A few days ago, I revealed some more information about my first Electron app on Twitter. If you saw that Tweet and have been following the site for a while, you were probably able to guess what my upcoming Electron app is: a new version of Lynx. That’s right! I’ve been working hard on a new program, called Lynx Desktop, that might just be the beginning of a new era for the entire Lynx project! However, I’m getting ahead of myself. In this post, I’ll be talking about the history of Lynx and what to expect in the future. Some history...To fully understand Lynx Desktop, I think we need to go back to Lynx for Windows v1.0. Released a few months into 2019, Lynx for Windows was truly a turning point for Tectra. How come? Well, it was the first program that I truly got super invested in. There was a time when I was literally releasing a new major update every week! However, Lynx for Windows wasn’t perfect, and around the release of version 2.0, it was really starting to show. It was pretty finicky, and I really felt like Windows wasn’t the right platform for Lynx. As a result, I started working on the Lynx Online Editor. I released the Online Editor in August of 2019 and updated it from time to time over the course of the next year. Though it became more of a side-project, I never gave up on it. However, it wasn’t until I started looking into Electron that I figured out what I wanted to do with the Lynx project. Electron and the Lynx Online EditorAs you might have guessed (if you are familiar with Electron), Lynx Desktop will be based on the Online Editor. However, despite this, I still am working on a lot of new features. Here’s what to expect:
Wrapping things up...I’m pretty excited to see what’s next for Lynx, and I hope you are too! With any luck, Lynx Desktop should be ready very soon. Until then, stay tuned for more updates! |
About a year ago, I reviewed the 2014 Mac mini on this blog. Ultimately, I came to the conclusion that it was still an excellent machine for productivity tasks, but it could also handle some more intense things you threw at it. Thus, it became my daily driver up until I upgraded to a 2017 MacBook Air a few months ago. That being said, I’ve still been using it some, so I thought I’d briefly share how it’s holding up these days. Here are my thoughts on this miniature Macintosh one year later! Performance Over the last year, I’ve been impressed by how much this Mac can handle. It’s rocking a 2.6 GHz dual-core Core i5 with 8 GB of RAM and a Samsung 860 Evo 1 TB SATA SSD. What all that jargon essentially means is that it’s a moderately powerful little computer, although it certainly isn’t going to put newer Macs to shame. Regardless, I’ve been able to do lots of coding, video editing, and schoolwork on this computer, and it has generally worked pretty well. Granted, it can take a while to