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How HN took it
2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 4 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score -0.13.
Design: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks cool and resembles Medium's floating editor toolbar
From 2 comments
Pretty cool! Reminds me of the UI on medium.com (selecting text on view mode allows sharing and commenting, and on edit mode pops up a floating format toolbar).
n0nick on HNThis is really weird, I happened to ask on Twitter if there was anything like this just two days ago: https://twitter.com/jbrooksuk/status/341914274014302208 It's almost perfect,…
jbrooksuk on HN
Good UI, similar to Hallo.js editor
From 1 comment
Seems to lack a license. I'm assuming the intention was to make this open source? Anyway, great work! Many similarities in the UI to my http://hallojs.org/ editor. I'd love to…
bergie on HN
Objections
Menu sits over the text and needs bottom margin
From 1 comment
Could use a bit of a margin on the bottom of the menu. It tends to sit over the text, either partially or completely which probably isn't really the expected behavior for an edit…
Trezoid on HN
Animations are too slow and should be snappier
From 2 comments
Very nice. Agreed with another commenter that the default animations could be snappier. I have a complaint: like many HTML WYSIWYG tools, modes are not directly reversible. For…
bhauer on HNLooks interesting! A few thoughts to make a bit nicer to use: it could be much smaller, and flow slightly higher above the text. Also the animations between different modes (for…
yesimahuman on HN
Toggling formats like lists leaves polluted HTML and adds stray paragraphs
From 2 comments
Very nice. Agreed with another commenter that the default animations could be snappier. I have a complaint: like many HTML WYSIWYG tools, modes are not directly reversible. For…
bhauer on HNYep, not so many editor do this right.The only editor I know fix this pain is the medium's editor. But their function are so limit.
custodes on HN
Toolbar is too large and should sit higher above the text
From 1 comment
Looks interesting! A few thoughts to make a bit nicer to use: it could be much smaller, and flow slightly higher above the text. Also the animations between different modes (for…
yesimahuman on HN
Typo in documentation: 'provide'
From 1 comment
You need to add an 's' at the end of "provide".
beeglebug on HN
Requests
Add the ability to export HTML code
From 1 comment
Would you add the ability to export the HTMl code?
tuananh on HN
Support inserting images
From 1 comment
Looks cool! Does it support inserting images?
anderspetersson on HN
Add a license
From 1 comment
Seems to lack a license. I'm assuming the intention was to make this open source? Anyway, great work! Many similarities in the UI to my http://hallojs.org/ editor. I'd love to…
bergie on HN
Integrate with Create.js
From 1 comment
Seems to lack a license. I'm assuming the intention was to make this open source? Anyway, great work! Many similarities in the UI to my http://hallojs.org/ editor. I'd love to…
bergie on HN
Questions
Is it open source?
From 1 comment
Seems to lack a license. I'm assuming the intention was to make this open source? Anyway, great work! Many similarities in the UI to my http://hallojs.org/ editor. I'd love to…
bergie on HN
Does it support inserting images?
From 1 comment
Looks cool! Does it support inserting images?
anderspetersson on HN
Alternatives named
Medium's editor
From 2 comments
Pretty cool! Reminds me of the UI on medium.com (selecting text on view mode allows sharing and commenting, and on edit mode pops up a floating format toolbar).
n0nick on HNYep, not so many editor do this right.The only editor I know fix this pain is the medium's editor. But their function are so limit.
custodes on HN
Hallo.js
From 1 comment
Seems to lack a license. I'm assuming the intention was to make this open source? Anyway, great work! Many similarities in the UI to my http://hallojs.org/ editor. I'd love to…
bergie on HN
Create.js
From 1 comment
I was just going to comment on the similarity as well. I think these built-in HTML5 editors are great, especially when they include persistence. For the node.js devs, I made a…
primaryobjects on HN