Show HN: Ourguide – OS wide task guidance system that shows you where to click

Show HN: Ourguide promises a desktop helper that literally points where to click — and the crowd reacted with equal parts applause and side-eye. One camp cheered the “finally, something my grandpa can use” vibe, with one user joking they’re tired of playing remote IT every time a button moves. Another camp went full privacy hawk: “What data do you extract?” and “Don’t send whole screenshots to an indie mystery box” became the day’s rallying cries. The site says Ask Mode only sees your screen when you allow it, but skeptics aren’t sold; the vibe is “cool idea, trust TBD.”

Then came the big-tech comparisons. One commenter said this is exactly what Apple should have shipped with on-device AI, while another dropped a Google-Synergyse throwback to show giants have done this before. Many begged for auto-learning from docs so it keeps up with fast-changing apps — cue the Blender 5 complaint. Jokes flew: “Clippy’s glow-up,” “hover-hand tutor,” and “grandpa-proof mode.” The consensus? Ourguide’s promise to stop tabbing to chatbots and point you to the right button is irresistible, but the trust tax is real. If they nail privacy and freshness, could be the desktop GPS we didn’t know we needed.