hash-n-slash
Dev tools
browser extension
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
6 positive, 21 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 33 critical, out of 64 comments about the project. Thread score -0.39.
Idea: 4 for, 23 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 6 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting, clever idea that changes how domains work
From 2 comments
This is really cool. This is my favourite kind of idea; one that changes something fundamental in a succinct way. This makes me wonder how important domains are at all. My mum…
splatzone on HNThis is awesome! I wonder if this could be integrated with "I'm Feeling Lucky"? It would be good for most Google searches IMO.
tomrod on HN
Objections
Hashed domains are unintelligible and untrustworthy
From 3 comments
The is a horrendously horrible idea, for the same reason why unicode domain names are a bad idea. Domain names are important because they provide a reasonable amount of trust. If…
Patrick_Devine on HNI might be missing something, but I completely don't get this idea, especially with the examples provided by the author. I have two major concerns: > Bind searches to domain…
TeMPOraL on HNMy initial thought: This is terrible, because how would we ever know which sites we can trust? Something as tiny as an extra space would change the hash value. But on second…
chavesn on HN
Small text changes produce different hashes
From 1 comment
I would be in favor of this idea if a little more thought was put into how the hashing function works. As it stands, someone typing in: food in Chicago will get a different URL…
pudquick on HN
Squatters would still grab hash domains
From 2 comments
I might be missing something, but I completely don't get this idea, especially with the examples provided by the author. I have two major concerns: > Bind searches to domain…
TeMPOraL on HNI like the concept but it still doesnt the solve the problem: The concept is that if it were accepted by browsers, devs wont have to struggle with squatters for domain names. So…
jacooqs on HN
Requests
Fuzzy matching or spelling correction for queries
From 1 comment
I love the idea, I've been thinking along similar lines. I would add less strict spelling, ie. spelling correction for existing domains, and for domains that are not recognized,…
desireco42 on HN
Support for other schemes like https
From 1 comment
Neat idea! One quibble: since the essence is specifying a domain-name in a new way, it'd be good if the 'escaping' convention didnt' clobber/assume a single protocol/scheme. As…
gojomo on HN
Questions
What happens with hash collisions?
From 1 comment
The first thing that came to my mind when I saw this: hash collisions. Could problems arise from two keywords that hit the same domain? Really cool idea, though.
EvanHahn on HN
Alternatives named
RealNames
From 1 comment
Reminds me of "RealNames". Dot-com era company. $130 million in funding. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealNames RealNames was a company founded in 1997 by Keith Teare. Its goal…
arn on HN
URL shorteners
From 1 comment
This won't work because to me this is similar in concept to URL shorteners. The difference being in the shortening algorithm and the use of expensive domains. So for example with…
jyap on HN
3721
From 1 comment
There was a Chinese company call 3721. They did a similar thing about 10 year ago. They were acquired by Yahoo. Yahoo 3721 was closed about 5 years ago.
yoyo1999 on HN