suggestion - instead of scrollable divs, just make the page scroll like normal. can achieve the same UX without the wonkiness that comes with scrolly divs
Show HN: “OK Google” – Explore Google Now voice commands
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#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you actually have a problem that any of those are causing? I mean the site comes in at around 500kb transferred. That's not small, but it's also not obscenely large. A single large-ish image can easily blow that out of the water. Yeah, it could afford to lose some weight in the javascript (although looking at it now, i'm not sure they can. much of the size of the javascript is string literals for all of the option…
> Do you actually have a problem that any of those are causing? Inability to select the text.
That's because the author set the css property `user-select` to `none`.
Why? I'm not sure, but that has nothing to do with any of the libraries listed, or even javascript at all.
Re: Show HN: “OK Google” – Explore Google Now voice commands
#63Great, a site with an unskippable intro. But hey, at least it's in html5 and not flash!
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#64This seems really well put together, but I can't help but wonder how long until it gets a takedown notice from Google?
Using Google in the domain name alone is enough for it to be taken down.
I never understood this well.
For example the case of YouTube mp3 (http://www.youtube-mp3.org/).
In past Google tried to stop YouTube mp3 because of violations to the YouTube Terms of Service, but, if it is true that it only suffices using someone else's trademark in a domain for the owner to shut your domain down, then why did never Google attack it on this side?
Re: Show HN: “OK Google” – Explore Google Now voice commands
#65The Internet of Things won't take off until devices can hand Google/Amazon/Apple a list of nouns that respond to a list of verbs. Memorizing these voice commands is as clunky as using a different mobile app for each appliance.
"Turn on the coffee machine when my alarm goes off"
"Turn the stove down in 5 minutes"
"Is the dryer done?"
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#66Re: Show HN: “OK Google” – Explore Google Now voice commands
#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
While I agree, I think the idea is that you don't need a list of commands in order to use the service. Instead you're encouraged to speak naturally - of course with varying results but I guess Google sees this as favorable compared to suggesting a manual/reference is needed.
"Speaking naturally" to Google Now for me means it's just going to google random stuff instead of doing actions. Even things like "Play next song" will make it google that term instead of switching songs.
"Play next song" is not speaking naturally.
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
It also features a toggleable sidebar, an inline interactive search/filter bar and a modern UI with good visual feedback. Not as trivial as plain li and ul.
Interactive search/filter bar: Alt+F
... which doesn't hide the uninteresting context around the commands in question, and doesn't cluster the commands with the same text together for convenient viewing.
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#69Technologies used for a static list (!): react redux reselect aphrodite material-ui stylz redux-form react-helmet webpack faker lodash moment
It's ok - it's made with <3
And depending on the toolchain the author chose, it may also be made in less time than it'd take to hand-roll and tags into a list.
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#70I used to love using the "remind me to" command. It was a fast and convenient way to set alarms. Recently, when I attempted to use it on iOS, I was hit with an alert that "reminders have been moved to the Calendar app," where it is far less convenient to set up a reminder. Instead of just setting the alarm with my voice and then confirming it, I have to use a click wheel to set the time, and it takes like three more…
I think that alternatively can't you just use the "set an alarm for" command? It works on android