Show HN: macOS app to reduce eye strain (open-source)

(github.com)

41 points | by Remy42 3 days ago

7 comments

  • thisislife2 3 days ago
    1. Good move to protect yourself as a developer and making the app easily available outside the App Store. 2. Consider supporting older macOS versions. 3. Have a look at https://workrave.org/ and https://www.dejal.com/timeout/ for additional feature consideration (competition research). (Tip: Workrave is better, even if TimeOut looks nicer - focus more on that).
    • Remy42 3 days ago
      wow thank you for all the feedback, appreciate you!! I’m on it
  • pcdoodle 3 days ago
    Very cool idea. This would also be kind of cool to have a timer that would remind you to look at something in the distance every 5 to 10 minutes to keep your focus range exercise while using computer.
    • Remy42 3 days ago
      Thanks for the feedback. I am working on this feature!
  • pimlottc 3 days ago
    Is this based on any existing research? I would think your body already blinks enough as needed to keep your eyes from drying out.
  • opan 2 days ago
    I don't see a LICENSE file. Do you intend to choose a license?

    https://choosealicense.com/

    • Remy42 2 days ago
      just added. this my first app. thanks for the feedback!
  • cududa 3 days ago
    Really neat -- going to poke around with this!
  • MelodyUwU 2 days ago
    macos sonoma is a very high requirement...
    • Remy42 2 days ago
      I used SwiftUI :/
      • MelodyUwU 2 days ago
        the official apple documentation [0] claims it is available to all macos systems 10.15 upwards, though

        [0] https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui

        • Remy42 2 days ago
          I added a new .dmg for Ventura+ install. Let me know how it goes. You can also clone and build yourself if you'd like
          • MelodyUwU 2 days ago
            ah no, i cant actually do that, my osx is 10.6 snow leopard, would be hard to do it :) either way supporting as many versions of macos as possible is always good riddance
  • MichaelTheGeek 3 days ago
    Good idea.