Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderI spent quite a bit of time writing my configuration for Phoenix, if you're thinking about writing your own I think you might find starting from mine useful. It's easy to customize, there are gifs in the readme, and it comes packed with features, I hope you'll like it: https://github.com/fabiospampinato/phoenix
The window api makes me think one could pretty easily create an i3 like window manager. But my past experience with OSX window managers like amethyst has been subpar. Often the sizing/positioning is taken more as a “suggestion” by the window than a command. I also found eventually windows would get into a bad state. Has window management on OSX improved in the past couple years? On Linux with X11, window managers truly have control and thus provide a more…
Nice work however it seems to be difficult to configure. I spent over an hour this afternoon trying to setup the application with no luck. tried using example configs from your wiki but none worked. I'd suggest providing a basic default file rather than linking to users' examples.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 347
- Total comments
- 136
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-12 | Show HN: Phoenix 2.2 – a macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript | khirviko | 7 | 7 |
| 2016-07-13 | Phoenix: Lightweight macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript | hboon | 3 | 0 |
| 2016-08-06 | Show HN: Phoenix 2.3 – a macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScript | khirviko | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-04-08 | Show HN: Phoenix 2.6 – a macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScriptFirst breakout · Best thread | khirviko | 183 | 58 |
| 2020-01-24 | Show HN: Phoenix – a macOS window and app manager scriptable with JavaScriptLatest 20+ point return | khirviko | 153 | 71 |
