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SHOW HN2011

8points
12comments
#875of 1,097 in 2011
Top 80%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical

0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.31.

Execution: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Nice simple site

    From 1 comment
    • Nice little site. I like the simplicity of it. A couple of points: - It is not immediately clear to me (FF3.6, Ubuntu) that it is a textarea above the Create Code button on the…
      rhave on HN
  • Snippet URL shortening idea is interesting

    From 1 comment
    • Worked as expected. Only thought would be shortening the "shortened" URL? I'm making some assumptions about what you're doing here but having 10 chars, assuming only A-Z, 0-9,…
      komlenic on HN

Objections

  • Copying highlighted code includes line numbers and strips whitespace

    From 2 comments
    • I posted a small python snippet. Highlighted version works fine, but the raw version strips the leading whitespace, which is rather important in this case. (See:…
      mtrn on HN
    • But when you're highlighting the code to copy, the line numbers get highlighted which doesn't inspire much confidence
      aonic on HN
  • Frontpage textarea is not obvious

    From 1 comment
    • Nice little site. I like the simplicity of it. A couple of points: - It is not immediately clear to me (FF3.6, Ubuntu) that it is a textarea above the Create Code button on the…
      rhave on HN
  • Create Code button gives an error when field is empty

    From 1 comment
  • Pasting from highlighted view puts all code on one line on Ubuntu

    From 1 comment
    • Nice little site. I like the simplicity of it. A couple of points: - It is not immediately clear to me (FF3.6, Ubuntu) that it is a textarea above the Create Code button on the…
      rhave on HN

Requests

  • Add a copy function that excludes line numbers

    From 1 comment
    • Would the creator be able to add in a copy function to the highlighted code to remove the line numbers?
      togasystems on HN
  • Shorter snippet URLs

    From 1 comment
    • Worked as expected. Only thought would be shortening the "shortened" URL? I'm making some assumptions about what you're doing here but having 10 chars, assuming only A-Z, 0-9,…
      komlenic on HN
  • Clarify privacy model and possibly list latest snippets

    From 1 comment
    • Nice little site. I like the simplicity of it. A couple of points: - It is not immediately clear to me (FF3.6, Ubuntu) that it is a textarea above the Create Code button on the…
      rhave on HN
  • Link back to the frontpage from snippet pages

    From 1 comment
    • Nice little site. I like the simplicity of it. A couple of points: - It is not immediately clear to me (FF3.6, Ubuntu) that it is a textarea above the Create Code button on the…
      rhave on HN

Questions

  • Is posted code public, semi-public or private?

    From 1 comment
    • Nice little site. I like the simplicity of it. A couple of points: - It is not immediately clear to me (FF3.6, Ubuntu) that it is a textarea above the Create Code button on the…
      rhave on HN

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