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Show HN: Omnino, a windowing system for web apps, inspired by the Acme editor

50 points by jfe 5y ago

lf-non 5y ago
While the conservative reproduction of Acme's interaction will appeal to fans who have used the editor I guess, I think a lot of people would find the interactivity (esp. the resizers, left scrollbar) very non-intuitive in present day and age. A good example of a more modern and practical tiling system for web is mosaic (https://nomcopter.github.io/react-mosaic/ https://nomcopter.github.io/react-mosaic/)
rcarmo 5y ago
Nice, but the browser selection when you try to move a window between columns is extremely distracting.
- jfe 5y ago
  Thanks. Which browser are you using? I noticed this issue in Firefox but thought I fixed it. I've tested it using the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox and it seemed to work.
  - rcarmo 5y ago
    Safari.
klntsky 5y ago
I noticed that windows are resizable, but only change the size on mousedown, not on mousemove while the mouse is down. Is that intentional? What are the benefits?
- jfe 5y ago
  I compute the resized windows and columns on mouseup to imitate how the Acme text editor does resizing, but the event handler which computes the resize could very well be called on mousemove if preferred. Maybe it'd be worth adding that as a customization in the library interface.
enderm 5y ago
I've been looking for something like this. I was using ugly iframes. Much gratitude.
jfe 5y ago
Omnino does not implement the "right-click to load" functionality of Acme, as it's meant to be a general-purpose library. However, I have implemented this functionality on my personal website and plan to open-source this code as a separate library soon. You can see it here: https://spelunca.xyz/ https://spelunca.xyz/
- gcapell 5y ago
  Very cool. I keep middle-clicking the Delwin button, which my browser interprets differently than I want.
  - jfe 5y ago
    Thanks. I'm not sure how many people have three mouse buttons but it wouldn't hurt to make the buttons respond to middle-clicks the same way they do to left-clicks.

50 points by jfe 5y ago

While the conservative reproduction of Acme's interaction will appeal to fans who have used the editor I guess, I think a lot of people would find the interactivity (esp. the resizers, left scrollbar) very non-intuitive in present day and age. A good example of a more modern and practical tiling system for web is mosaic (https://nomcopter.github.io/react-mosaic/ https://nomcopter.github.io/react-mosaic/)

rcarmo 5y ago

Nice, but the browser selection when you try to move a window between columns is extremely distracting.

jfe 5y ago
Thanks. Which browser are you using? I noticed this issue in Firefox but thought I fixed it. I've tested it using the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox and it seemed to work.
- rcarmo 5y ago
  Safari.

klntsky 5y ago

I noticed that windows are resizable, but only change the size on mousedown, not on mousemove while the mouse is down. Is that intentional? What are the benefits?

jfe 5y ago
I compute the resized windows and columns on mouseup to imitate how the Acme text editor does resizing, but the event handler which computes the resize could very well be called on mousemove if preferred. Maybe it'd be worth adding that as a customization in the library interface.

enderm 5y ago

I've been looking for something like this. I was using ugly iframes. Much gratitude.

jfe 5y ago

Omnino does not implement the "right-click to load" functionality of Acme, as it's meant to be a general-purpose library. However, I have implemented this functionality on my personal website and plan to open-source this code as a separate library soon. You can see it here: https://spelunca.xyz/ https://spelunca.xyz/

gcapell 5y ago
Very cool. I keep middle-clicking the Delwin button, which my browser interprets differently than I want.
- jfe 5y ago
  Thanks. I'm not sure how many people have three mouse buttons but it wouldn't hurt to make the buttons respond to middle-clicks the same way they do to left-clicks.