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Show HN: What if your menu bar was a keyboard-controlled command center? (https://extrabar.app)

39 points by pugdogdev about 3 hours ago | 23 comments | View on ycombinator

Jailbird 5 minutes ago |

I may have missed it, but may I assume a device license is transferable? I mean to transfer it when I ditch my Mac for a new one, so I'm talking about my devices only. I'm just asking to be clear, especially given use of the word "lifetime". Thanks!

antaviana about 1 hour ago |

Why do you have a 14-day money back guarantee instead of a 30-day free trial?

My perception (although I never tried it) is that it reduces the number of people actually trying it and avoids that you have to still pay for the payment platform fee when there is a refund, plus I presume there is also some dedication needed for handling the refund itself.

I speculate that there might be a sweet spot between the impulse purchase and the price level where you do not bother to ask for a refund, even if the tool does not work for you, but still it is counterintuitive for me why not to reach as many potential users as possible at a nearly zero marginal cost and sort of pray for conversion with a much higher user base.

In other words, at this price range with no recurring income, what is the percentage of users who actually to ask for a refund? Is it very low?

crazygringo about 2 hours ago |

How does this work on laptop screens? E.g. running Chrome on my MBA with a notch, the Chrome menus take up 3/4 of the screen width, and then the remaining ~6 icons there is space for are utilities I need. There are even a couple more icons I regularly use and have to switch to Finder to access them, just because it has less menus. The idea is interesting, but it's not clear at all from the homepage how/if this works on laptops as opposed to large monitors, when you're using an application with lots of menus.

I'm also curious how this compares to other similar solutions -- QuickCMD, Raycast, Keyboard Maestro, Command Keeper, etc. It seems clear that its featureset is different, but it's hard to figure out which ones do which things. If you included a comparison features chart it might be helpful so potential customers can see what makes this one unique -- i.e. it's the only one that does X and Y and Z, because every other app only does 2 but not all 3.

ggoo about 1 hour ago |

I'll check this out! I've been using doll for a while, but I don't think it's maintained anymore.

https://github.com/xiaogdgenuine/Doll

unsnap_biceps about 2 hours ago |

I really like the concept, however, I'm struggling to imagine using it over Alfred. The menu bar has a lot of limitations compared to an instantly available pop up. Could you share what specifically wasn't meet by Alfred and other quick search style solutions?

MarcelOlsz about 1 hour ago |

Love the 9 euros for a lifetime sub. Easiest purchase ever even if I don't use it. Looks great.

hmokiguess about 2 hours ago |

I love this!

I have a custom menu bar I wrote that integrates with Yabai and requires disabling SIP for full functionality, it works similarly to yours, but I love how simple and polished this one is.

How are you able to do that without OS permissions?

user45774467644 about 2 hours ago |

I use hammerspoon for this but if you don't want to write your own scripts this might be nice.

user45774467644 about 2 hours ago |

Why is it more expensive to buy multiple license at once?

maximgeorge about 2 hours ago |

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