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Re: Show HN: Composable (as in iGoogle, but modern) privacy-friendly new tab

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Post by sneak »

LordDragonfang wrote: post #19

This is really cool, I'm definitely going to be using this. I love theming support. Some feedback: 1. The slider for the blur on the custom theme bg image should have some sort of label - I had no idea what it did until I tried it while trying to figure out why all the images I uploaded looked like blurry shit (my fault for picking images with a lot of detail, but hey) 2. For the time widget, there should be a 12-hr…

If you want time without AM/PM, use 24 hour time. If it is 23:00 then no time display should ever display 11:00 without a PM because it’s then lying because 11:00 with no AM/PM unambiguously denotes 11:00AM.

Re: Show HN: Composable (as in iGoogle, but modern) privacy-friendly new tab

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Post by mrweasel »

It looks really nice, but I never understood the use case for start pages. Personally I just have "new tab/window" set to a about:blank. Then again I barely use bookmarks. Is start pages something that's an integral part of other people workflow?

Re: Show HN: Composable (as in iGoogle, but modern) privacy-friendly new tab

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Post by eloisant »

mrweasel wrote: post #23

It looks really nice, but I never understood the use case for start pages. Personally I just have "new tab/window" set to a about:blank. Then again I barely use bookmarks. Is start pages something that's an integral part of other people workflow?

It was pretty popular before smartphones. Now that we already have all relevant information at our fingertips on phones, it's much less appealing.

Re: Show HN: Composable (as in iGoogle, but modern) privacy-friendly new tab

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Post by kergonath »

sneak wrote: post #21
LordDragonfang wrote: post #19

This is really cool, I'm definitely going to be using this. I love theming support. Some feedback: 1. The slider for the blur on the custom theme bg image should have some sort of label - I had no idea what it did until I tried it while trying to figure out why all the images I uploaded looked like blurry shit (my fault for picking images with a lot of detail, but hey) 2. For the time widget, there should be a 12-hr…

If you want time without AM/PM, use 24 hour time. If it is 23:00 then no time display should ever display 11:00 without a PM because it’s then lying because 11:00 with no AM/PM unambiguously denotes 11:00AM.

> If it is 23:00 then no time display should ever display 11:00 without a PM because it’s then lying because 11:00 with no AM/PM unambiguously denotes 11:00AM.

In one specific linguistic context. In others, 11:00 for 23:00 is perfectly fine and expected. Yes, it is ambiguous; no, it is not “lying”.

Re: Show HN: Composable (as in iGoogle, but modern) privacy-friendly new tab

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Post by whereismyacc »

squigz wrote: post #12

I've been looking to make my new tab page more useful, so this seems a good excuse :) I've immediately noted a white flicker when opening a new tab though. This is unfortunately a big issue for me.

I've set HN as my new tab page for a while, and the white flicker is the only thing about it that annoys me. It's just the load time, I think. I wonder if there's a way to make it always keep an updated cache of it to load it instantly?

Re: Show HN: Composable (as in iGoogle, but modern) privacy-friendly new tab

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Post by sneak »

kergonath wrote: post #27
sneak wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you want time without AM/PM, use 24 hour time. If it is 23:00 then no time display should ever display 11:00 without a PM because it’s then lying because 11:00 with no AM/PM unambiguously denotes 11:00AM.

> If it is 23:00 then no time display should ever display 11:00 without a PM because it’s then lying because 11:00 with no AM/PM unambiguously denotes 11:00AM. In one specific linguistic context. In others, 11:00 for 23:00 is perfectly fine and expected. Yes, it is ambiguous; no, it is not “lying”.

> In one specific linguistic context.

No, in all of them, including the 12 hour time default places. That’s what the “AM” or “PM” is for; if it isn’t there then it indicates it is 24 hour time regardless of the number displayed.

Re: Show HN: Composable (as in iGoogle, but modern) privacy-friendly new tab

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Post by OlegWock »

pimlottc wrote: post #14

Mind explaining a bit further for those who aren’t familiar with iGoogle?

Sorry! There is a screenshot on anori.app which will tell it better that my words I believe. But in short, Anori allows you to add different widgets to your new tab (bookmarks, world time, notes, etc) and organize them in layout you like.

There was similar product from Google 15 years ago which allowed to create personalized start page with different widgets, but it was closed long ago. I wasn't familiar with it first-hand, but I found it funny how similar concept Anori had to iGoogle when I finally learned about it

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