Re: Molasses version 0.7.5 released
Just downloaded and installed on my MacBook Air M3 - works fine.. very responsive. Thanks for sharing!
Does it store an ini/config file somewhere? I’d like to save my settings and make this my default gopher app.
> On 26 Nov 2025, at 19:48, cat Kalmar <cat@b4udw3rk5.com> wrote:
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> it's an M2 - I gave it a proper shot last night but didn't have a chance to reply again. it looks like turning the smooth scrolling off doesn't work (at least on the macOS builds) and that's what I was understanding as sluggish. aside from that it works great.
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> I can drop a proper bug/feature request in the git repo if you like?
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> regards
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> On 27/11/2025 12:50 AM, Jonathan Simpson wrote:
>> Thanks!
>>
>> How old is your macbook? The HTML rendering can be a little sluggish in certain situations.
>> If there is a particular site/page that is slow let me know and I'll see if I can improve it. For
>> the most part it is pretty snappy on my amd linux desktop. However, I haven't tested as
>> much on macos because I only have limited access to macos machines.
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>> The slowest machine I have tested on is a g4 mac mini, and it is quite sluggish on it(this used
>> a ppc build I have not distributed). For really slow machines I recommend disabling smooth
>> scrolling in the Options menu.
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>> Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback. I appreciate it!
>>
>> -- Jonathan
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>> On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM cat Kalmar <cat@b4udw3rk5.com> wrote:
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>> holy smokes! love your work. it runs kinda sluggish on my Macbook but
>> that might be settings and I'll play with it more this evening.
>> incredible job.
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>>
>> regards.
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>> On 26/11/2025 3:08 PM, Jonathan Simpson wrote:
>> > Molasses is a multi-platform graphical gopher client.
>> >
>> > Updates in this release:
>> > - HTTP protocol support (not useful for the modern web, since
>> Molasses
>> > lacks support for CSS, Javascript, and HTML > version 3.2) *
>> > - Option to increase font size
>> > - Optional "light mode" color scheme
>> > - Add menu shortcuts
>> > - Display selected gopher menu item's selector, host, and port
>> in status bar
>> > - Strip ANSI escape codes from gopher menu information("i" item
>> type) lines **
>> > - Various bug fixes, especially regarding HTML rendering
>> >
>> > Download here:
>> > https://github.com/jjsimpso/molasses/releases/tag/v0.7.5
>> >
>> > Pre-built binaries for Linux, Macos(apple silicon and x86), and
>> Windows.
>> >
>> > * added primarily so I could browse http://discmaster.textfiles.com
>> > with Molasses!
>> > ** added specifically to improve display of gopher://baud.baby
>> >
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