/
Re: on Friday December 15, 2023 @07:10PM (#38660427)
Release Notes: 1. Bump hyper to 1.0.1. It is now possible to use frameworks based on hyper v1.*. Check the compatibility table for more details. 2. Bump http to 1.0 3. Bump http-body to 1.0 4. Bump tokio-tungstenite to 0.21.0
Re: on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @12:19PM (#38382029)
Socketioxide is the socket.io server written in Rust. Try it out and consider starring the project!!
Re: on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @03:43AM (#38274592)
v7.1.0 is out! It has lot of new features. Try it out and give a star on GitHub if you like!
Re:Web Transport in Rust on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @05:41AM (#37926574)
An Async-friendly WebTransport implementation in Rust
Star if you like the work and want to see the project go forward!

Show HN: Socketioxide – Power of Rust with Simplicity of Socket.io

https://github.com/Totodore/socketioxide

Rust itself is a hard language to master. Writing networking code is not an easy task in any language, let alone Rust. This is the beauty of socket.io, it has so low barrier of entry that anyone can code websocket logic with this framework.Now that Socketioxide is out, it can combine the power of Rust with its natural simplicity. Check it out and star if you like!

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