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SHOW HN2014

40points
12comments
#788of 2,272 in 2014
Top 35%of 2014 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

3 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.15.

Idea: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 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

  • Fast, responsive interface that makes searching and voting easy

    From 1 comment
    • I think stars in Github are the same, kind of votes for librairies. I really like the responsiveness of the interface, it makes it really fast and easy to search and vote.
      Dorian-Marie on HN
  • Centralized place to gauge library quality across languages

    From 1 comment
    • This is awesome. Happy to see a centralized place where I can quickly gauge library quality across many languages.
      natdempk on HN

Objections

  • Popularity versus quality is unclear; votes may not measure quality

    From 1 comment

Requests

  • Add a list of all popular libraries

    From 1 comment
  • Add Bower support

    From 1 comment
    • Search is great. It would be cool to have Bower in it and command lines / snippets for easy copy-paste.
      cstenac on HN
  • Add command line and copy-paste snippets

    From 1 comment
    • Search is great. It would be cool to have Bower in it and command lines / snippets for easy copy-paste.
      cstenac on HN

Questions

  • Is there a list of all popular libraries?

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • GitHub stars

    From 1 comment
    • I think stars in Github are the same, kind of votes for librairies. I really like the responsiveness of the interface, it makes it really fast and easy to search and vote.
      Dorian-Marie on HN
  • addonlist.com

    From 1 comment
    • shameless plug for my project: http://addonlist.com :)
      ubi on HN

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