domtree
Dev tools
dom inspection
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
3 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score -0.12.
Design: 1 for, 4 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 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
Simple tree view of HTML elements is useful for seeing structure
From 2 comments
Nice! Surprised how much I like seeing a simple tree view for HTML elements. I can imagine using this on front-end dev job applicants, replacing my current view source + build…
harlanlewis on HNNice.
melvinram on HN
Objections
Unclear purpose; seems a solution without a problem
From 1 comment
Ok, so what's the point? I'm not trying to be a naysayer. I'm honestly asking. Is this trying to get us to look at different DOM structures to make us aware of the differences?…
drewcoo on HN
Does not indicate performance costs like paints or page weight
From 1 comment
Nice! Surprised how much I like seeing a simple tree view for HTML elements. I can imagine using this on front-end dev job applicants, replacing my current view source + build…
harlanlewis on HN
Requests
Pan and zoom
From 2 comments
It's interesting to see the high-level structure of the DOM tree too. Functionally similar sites like Hacker News and Reddit has drastically different structures (HN at 328…
feniv on HNThis could be a useful tool, are you planning to add zoom and pan ability, some of the elements are rendered off the page and I can't scroll down. Cheers!
josephagoss on HN
Print element ids
From 1 comment
Nice! Surprised how much I like seeing a simple tree view for HTML elements. I can imagine using this on front-end dev job applicants, replacing my current view source + build…
harlanlewis on HN
Make URL input more visually prominent
From 2 comments
It wasn't clear to me at first but the URL at the top is editable.
SquareWheel on HNDidn't help me. It needs to visually stand out a bit. Here's a suggestion: http://www.webdesigncompany.net/files/hn/snap.png
melvinram on HN
Questions
Does it execute JavaScript in a headless browser or parse markup directly?
From 1 comment
Does this execute domready as a headless browser or is this just parsing the markup directly into a DOM tree? I'm sure there will be a few sites that this won't be reflected…
roskilli on HN
Alternatives named
Pingdom and PageSpeed Insights for performance diagnostics
From 2 comments
Nice! Surprised how much I like seeing a simple tree view for HTML elements. I can imagine using this on front-end dev job applicants, replacing my current view source + build…
harlanlewis on HNDoh! Right before I went to bed I checked top and saw load at 40%. Should have seen that coming. Fixed and added Pingdom alert.
breck on HN