Websites in 2018
Creative
satire website
SHOW HN2018
595points
192comments
#20of 2,155 in 2018
Top 1%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
15 positive, 55 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 17 critical, out of 87 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Design: 8 for, 4 againstIdea: 5 for, 5 againstExecution: 1 for, 6 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 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
Accurate and funny parody of modern websites
From 3 comments
Good grief. I didn't last more than 6 clicks or so. This is in the "so real it hurts" category. The only thing you've got wrong is page load time and overall responsiveness. This…
jchmbrln on HNI thought it was a list of some unqiue interesting websites in 2018 and robotically started dismissing these things until i started getting a little furious when it hit me. Good…
superasn on HNThe depressing part is that this is an understatement. ``` - please turn off ad blocking - GDPR: Consent to all these things: y/n (N) - --scroll - -- choose from 6 confusing…
netcan on HN
Objections
Site is missing many features that real sites have
From 3 comments
I found a few bugs: It only has one JS file, and that isn't even 3KB. Needs to be at least 3MB. uBlock only blocks 2 items, not 30. It doesn't have infinite scroll, a sticky…
christophilus on HNAlmost perfect, actually needs the following: Needs to be material UI but poorly implemented so it's really slow. Needs a "do you have time for a short usability survey?"--bonus…
sov on HNTotally unrealistic. It loaded way too fast. It should have: weighed 12MB, taken 10 seconds to render properly on 4G, text jumping wildly around the page while it did, and have…
andrepd on HN
Does not work in Firefox
From 1 comment
Doesn’t work in Firefox for me past turning notifications on/off. Accurate.
eswat on HN
Requests
Add a exit-intent popup
From 2 comments
Good run. Feature request: you are missing the pop up (awww sorry to go/before you go..) when you are about to close the tab.
sv12l on HNPlease add a 5 second gmail loading screen before your page is interactive.
forrestthewoods on HN
Add a translate page prompt
From 1 comment
"Translate this page" is missing.
palehose on HN
Questions
Where is the chat popup
From 1 comment
Too real! The chat popup is missing? Or I couldn‘t find it
patatino on HN
Alternatives named
staticding.org
From 1 comment
http://staticding.org/ helps with those, the only thing I don't like about it is the overlay it puts on the screen and fades out. I forked the github repo to remove it.
Avery3R on HN