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Show HN: A little knowledge portal I've been building

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Re: Show HN: A little knowledge portal I've been building

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mark_l_watson wrote: post #29

Nicely done! I especially like the timeline. Most of the data for the search results I tried are available via DBPedia and other sources and you did a great job tying it all together. BTW, re: UI: I found it easy to use, and it looked nice, on the iPad Pro I am using right now. It is kind of people here to offer suggestions for improving the UI, but my suggestion is to leave the UI as is and keep working on the back…

Thanks for the kind words! You might have seen the UI after I just pushed a small improvement through (it was right around the time of your comment), so it may have been less offensive for your particular viewing! (If it doesn't change when you do a hard reload, you saw the updated version.) Hopefully that addresses some of the issues, but I agree that focusing on the core service is more important in the long run.

Re: Show HN: A little knowledge portal I've been building

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eric001 wrote: post #30
tuvalie wrote: post #14

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Hi, eric. Thanks for the feedback. If you don't mind me asking, do you think it feels that way because of the color choices, spacing, order of content, or something else? The colors are tied to specific themes, which can be changed by registered users -- but I can still tweak the default theme if it would improve things.

Hi! Here's just a quick comparison between your version and a version where I changed some small things. http://imgur.com/a/w1bUV font-size 11pt body width 80%, margin: 0 auto; header height 40px and header > img 35x35px.

Hi, eric. I haven't touched the header yet, but after doing a hard reload in your browser, can you tell me if you like the body style more? (And thank you!)

Re: Show HN: A little knowledge portal I've been building

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s_kilk wrote: post #22
tuvalie wrote: post #21

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Thank you! I'm going to work through those suggestions later. Do you mind if I ask for your feedback afterwards?

Sure, go for it :)

I made a couple of small tweaks. If you have a moment and are willing to take a look, I'd love to hear your thoughts! (You may need to perform a hard reload in your browser.)

Re: Show HN: A little knowledge portal I've been building

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xjay wrote: post #15

I don't have a comment on the work itself, but like most sites, it has no awareness of line length, and it's therefore painful to parse the information without resizing the window. Both HN, and the linked website, could benefit greatly in readability by simply limiting line-length to ~32em for textual information. It's strange that a browser, designed for human use, has no notion of humans in that regard.

Hey, xjay. If you do a hard reload in your browser, you should see that the encyclopedic data is now bound to a 32em width (with a smaller font size). Does that look a bit better to you?

Re: Show HN: A little knowledge portal I've been building

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uptownhr wrote: post #28

Invitation code? Not liking my email address for some reason.

Hey, if you're willing, could you shoot me an e-mail from the address it doesn't like? You can reach me at hello @ the domain of the site. That's the first I've heard of the issue, and I'd like to make sure it gets fixed. (And thanks!)

Re: Show HN: A little knowledge portal I've been building

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gkya wrote: post #16
tuvalie wrote: post #12

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That's a great idea, thank you. A little ashamed I overlooked it, actually :/ It'll be thrown in with my other to-do's for the day.

No problem, even the no-js users overlook it, including myself...

Hi, gkya. The noscript element has been added. Based on some other feedback I've received here, I also reduced the font size and line width for encyclopedic information display. (It may require a hard reload to notice the difference.) Since you had a positive impression of the original design, it'd be good to hear that it hasn't changed with the update. And thanks again!

Re: Show HN: A little knowledge portal I've been building

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tuvalie wrote: post #36
gkya wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No problem, even the no-js users overlook it, including myself...

Hi, gkya. The noscript element has been added. Based on some other feedback I've received here, I also reduced the font size and line width for encyclopedic information display. (It may require a hard reload to notice the difference.) Since you had a positive impression of the original design, it'd be good to hear that it hasn't changed with the update. And thanks again!

Checked it, yes, I see the noscript message. I rather like a more plain style for web pages that is based on text rather than icons, but it is personal preference. The font size is better, and it zooms in and out nicely (I zoom out on it for easier reading). If I would change one thing, that'd be to use a serif for some longer text. You're welcome, and kudos again.

Re: Show HN: A little knowledge portal I've been building

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Post by tuvalie »

Hey folks, I just wanted to apologize. I got an influx of several thousand views because of this post and exceeded some API usage limits, so the web and some of the image results were down for a bit. They're back up now, but if they exceed the limits again, they'll have to remain down for a bit (financial limitations :S).

Re: Show HN: A little knowledge portal I've been building

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Post by tuvalie »

karmacondon wrote: post #39

Completely subjective, but I'm very drawn to the timeline. I would be interested in a site that was organized entirely around that, with the videos and pictures displayed chronologically and by importance.

I'm a big fan of the timeline, myself! I actually regularly export some of the timeline data to a TSV file for others to be able to use in their own projects. http://endlessorigins.com/ -- I'd love to know what kind of uses you can find for it!
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