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27points
7comments
#1,675of 3,515 in 2024
Top 48%of 2024 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.

Design: 1 for, 1 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

  • Taglines make browsing the list a pleasant experience

    From 1 comment
    • I was immediately concerned with the UX of just having a giant list with no screenshots, but the right taglines turn it in to a rather pleasant “perusing” experience. You don’t…
      joshspankit on HN

Objections

  • Giant list with no screenshots or search is hard to use

    From 3 comments
    • I was immediately concerned with the UX of just having a giant list with no screenshots, but the right taglines turn it in to a rather pleasant “perusing” experience. You don’t…
      joshspankit on HN
    • Cool. Shouldn't this be an open-source website? If yes, I could not find it anywhere.
      Brajeshwar on HN
    • Put in a table with filters and categories instead of this lazy loading, it renders the whole list useless for anything beyond casual look up.
      tamimio on HN
  • Lazy loading makes the full list hard to scan; needs table with filters

    From 1 comment
    • Put in a table with filters and categories instead of this lazy loading, it renders the whole list useless for anything beyond casual look up.
      tamimio on HN
  • Typo in a tagline

    From 1 comment
    • I was immediately concerned with the UX of just having a giant list with no screenshots, but the right taglines turn it in to a rather pleasant “perusing” experience. You don’t…
      joshspankit on HN

Requests

  • Add search

    From 2 comments
    • You’re absolutely right, what I need to add to the site desperately is search :( Also all these come from my personal list of bookmarks, with some that were suggested by outside…
      hardwaresofton on HN
    • Personally I don’t think it needs search but if you really want search short-term: you can add a simple JS filter function that filters on-page without needing a backend. I’d…
      joshspankit on HN
  • Add filters and categories

    From 1 comment
    • Put in a table with filters and categories instead of this lazy loading, it renders the whole list useless for anything beyond casual look up.
      tamimio on HN
  • Make the site open source

    From 1 comment
    • Cool. Shouldn't this be an open-source website? If yes, I could not find it anywhere.
      Brajeshwar on HN

Questions

  • Is the site itself open source?

    From 1 comment
    • Cool. Shouldn't this be an open-source website? If yes, I could not find it anywhere.
      Brajeshwar on HN

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