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tip

Programmable tooltip that can be used with any Mac OS app

3Distinct people
19Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
943GitHub stars
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What it is

Programmable tooltip that can be used with any Mac OS app

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 10:49:33 PM UTC.

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HN mentions by year19 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2020-01-21 19:28:02 UTC to 2023-09-08 19:01:56 UTC.

0510152020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 13 mentions; 7 submissions, 6 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2023

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC1376
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC404
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

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Thank you for pointing it out. I just notice the description. I guess I can offer a different one that is free. A programmable tooltip on Mac: https://github.com/tanin47/tip I'm experimenting with a mechanism to replace the selected text. You can select a text (on any app), activate the tooltip, and select one of the options, and that option can replace the selected text. The UX isn't as smooth as I want. There is some sort of modal blocking going on, and I'm still figuring out how to overcome that.
In Ask HN: What not-profit-seeking project are you tinkering with this week?
My time to shine. I have built a programmable tooltip for Mac. It works on any app. I use this hundreds of times a day at work for 2y now. You can select any text and activate the tooltip with the short key. Then, the tooltip offers a list of options like jumping to URL, showing some extra info. You are the one who write the script to process the text and return the options. You can check it out here: github.com/tanin47/tip PS. I configure a mouse button to trigger the Tip short key, so it is even more convenient.
In Ask HN: What do you automate in your workflow?

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