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0 pointsmonkmartinez3y ago0 comments

I have switched to Bing and Edge, then wrote a script to rack up points in hopes that I get moved up for the new BingGPT. Google search results have been trending toward crap for a while from my POV. 'Google it' is sticky, but I absolutely have not missed a beat with Edge and Bing. In fact, Edge has been a really pleasant surprise with features Chrome doesn't have. A calculator in the side bar is fracking awesome!

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phkahler3y ago

>> A calculator in the side bar is fracking awesome!

Another case of the browser doing what the OS and Desktop environment should be doing. I like to point at tabs - DEs and GUI toolkits never really came up with a good way to handle multiple documents well.

mynameisvlad3y ago

I think every major OS ships with some sort of calculator. The problem is discoverability. If you're in the middle of browsing, it's quite a bit of effort to say "oh that's right I have a calculator on here let me just find it in the start menu/Applications folder" as opposed to it just being there in the same app you're already using.

Widgets would be a potential solution but they keep being tried and abandoned soon after in desktop OSes.

mejutoco3y ago

In linux I press the super key (windows key), type "calc" and enter.

In Mac Os one can use spotlight with cmd + space with similar results.

Or sometimes I check a calculator I implemented myself (shameless plug: https://getcalculator.app/)

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Thlom3y ago

On my mac I just use the built in calculator in spotlight. So cmd+space opens the spotlight search widget and then I can just type in whatever I need calculated. Not sure if something like this is built into Windows? More often than not I use Google as my calculator when on Windows.

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GeekyBear3y ago

> Widgets would be a potential solution but they keep being tried and abandoned soon after in desktop OSes.

There's still a calculator widget for the MacOS notification center. It's accessed in any app through a trackpad gesture or by clicking on the date/time in the menu bar.

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phkahler3y ago

>> A calculator in the side bar is fracking awesome!

mynameisvlad3y ago

Widgets would be a potential solution but they keep being tried and abandoned soon after in desktop OSes.

mejutoco3y ago

In linux I press the super key (windows key), type "calc" and enter.

In Mac Os one can use spotlight with cmd + space with similar results.

Or sometimes I check a calculator I implemented myself (shameless plug: https://getcalculator.app/)

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Thlom3y ago

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GeekyBear3y ago

> Widgets would be a potential solution but they keep being tried and abandoned soon after in desktop OSes.

There's still a calculator widget for the MacOS notification center. It's accessed in any app through a trackpad gesture or by clicking on the date/time in the menu bar.

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