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Re: Show HN: A Handcrafted Web

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 7:30 PM UTC

sprobertson wrote: post #3

ktsmith wrote: post #2

This team page reminds me of geocities from the late 90s. https://www.scrollkit.com/s/iaJos01

Geocities in HD, at least

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Re: Show HN: A Handcrafted Web

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Post by jcromartie » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 7:32 PM UTC

So, basically, "web publishing is broken because you have to do it on someone else's terms".

And then you say "use our stuff instead".

Re: Show HN: A Handcrafted Web

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Post by digitalengineer » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 7:33 PM UTC

Reminds me of Easel: https://www.easel.io/ Nice.

Re: Show HN: A Handcrafted Web

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Post by jcromartie » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 7:33 PM UTC

So, basically, "web publishing is broken because you have to do it on someone else's terms".

And then you say "use our stuff instead".

Re: Show HN: A Handcrafted Web

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Post by anigbrowl » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 7:41 PM UTC

You had me until 'Login with Facebook'. It's the new 'Connect with us on AOL'.

Re: Show HN: A Handcrafted Web

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Post by kateray » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 7:41 PM UTC

mnicole wrote: post #20

Hi Kate, you guys are probably still tweaking away and have all of this noted, but I'll post some issues I have anyway: - Thought I was saving the page from the Settings drop-down where it shows me the URL to my site and says "Update", rather than the "Done" button to the top right. - Expected to be able to drag-and-drop the images to the canvas so I could do it en mass instead of click them, then have the clipart st…

Awesome, thanks for the feedback. Yeah, we're definitely still tweaking the design and some of these issues are just things we haven't gotten to yet (3 person team - we're hiring!).

We did have the toolbar vertically-aligned before, but found that it got in people's way a lot more when they were trying to design the page.

Also, I'm kate@scrollkit.com if there's anything else you come across, this stuff is super helpful for us.

Re: Show HN: A Handcrafted Web

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Post by sp332 » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 7:42 PM UTC

jcromartie wrote: post #22

So, basically, "web publishing is broken because you have to do it on someone else's terms". And then you say "use our stuff instead".

Web publishing isn't broken because of the experience of making a page, it's broken because someone else determines the experience of visiting a page. This gives publishers control over the visitor's experience.

Re: Show HN: A Handcrafted Web

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Post by ktsmith » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 7:45 PM UTC

jastanton wrote: post #10

sprobertson wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Geocities in HD, at least

Im not sure if high def is the right adjective: https://www.scrollkit.com/s/plIhCWv

Wow, that's an even better example.

Re: Show HN: A Handcrafted Web

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Post by notJim » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 7:45 PM UTC

jcromartie wrote: post #22

So, basically, "web publishing is broken because you have to do it on someone else's terms". And then you say "use our stuff instead".

This was my initial reaction as well. Actually, as I find myself scrolling down the page, I thought the ideas were compelling. It was like this:

  [Facebook part     ]      Hmm… ok…

  [GO SLOWER         ]      Yeah!
  |-----   .... ---- |      YEAh!
  |.. ..... ------- .|      YEAH!
  
  [Make it meaningful]      Yeah!
  |.. ..... ---- .. .|      YEAH!
  
  [Join              ]      Wait… what? Join… your app?

I thought this was about hand-crafting. This is just another ad for a service that will be acquihired in 2 months?

FUCK.THAT.

Re: Show HN: A Handcrafted Web

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Post by ktsmith » Thu, Sep 13, 2012, 7:45 PM UTC

creamyhorror wrote: post #12

ktsmith wrote: post #2

This team page reminds me of geocities from the late 90s. https://www.scrollkit.com/s/iaJos01

I like it. Lots of personality, you know they're there to make it fun. We could do with a return of the GeoCities self-made-page aesthetic (with improved aesthetic sense, of course) on a web where everything on the big sites is neatly templated and identical in layout. Amidst all the consistency, I've been missing the touches that used to make personal sites unique. All people do on their blogs now is throw on funny…

I feel the opposite and don't particularly care for it. The page is basically content free has some content that is difficult to read and contains seizure inducing animation.