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73points
30comments
#362of 2,565 in 2015
Top 15%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
7 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Execution: 2 for, 4 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks fantastic and beautiful typography
From 2 comments
Looks fantastic. It did take a few minutes to get forked over and modify for location, °F instead of °C, etc. Perhaps a future version could use a config.js or something that…
jamiesonbecker on HNExcellent! Much better than what I made for personal use, and it's great that you open sourced it. I'll set it up on my local web server and start using it.
milankragujevic on HN
Better than Momentum for some users
From 1 comment
As a long time user of Momentum, I like how this looks better. I've never seriously used the "main focus for today" feature.
simi_ on HN
Customizable and open sourced
From 2 comments
Excellent! Much better than what I made for personal use, and it's great that you open sourced it. I'll set it up on my local web server and start using it.
milankragujevic on HNIncidentally, you can do this without installing an addon. In about:config, set the `browser.newtab.url` to any URL (file:///, local, or otherwise) you wish. This is really…
potch on HN
Objections
Weather does not show over HTTPS
From 1 comment
Looks nice. The weather info doesn't show in the demo for me for some reason? EDIT: only works over HTTP, not HTTPS
detaro on HN
Temperature not displaying for some locations
From 1 comment
I only have an issue where it's not displaying the temperature. I set the place to Kostolac in the controller and the view, and language to en, and it's just not displaying the…
milankragujevic on HN
URL stays in address bar due to Angular hash routing
From 1 comment
An issue I've found is that the URL stays in the address bar. This seems to be caused by Angular adding "#/" to the page URL after it is loaded - any idea how to fix this?
skykooler on HN
Does not work on Firefox for Android
From 2 comments
Looks nice. Off topic: Thank you for the link to the Custom New Tab addon -- been thinking I wanted something like that in my Firefox but hadn't thought to actually look it up.…
erikano on HNI'm the author of the cited add-on: Custom-New-Tab (https://addons.mozilla.org/en/firefox/addon/custom-new-tab/). Thank you so much for promoting it jakke (OP)! Just wanted to…
throwaway182734 on HN
Hard-coded location and Celsius; needs editing source
From 1 comment
Looks fantastic. It did take a few minutes to get forked over and modify for location, °F instead of °C, etc. Perhaps a future version could use a config.js or something that…
jamiesonbecker on HN
Requests
Configuration file or user settings for location and date format
From 2 comments
Looks fantastic. It did take a few minutes to get forked over and modify for location, °F instead of °C, etc. Perhaps a future version could use a config.js or something that…
jamiesonbecker on HNThis is a really cool start! In the future, I'd love to be able to set preferences and save them to local storage. (For example, it would be nice to be able to set date…
rdebeasi on HN
Package as an add-on
From 1 comment
This looks really nice, I'm going to set this up. If you want to keep developing this, you should think about packaging this into a convenient addon. But what I'm missing most…
wongarsu on HN
Add a license file
From 1 comment
This looks really nice, I'm going to set this up. If you want to keep developing this, you should think about packaging this into a convenient addon. But what I'm missing most…
wongarsu on HN
Questions
Why use Angular for a simple page
From 1 comment
Looks really nice. Out of curiosity, why did you use Angular? For a simple, non-interactive page Angular seems like overkill.
explorigin on HN
Better JavaScript date library than Moment.js
From 1 comment
Is there any other better Javascript library than Moment.js to play around with dates ?
sunilkumarc on HN
Alternatives named
Momentum dashboard extension
From 2 comments
This looks great. I use something similar* in Chrome for a similar effect. I like that you can make it exactly what you want with your version. * http://momentumdash.com/
duvander on HNAccording to the description, it is indeed based on Momentum.
Majestic121 on HN
Custom New Tab add-on
From 2 comments
I'm the author of the cited add-on: Custom-New-Tab (https://addons.mozilla.org/en/firefox/addon/custom-new-tab/). Thank you so much for promoting it jakke (OP)! Just wanted to…
throwaway182734 on HNLooks nice. Off topic: Thank you for the link to the Custom New Tab addon -- been thinking I wanted something like that in my Firefox but hadn't thought to actually look it up.…
erikano on HN
Setting browser.newtab.url in about:config
From 1 comment
Incidentally, you can do this without installing an addon. In about:config, set the `browser.newtab.url` to any URL (file:///, local, or otherwise) you wish. This is really…
potch on HN