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Re: Show HN: My Windows XP portfolio with working Game Boy and iPod

#33

Post by zapzupnz »

Philip-J-Fry wrote: post #19

I commented on the original post and I still don't understand the point of a "Visual Designer" basically reimplementing Windows XP in the browser. What are you trying to show off? Also, it seems very buggy with the visuals. I see weird artifacts.

I have control bugs. Like, if I drag around a window using my trackpad, I can't seem to 'drop' the window; the state doesn't change and I'm stuck with a window attached to my mouse cursor.

I agree that I'm not sure what value I'd see, as an employer, in a "visual designer" whose CV rips off something else's visual design. Much of the design doesn't belong to you (never mind the ROMs used in the Game Boy emulator) so my alarm bells about how much you respect IP would be going off ("this guy's gonna get us sued").

Now, on the other hand, if this were a display of some HTML, CSS, and JavaScript skills, I'd understand more, but then the title OP has given themselves seems off.

Re: Show HN: My Windows XP portfolio with working Game Boy and iPod

#34

Post by bartread »

mitchivin wrote: post #11
bartread wrote: post #10

I mean... I like it. I remember your post from last time where, apparently, I got the top comment. It looks like you've dealt with the UX issues I ran into previously (e.g., back/forward behaviour), but I did almost immediately spot a different oddity in your portfolio... When you click on "My Projects" and then use the left nav to switch between "All", "Image", "Web", etc., it highlights the relevant projects rather…

haha welcome back, your feedback last time was 100% fair and balanced - I used it along with the other comments in that thread to resolve the issues I felt deserved attention and the things you mentioned fell into that category, so I appreciate it! in regards to the new my projects bug, thats honestly something I noticed myself just recently too and its a result of changing which projects I have up. at one point they…

That's cool - I'm glad it was useful. I also should say, I like the fact you've come back after a decent chunk of time and posted it again with changes. It's very rare that happens with Show HNs, but it's really nice to see the progress on something over time and I'm not sure I would have run across this again unless you'd posted.

Re: Show HN: My Windows XP portfolio with working Game Boy and iPod

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Post by mitchivin »

bartread wrote: post #34
mitchivin wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

haha welcome back, your feedback last time was 100% fair and balanced - I used it along with the other comments in that thread to resolve the issues I felt deserved attention and the things you mentioned fell into that category, so I appreciate it! in regards to the new my projects bug, thats honestly something I noticed myself just recently too and its a result of changing which projects I have up. at one point they…

That's cool - I'm glad it was useful. I also should say, I like the fact you've come back after a decent chunk of time and posted it again with changes. It's very rare that happens with Show HNs, but it's really nice to see the progress on something over time and I'm not sure I would have run across this again unless you'd posted.

ahah thanks for making the effort to comment again

in the same way, it's been cool getting feedback from the same person after those changes/time has passed

Re: Show HN: My Windows XP portfolio with working Game Boy and iPod

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Post by mitchivin »

petterroea wrote: post #37

Immediately the wallpaper looks AI generated, and for me that immediately removes any trust in "graphic design" and "attention to detail. But the rest is cool

Aside from the fact that Graphic Designer is barely if ever mentioned on the site, I don't think you understand what Graphic Design is
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