Zing: A (beta) ILX client for Macs

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If I do the work required to make an iPad version it'll make doing a new Mac version way easier. I cld just do a framework that wraps the API essentially, and you could build on that maybe?

I would pay for and use both.

So there y'are, six quid guaranteed.

can i just say that with the new system font on iOS this is finally REALLY THE WAY ILX IS SUPPOSED TO BE

where did the top left "back" button go in this new update. is it just me?

oh nm I thought it was on the home screen but it's in thread view, sorry

https://i.ibb.co/MRMPZp5/Screenshot-2020-05-14-at-17-27-09.png

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only took ten years, like :/

(the last 1% of bugs will take another ten years at this rate)

whaaaaaaat

is that a desktop client?

YESSS

holy cow! might finally be time to switch my work PC to a mac. :)

i’m not sure how i feel about this

Me too. I spent ages wondering if it was worth it now that browsers are so good and fast. But I got tired of testing Zing Touch in the simulator so then I made this as a wrapper ... and then I found I was using it nearly exclusively.

Need to add search but it's pretty usable. I'll put up a beta if people would like a play.

yes, please!

I'm in.

OK, here goes!

It's definitely a beta but it's OK to use for checking bookmarks and posting.

Notes:
- Search isn't implemented yet
- Nor are themes (but dark mode works)
- Can't favourite borads
- Can't cmd-c on selected message text, you have to right-click
- Single-pane mode (close the message list from X) is a little buggy.
- The menubar checker drags off but doesn't resize.

Download here:
https://www.ilxor.com/MacZing.zip

(Oh also: drag it out of the Downloads folder before opening it for best results)

downloading now - thanks stet. zing is genuinely one of the best apps on my phone, so looking forward to giving this a go.

and posting from it now : )

Stet is the man

Trying this now. thanks. Right now all my bookmarks are duplicated. Two lines for every one (to the tune of "Surf City").

oooh that's weird. Can you check you don't accidentally have two accounts listed? (In preferences go to the accounts tab)

Same account listed twice, yes.

I deleted one at which point it logged me off. I logged back on. Now it shows no accounts.

well done me - if you trying adding once more it should hopefully work

Now it's there twice again.

But this time I deleted the first and not the second and now I'm back down to one.

Trying this now -- works very nicely from here!

Works pretty good for me. ILX links in posts open in my browser though.

Yes, this later was kind of shocking, tbh, although I suppose it makes sense.

i don't prefer it to the website (and i think it's a little slower) but still v cool

Works fine, but I'll have to stay with the browser until I can enlarge type in zing.

It’s obvious how much Apple has neglected the Mac when you start coding for it again. Like on iPhone I can really easily set everything to the user’s preferred text size. There’s no support for that on Mac at all.

Changing the link behaviour is really easy, I’ll do that.

So cool. Couple things:
- I can drag to change the width of the threads list, but as soon as I let go it snaps back
- It'd be nice if arrows/PgDn/PgUp worked to scroll

posted from MacZing

thanks! got the width bug. The page up/dn thing is harder - it's the same bug as copy/paste note working. will take a look over the weekend

oh maybe that's what you meant by menubar checker

haven't tried writing a Mac desktop app but it doesn't surprise me they've let the frameworks stagnate.

Now I have five copies of each bookmark. Only one account listed in Preferences.

What version of macOS are you running? It seems like this might be linked to how the keychain stores passwords

Mojave, sorry.

It actually went up to six for a while. Just logged off and back on again

Maybe it has to do with logging onto the browser at the same time?

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Lol. That was supposed to be grasping at straws dot com.

Are you running from the Downloads folder?

The problem (I think) is that it is trying to save your settings and somehow failing and repeatedly trying. Quarantine might conceivably cause that; and moving it out of the Download folder will remove quarantine from it.

(You might also need to erase ~/Library/Containers/com.haunteddancehall.maczing (or similar) before trying again. Sorry! Beta 4 lyfe

Yeah, I might be doing something like that, thanks.