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Re: Show HN: One clean, developer-focused page for every Unicode symbol

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Post by jon_richards »

merelysounds wrote: post #51

Feature request: some context, history and/or example of popular usage. Some symbols leave me with more questions than answers, like “LEFT HALF RUNNING MAN”[1]. I’d like to at least see that it’s a glyph part, that there are two in total, and what does the other half look like; right now the “right half running man” is not listed anywhere on that page, not even in the “related symbols” section. Off topic, the running…

This history was a surprisingly interesting read https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43667010

Re: Show HN: One clean, developer-focused page for every Unicode symbol

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Post by mrngm »

yarlinghe wrote: post #14
jdeisenberg wrote: post #8

I’m looking at the currency block. Each box has a colored “drop shadow”. I spent a minute or so trying to figure out what the significance of the color is. Finally, I noticed that the color appears to cycle between cyan, magenta, and yellow. Is this a design element only, or do the colors actually have some meaning with respect to the symbol?

Purely cosmetic. In hindsight, probably unnecessary — but once you add color, it’s hard to stop

I do like how it has some brutalist web design elements. With regards to drop-shadow colours on the /symbols page, it doesn't provide additional structure, so I would choose either none or a grayscale tint. Or, if you prefer colours, choose as many distinct colours as there are categories, such that they provide that additional structure.

The symbols on that page could be a bit bigger, though, as they are the main subject. (I changed 1.125rem to something like 1.6rem for text-lg; that works, but it could get a bit crowded with the clickable arrow on lower resolution screens).

I'm not a huge fan of things that move; the offset of a block of symbols, as well as scaling of an individual symbol block when hovering seems a bit too much. I would do either, but not both.

Re: Show HN: One clean, developer-focused page for every Unicode symbol

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Post by savolai »

stack_framer wrote: post #64

It doesn't fit my definition of "clean" at all, but that's a subjective word anyway. I do have some feedback (unrelated to being clean): - The search field is arguably the most important element on the site. It might benefit from a magnifying glass icon and/or some visual distinctions that make it actually look like a text input for searching. It's thick border and shadow make it look like all the other boxes on the…

+1 The small font size combined with the big black box with green arrow that, at least on my iphone xs, covers part of the symbol itself, makes it really hard to see the symbols themselves on front page.

Re: Show HN: One clean, developer-focused page for every Unicode symbol

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Post by Fileformat »

xigoi wrote: post #80
Fileformat wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get where you are coming from, and have put some thought into it. I built the site over 20 years ago, and while it was fun to make, I wouldn't have maintained it this long if is was costing me every month. I've tried to minimize the intrusiveness: I disabled the pop-up and interstitial ads and I don't serve anything different to people with ad-blockers. And I've stuck with Google Adwords, despite requests from all…

Isn’t it just a bunch of static pages? You can get that hosted for free.

There wasn't free hosting in 2003 when I first made it. I have thought about converting it to static, but it would be a complete rewrite, and there is always some other new shiny thing to play with instead.

The newer things I'm doing (like UnicodeSearch.org) are static, though I don't like forcing everyone to have JavaScript enabled.

Re: Show HN: One clean, developer-focused page for every Unicode symbol

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Post by jfoster »

xigoi wrote: post #80
Fileformat wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get where you are coming from, and have put some thought into it. I built the site over 20 years ago, and while it was fun to make, I wouldn't have maintained it this long if is was costing me every month. I've tried to minimize the intrusiveness: I disabled the pop-up and interstitial ads and I don't serve anything different to people with ad-blockers. And I've stuck with Google Adwords, despite requests from all…

Isn’t it just a bunch of static pages? You can get that hosted for free.

Is there any free static hosting that has lasted longer than a few years?

Re: Show HN: One clean, developer-focused page for every Unicode symbol

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Post by catoc »

catoc wrote: post #63
Fileformat wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get where you are coming from, and have put some thought into it. I built the site over 20 years ago, and while it was fun to make, I wouldn't have maintained it this long if is was costing me every month. I've tried to minimize the intrusiveness: I disabled the pop-up and interstitial ads and I don't serve anything different to people with ad-blockers. And I've stuck with Google Adwords, despite requests from all…

I’m glad to hear it’s helping you keep the costs down - that’s positive. It’s the type of popup that triggers my allergy - which as allergies go is mostly my problem.

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