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#2,448of 2,570 in 2022
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RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Execution: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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Screenshots work well for sharing on Twitter
From 1 comment
Yes, it does. For myself, the screenshots I made for HTML pages work perfectly on Twitter. And we are releasing a new version this Friday, which includes the ratio dimensions of…
dearroy on HN
Objections
Blog nav link pointed to an IP address instead of the blog home page
From 2 comments
FYI clicking on the "TinySnap Blog" nav header navigates to `https://89.58.35.145/` instead of the blog home page for me
creakingstairs on HNYeah it's weird. I can see in the inspector that the element's href points to that url. - This is my user agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7)…
creakingstairs on HN
Images did not show for one commenter
From 1 comment
I don’t see any of the images
tomcam on HN
Requests
Support for social media aspect ratio dimensions
From 1 comment
Yes, it does. For myself, the screenshots I made for HTML pages work perfectly on Twitter. And we are releasing a new version this Friday, which includes the ratio dimensions of…
dearroy on HN
Questions
How to screenshot HTML pages at Twitter's resolution
From 1 comment
Hey! I will try this extension, thanks for making. I share screenshots of HTML pages on Twitter and I often struggle while taking the screenshot which can also suit to twitter’s…
avinassh on HN