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How HN took it
24 positive, 20 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 14 critical, out of 62 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Design: 11 for, 4 againstIdea: 8 for, 4 againstExecution: 1 for, 6 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fast and well-designed, with customisable themes
From 4 comments
I love how fast everything works! And the fact that you implemented themes are also a big respect. I had this idea a few years ago when I was a much worse programmer and gave it…
just-tom on HNThis is what I have been dreaming for years. Amazing job!
cunidev on HNThe design is super opinionated but I LOVE IT! Especially the colored dark - I really do hate how dark modes really muddy out a lot of colors (I often find myself using the…
alexb_ on HNThis is a truly excellent site I like how easy the ui is everything makes sense and I like the little tutorial it gives you much better than the ui for onboarding on most saas.
dangerface on HN
Objections
Too many distractions or too much information for a new tab
From 4 comments
Impressively fast! I love the bonsai. Way too much distractions for me though. Shameless plug: I made a new tab page that's just markdown notes and bookmarks - https://nutab.co
tmvst on HNToo much tutorial, I noped almost instantly
wetpaws on HNThe last thing I need is such a stream of information in my new tab page. I would never get anything done. Thank the Lord for about:blank
fazfq on HNLovely work, but Jesus Christ, if I put Reddit and HN on my home tab I would never get anything done.
PhasmaFelis on HN
Breaks or shows errors in some browsers and setups, such as Firefox and cookies disabled
From 2 comments
Looks broken on Firefox, everything is blurry!
treve on HNHmm. It just shows me a blank page, like about:blank, only it uses 112% CPU. That doesn't seem very useful. Oh, I see: looking in the console is an infinity of error messages,…
cpcallen on HN
Requests
Separate light and dark mode themes
From 1 comment
Nice work! One request pls - can you tie two different themes to light and dark mode, my computer goes into dark mode at sunset and it would be great if I could pick one theme…
idk1 on HN
RSS feed tile and drag-and-drop tile arrangement
From 1 comment
nice! Some suggestions for me at least 1. Why I can't I set any tile to any type? 2. An RSS feed tile would be nice. It seems I can only follow HN, Reddit, Twitter 3. Would be…
gernb on HN
Questions
Why it assumes Chrome and how to use it outside Chrome
From 2 comments
Why does it assume I'm using Chrome? (I'm not.) I'd at least suggest you let people know "this one" links to a Chrome-specific extension. Can you remove stock tabs?
neogodless on HNThis would be awesome if only Chrome allowed one to point a new tab page somewhere…
happyopossum on HN
Alternatives named
Browser built-in start pages
From 1 comment
Is this not the exact same feature-set the browser's built-in 'start pages' already provide?
ghostly_s on HN