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Show HN: Multiverse.plus – what if blogging was more collage-like and colorful?
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#22I honestly miss people building random stuff on the internet to showcase unique information on things like Geocities. They were almost always "ugly" but also always visually entertaining. I remember skimming through hundreds of car Geocities sites by enthusiasts who had no clue how to build a website but wanted to show off their rides. It was always a rollercoaster of poor UX and bad quality images but something was…
Well it's dangerous to give people the tools to design themselves - it's a rare skill and very difficult to blend it all together into a cohesive community! I think many startups of the 2010s saw Myspace design as a disaster.
We're hoping that by having some default color palettes and some common patterns and fonts - as well as limits to paddings, margins and border sizes - that it helps people stay in the ballpark of what a Multiverse post looks like. (Kind of like how you can spot something made with LEGOs from a distance.)
But whatever - creating ugly things should be part of the world. Looking forward to the future of 'ugly', 'bad', 'shoddy' design on the Internet. <3
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#23Re: Show HN: Multiverse.plus – what if blogging was more collage-like and colorful?
#24Bring back MySpace!
-- almost nobody, ever
I like the idea but I dread what people will do with it.
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#25I like the idea. I mostly need code examples (with highlights) and diagrams (potentially with animations) in my articles. Is there something planned for that?
text control (including hyperlinking) is something we definitely want to invest more time into, so super yes to code examples
for now, you can copy and paste linked text into the text control, so format the text using something like https://trix-editor.org/ home page - then copy and paste it in
can you share more about what you have in mind for diagrams? drawing them with shapes or detailed diagrams (excel style)
animations and even code based triggers are features we think could really introduce more depth and interesting authoring abilities to this blogging site. if you have examples of animated diagrams, I'd love to see them and plan features with them in mind
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#26Livestream if you want to peek in on Multiverse.plus or ask questions: https://www.twitch.tv/kickscondor/
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#27I honestly miss people building random stuff on the internet to showcase unique information on things like Geocities. They were almost always "ugly" but also always visually entertaining. I remember skimming through hundreds of car Geocities sites by enthusiasts who had no clue how to build a website but wanted to show off their rides. It was always a rollercoaster of poor UX and bad quality images but something was…
Well it's dangerous to give people the tools to design themselves - it's a rare skill and very difficult to blend it all together into a cohesive community! I think many startups of the 2010s saw Myspace design as a disaster. We're hoping that by having some default color palettes and some common patterns and fonts - as well as limits to paddings, margins and border sizes - that it helps people stay in the ballpark o…
In the context of hobby websites, the choice of the word "dangerous" is pretty extreme.
Re: Show HN: Multiverse.plus – what if blogging was more collage-like and colorful?
#28I like the idea. I mostly need code examples (with highlights) and diagrams (potentially with animations) in my articles. Is there something planned for that?
text control (including hyperlinking) is something we definitely want to invest more time into, so super yes to code examples for now, you can copy and paste linked text into the text control, so format the text using something like https://trix-editor.org/ home page - then copy and paste it in can you share more about what you have in mind for diagrams? drawing them with shapes or detailed diagrams (excel style) ani…
I think, it would be nice to illustrate some examplesand easy animations would help.
Like animating the travel of a request through a chain of services, etc.
So, nothing too fancy.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well it's dangerous to give people the tools to design themselves - it's a rare skill and very difficult to blend it all together into a cohesive community! I think many startups of the 2010s saw Myspace design as a disaster. We're hoping that by having some default color palettes and some common patterns and fonts - as well as limits to paddings, margins and border sizes - that it helps people stay in the ballpark o…
In the context of hobby websites, the choice of the word "dangerous" is pretty extreme.
"Disaster" is also hyperbole.
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#30I honestly miss people building random stuff on the internet to showcase unique information on things like Geocities. They were almost always "ugly" but also always visually entertaining. I remember skimming through hundreds of car Geocities sites by enthusiasts who had no clue how to build a website but wanted to show off their rides. It was always a rollercoaster of poor UX and bad quality images but something was…
Well it's dangerous to give people the tools to design themselves - it's a rare skill and very difficult to blend it all together into a cohesive community! I think many startups of the 2010s saw Myspace design as a disaster. We're hoping that by having some default color palettes and some common patterns and fonts - as well as limits to paddings, margins and border sizes - that it helps people stay in the ballpark o…
On the other hand, a ton of us got our start in web design or development due to the freedom of sites like Myspace and Geocities.