Egg Gradients
Creative
color inspiration gallery
SHOW HN2018
186points
76comments
#197of 2,155 in 2018
Top 10%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
13 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 11 critical, out of 44 comments about the project. Thread score +0.01.
Design: 8 for, 4 againstIdea: 5 for, 7 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Visually pleasing and clean design
From 3 comments
This website on my mobile browser is the most visually pleasing experience I've had today. Bravo.
boffinism on HNI second this. Came here to comment the same thing and figured I'd check if someone already had. Love the website, exceptionally clean and well designed.
eudoxus on HNThe eggs are oddly appealing!
rajacombinator on HN
Unique, fun gradient names
From 2 comments
Those are... unique names.
fluxsauce on HNThose names are really something. Love it.
besasam on HN
Unobtrusive affiliate ads blend with content
From 2 comments
I really love how well it blends in with the rest of the content. I noticed it right away but it's not distracting enough to be annoying. Nice work!
pmx on HNI really enjoyed that too, this is exactly how you do unobtrusive ads. I'd maybe put them on gradient backgrounds too, since the black disrupts the visual flow a bit.
besasam on HN
Objections
Gradients are too similar, dominated by magenta and turquoise
From 1 comment
Most of the gradients are slight variations of magenta and turquoise. All the websites go for that now. I see a lot of hipstery designer stuff with that look. Vaporwave /…
koprfq on HN
Some gradient names are offensive or tasteless
From 3 comments
Number nine is "Homeless Man's Joy". That's a great look for our community.
jasonmp85 on HNUgh, yeah. There's a whole bunch of names that are incredibly shitty. Fuck this site.
OskarS on HNMake that random names with an apparent alt-right flavor. Yay for the internet.
baking on HN
Ads mixed into content feel manipulative
From 1 comment
Actually, I don't like it when advertising is mixed into/entangled with content. At the first glance, from the authors perspective, it sounds tricky because it is unobstructive…
ktpsns on HN
Too similar to existing gradient sites
From 3 comments
Nice page, Seems very similar to https://webgradients.com
phelm on HNI would say a little too similar.
serg_chernata on HNAnother http://uigradients.com/, but with some very, um, brogrammer-y naming decisions. I'm somewhat confused as to why this is on the front page.
qrohlf on HN
Requests
Filter gradients by color or hex code
From 2 comments
I'd love if I could filter this by target color(s), and see a subset that approximate that selection. Being able to select "red to orange" or "blue to green" would be great! Even…
flamtap on HNYou should add a search bar at the top that will filter based on similar colors. I usually know in general what color scheme I want when building something, but need to search…
john_borkowski on HN
Button to set gradient as page background
From 3 comments
It would be great if there was a button to set gradient as background for preview.
akmittal on HNThis is cool! One of the top comments on Indiehackers (if I remember correctly) was to click on an egg to change the background color - I'm gonna echo that here. Love the…
maximp on HNLike them a lot. A button to make the background #333 would be nice.
have_faith on HN
Clearer, clickable ad links with pointer cursor
From 2 comments
I also like the ads, nice job. Some tips: You should increase the surface area of your <a> tags in the ads. Ideally they would cover the whole card and the egg, too. Also,…
csallen on HNAgreed that I was very confused in not seeing a pointer cursor on hovering _anywhere_ on the Ad card... any way this could have been made as a conscious decision to minimize the…
QuelqueChose on HN
Way to share a specific egg via link
From 1 comment
Is there any easy way to share an egg? I showed this to my colleagues at work and was trying to share a particular egg, but couldn't spot anything clickable for this. Inspecting…
clusmore on HN
Questions
Why the egg shape?
From 1 comment
Why the egg shape?
jwilk on HN
Are the names generated?
From 1 comment
Are they generated ?
hycaria on HN
Lessons learned from the affiliate ads
From 1 comment
The webflow ads have piqued my interest. A lot of nice little projects are shown on Show HN but I don't know if I've ever seen any to feature any sort of sponsorship right off…
raymondgh on HN
Alternatives named
webgradients.com
From 1 comment
Nice page, Seems very similar to https://webgradients.com
phelm on HN
uigradients.com
From 1 comment
Another http://uigradients.com/, but with some very, um, brogrammer-y naming decisions. I'm somewhat confused as to why this is on the front page.
qrohlf on HN