Hackerest
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learning project
SHOW HN2012
95points
53comments
#230of 1,677 in 2012
Top 14%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
6 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 1 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Idea: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good visual idea and useful for learning JavaScript
From 3 comments
Nice implementation, but Pinterest works well from a UX perspective because it's visually oriented and scanning scattered visuals works. Scanning scattered text, however, is…
petercooper on HNThis is pretty cool. It reminded me of the Isotope library (http://isotope.metafizzy.co/) that helps with a lot of the tiling effects. We were able to integrate it pretty well…
dangoldin on HNVery very very nice. I've been thinking of doing something similar for RSS feeds in general.
skram on HN
Front page in tiles is fun to browse
From 2 comments
My wife like Pinterest because of the recipes and crafts and stuff. When you said Pinterest for Hacker News, I thought it was a more social version of Hack-a-day, which I thought…
phamilton on HNI like what you did, congrats on the productive weekend. The only issue I might have with it (depending on how it functions or updates), is due to the lack of a linear flow, it…
shingen on HN
Objections
Text tiles are harder to scan than images
From 2 comments
Nice implementation, but Pinterest works well from a UX perspective because it's visually oriented and scanning scattered visuals works. Scanning scattered text, however, is…
petercooper on HNYou should insert snapshots of the linked pages into each of the posts. Pinterest's magic comes from the visual interest of the varying images.
jiggity on HN
Hard to find previously clicked stories without a linear list
From 1 comment
I like what you did, congrats on the productive weekend. The only issue I might have with it (depending on how it functions or updates), is due to the lack of a linear flow, it…
shingen on HN
Full-width layout does not handle resizing
From 1 comment
I hate full-width websites that do not handle x-resizing. But nice job.
bellbind on HN
Requests
Add snapshots or screenshots of linked pages
From 3 comments
You should insert snapshots of the linked pages into each of the posts. Pinterest's magic comes from the visual interest of the varying images.
jiggity on HNadd endless scroll and screenshots.
lurchpop on HNIt's possible: https://github.com/niklasvh/html2canvas But.. I'm not sure it's going to work out too well. You'd probably do better off using a service like…
petercooper on HN
Show comment count
From 1 comment
Also, I think it needs the comment count. If a story doesn't seem interesting at first on HN, but the comment count is high'ish, it might change my mind about reading it and…
shingen on HN
Add sorting and categories such as Ask HN
From 2 comments
Very nice. Having an option to view "Ask" would also be very useful. Apart from first page of HN, I also check Ask as there are interesting "Show HN" or "Ask HN" topics that…
skrish on HNCan you sort it by tweets? ps: on Aurora the facebook and twitter buttons in the headers are stacked.
baby on HN
Publish the code on GitHub
From 1 comment
Would you mind putting the code on github?
cantbecool on HN
Fix null author and time on job posts
From 1 comment
Jobs postings for YC companies show up with author and time as "null null".
enduser on HN
Questions
What resources were used to learn JavaScript
From 3 comments
Can you give details on what resources you used to learn JS and build this?
samstave on HNPretty cool. I agree with all the other suggestions given so far. Also, what tools were/are you using to learn javascript?
rafeed on HN@davj: What resources did you use to learn javascript and to make this site?
gilaniali on HN
How to take screenshots with JavaScript
From 1 comment
thanks, good point. i will be adding visuals, continuing my JavaScript learning spree. any recommendations on using js to take snap shots?
davj on HN
Alternatives named
Hack-a-day
From 1 comment
My wife like Pinterest because of the recipes and crafts and stuff. When you said Pinterest for Hacker News, I thought it was a more social version of Hack-a-day, which I thought…
phamilton on HN
Isotope library
From 1 comment
This is pretty cool. It reminded me of the Isotope library (http://isotope.metafizzy.co/) that helps with a lot of the tiling effects. We were able to integrate it pretty well…
dangoldin on HN
url2png
From 1 comment
If you don't mind paying a little, I have used http://url2png.com/ for one of my sites and it works great.
blazzar on HN
PhantomJS
From 1 comment
it's also worth looking at PhantomJS for generating the screenshots yourself
joshfraser on HN