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Hah! Only two? 
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OriginalGriff wrote: Hah! Only two?
I have a 15" 1080p USB-C monitor arriving tomorrow from Amazon. Currently 15% off, now at CAD$85.
I don't expect to be blown away by the quality (at that price), but it should be good enough to just have it showing Teams and email without constantly getting buried by other windows.
Being USB, and having its own kickstand, I should also be able to quickly hook this up to other systems as well, should I ever have a need to do so (not that this is what I bought it for).
This'll be the 4th monitor hooked up to the system on my desk. I've been running for years with 3, and thought I had finally hit the sweet spot...until I came to the conclusion that I could benefit from not having to dig out those two specific windows out of a pile that keeps popping up on top of them. And being USB, I don't have to worry about having enough connections (unlike HDMI or - god forbid - VGA).
I've had another USB monitor I bought for a similar purpose many years ago - but at 800x480, no app is designed to run within that small a space nowadays.
Heck if it works well enough I could see myself getting a few more.
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One of my three died this year, but I replaced it with a 32" via Gumtree from a student at the end of his course (about 1/4 of list price, so I'm guessing his course wasn't economics). It's very nice, full 4K @ 3840x2160. I don't physically have the space to get a fourth in: 2 * 22" and * 32" takes up desk space!
I'd have to mount a fourth above the others and that's bad for posture.
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I admit I don't know yet exactly where I'm gonna put it, but I will find some room. Somehow.
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So the time has come to implement the UI for my ad-blocker application. Never been particularly good with UIs.
I'm searching for ways to make it look modern, like the Windows Settings app or GitHub Desktop. Unfortunately, my UI design skills are limited to line-of-business apps.
So I got a question: Has anyone here any experience with WinUI 3?
Is it worth the learning curve, or will it be abandoned soon? I read conflicting information from Mr. Google.
UPDATE:
So I created my first WinUI project, and it looks intriguing. I'll be working with it over the weekend. Only thing is that WinUI applications are distributed as MSIX packages, and I'm hoping that I'm not restricted to creating crippled applications like on the Universal Windows Platform. I need it to be a full desktop application.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
modified 31-Aug-24 19:16pm.
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote: So the time has come to implement the UI for my ad-blocker application.
Noice, the fun stuff.
Richard Andrew x64 wrote: Never been particularly good with UIs.
It's a completely different skill set. And, one that requires you thinking a lot less like an engineer and more like regular person. Unless it's an engineering app, I guess. But, the GIMP is a perfect example of engineers not consulting normal humans.
Richard Andrew x64 wrote: I'm searching for ways to make it look modern, like the Windows Settings app or GitHub Desktop. Unfortunately, my UI design skills are limited to line-of-business apps.
Don't sell yourself short, LOB app users are still users. That being said...
Richard Andrew x64 wrote: Is it worth the learning curve, or will it be abandoned soon? I read conflicting information from Mr. Google.
I wish I could help with that specific tech... me not know.
But, if this is an app you care about and from a general UI perspective to get ideas for a look, this steadfast rule applies.
Always, always, always just hire a professional. Can't begin to tell you how many times my jaw just dropped about how easily and effortlessly they'll cook up something that's like 20 times better than my crap that took forever.  I'm sure the reverse is also true; we make programs few can. But, it's what we do. Pretty is what they do. Teamwork.
Either way, if you hire someone or go solo, you should be checking out sites that offer Software UI templates. I haven't bought a software UI one, but for the web at least, most templates are like $50 USD. But, even if you don't buy a template it help give you ideas as a point of reference for the artist you hire.
Jeremy Falcon
modified 31-Aug-24 19:35pm.
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Also, know the vibe of your app. You want something simple and kinda cutesy like this? Or, do you want something serious and intimidating that pwns n00bs for having the audacity to open it?
Richard Andrew x64 wrote: So I created my first WinUI project
Noice. If it were CSS/web I could say a lot more, but I'm a n00b here. Hope you have a blast exploring it though.
Jeremy Falcon
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Wow, the app you linked to looks awesome. My dream is to be able to create apps that look like that!
(That screenshot is from Mac, right?)
I've got some work to do to convert my classes from my Windows Forms client app to ones that will work in WinUI, but already I can see that the Named Pipe classes I need to communicate between the ad-blocker service and the client are supported. I was really worried that they wouldn't be!
I've become set in my ways over the past few years, and it's exciting to start learning a new framework, especially one that can create awesome UIs.
The difficult we do right away...
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote: My dream is to be able to create apps that look like that!
Yeah man, there's a whole other side to software dev... the human side. IMO the quickest way to get you closer to that dream is ya know... hiring peeps.  Or go find a graphic artist buddy and con him/her with a cup of coffee.
Richard Andrew x64 wrote: (That screenshot is from Mac, right?)
Maybe, it's just a random one I pulled off the Internet. Looks like it though.
Richard Andrew x64 wrote: I've become set in my ways over the past few years, and it's exciting to start learning a new framework, especially one that can create awesome UIs.
Nice. Totally get it. It's the same way I'm feeling about Zig. There's no reason tech can't be fun like it was when we were kids slamming down the jolt cola .
Jeremy Falcon
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote: (That screenshot is from Mac, right?)
I'm not a Mac user, but a couple of things give it away:
- The red/yellow/green buttons in the top-right corner
- The rounded corners
- The skeuomorphism used, like that big knob control, and the shadow that is cast underneath it (which a coworker of mine would insist makes things look like they're dirty)
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Gary and George Harrison were neighbours in Esher in the UK ( near where I live ) and George said he was one of the best guitarists he'd ever known
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
modified 1-Sep-24 16:18pm.
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No problem
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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For most things, the default keybindings have always been a enough... Ctrl+Shift+B for default build task, etc. I was happy, content, swapping over to the terminal for other crap. But, recently decided to make a few of my own and now I wonder what took me so long to embrace the awesome.
Here's my current one. It's just two key bindings that run tests in the current file and runs all tests. Given the fact I do this a lot, it's huge time saver. I can't go back to switching screens now.
[
{
"key": "ctrl+shift+meta+space",
"command": "workbench.action.tasks.runTask",
"args": "Test All"
},
{
"key": "ctrl+shift+space",
"command": "workbench.action.tasks.runTask",
"args": "Test File"
}
]
Anyone have any good shortcuts too in their keybindings?
Jeremy Falcon
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I _might_ still have a copy of an old EDT macro file ...
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I gave up on figuring out an algorithm to shift bits of an arbitrarily long buffer so I asked Perplexity. Its' answer was not correct but it got me started. The reworked code almost works. All that remains is getting the byte order correct. I will finish it after watching a movie.
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