Kennedy Richard maintains OSSIn Nodezator's dev branch: changed the magnetic sockets feature to make it closer to what I envisioned originally: the nodes had hands and would help you by grabbing the new connection for you.
The hands are CC0 assets from the excellent
@kenneynl
No guys, hear me out, we might be onto something here! What about tracking eyes that become happy when the connection is reached out? (also in Nodezator's dev branch)
Okay, you asked, and now there's a hand near the mouse to meet the one on the nearby socket as well. Thank you all for the suggestions so far. (already on Nodezator's dev branch as well). #Python #nodeeditor
In case you didn't know, Nodezator is a generalist Python node editor. Open-source proudly dedicated to the public domain. It is a serious project but still has a long way to go (it is quite useable already though).
https://github.com/IndiePython/nodezator
https://github.com/IndiePython/nodezator
And, of course, if you wish to support my work on it, I have a patreon for recurrent donations, Github sponsors for one-time donations and other options that you can find here: https://indiepython.com/donate.html
I even went and made a website for it upon its release a couple years ago. It is not much, but it is honest work. Nodezator is a project that is truly near and dear to my heart ❤️
https://nodezator.com
https://nodezator.com
Also to the people scared of the nodes/grabby hands: don't worry users will be able to fully customize this behaviour, including the ability to get rid of them, leaving only the socket proximity detection. After all, they may be distracting to some.
After all, the nodes are harmless.
Just make sure not to turn your back to them when they are on the screen.
(won't actually push this, just played a bit on a local branch)
Rickyx@KennedyRichard computers had this kind of funny things 🔪👀
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE7EWDKVM1Y&t=26
Now we are all serious, business leaders, doing very important things with our flat interface 🥸
The Grouch for Mac
@rickyx Lol'd hard at this! The best thing is "Warning! Children tend to throw lots of files into the trash in order to see & hear Oscar".
I intend to add animations to Nodezator as well, but is something for the future, and which I'll keep optional so people can turn on when they are bored and turn off when they need to focus.
aardvark@rickyx @KennedyRichard I shared this with the author. Bet you didn’t know you might brighten his day.
@KennedyRichard I'm sorry, what does it mean? I'm not sure what to do, where to link the reaction? My social media expertise is basic...
aardvark shared my post with the author somehow (don't know how). I just requested a link to the author's response, since I don't know if the author saw it yet nor where it was shared.
@KennedyRichard ah, thank you, I got it!
@KennedyRichard it was a private channel, so no link. He gave it a thumbs up 👍
@KennedyRichard @digichelle I finally found the post from which I drew the memory! I wanted to link it in the original but posts quickly become old and submerged!
https://hachyderm.io/@digichelle/112957851872971655
https://hachyderm.io/@digichelle/112957851872971655
Michelle Catherine Marcó (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 video In addition to being friendlier and simpler to use, there was something whimsical about the Macintosh. A little Mac with a smiling face greeted you on boot. Clarus the Dogcow made the otherwise mundane task of printer setup just a little more joyous. And you could add useless, but hilarious stuff like this! I first saw this on one of the computers in my middle school journalism class. No idea how it got there, but Goddess, I made so many empty folders and trashed them just to see this.
@rickyx Don't worry, thanks for the content, excellent ideas and explanation about earlier PC and Mac experiences.