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Re: Show HN: Bear – Minimal blogging platform

#41

The comparisons are all to large content management systems. However this seems like a better fit for static site generators. Would it be better to compare to Jekyll, Hugo, etc?

Sure, serving static files will always be the fastest, but this is for people looking for a service like Medium, or Blogger, where there's no need to handle anything locally.

Re: Show HN: Bear – Minimal blogging platform

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I appreciate the no-bs lightweight website sentiment as much as anyone, but I think there's also something to be said about drastically improving readability with some line-height and font styling.

Just change the font to something other than Garamond like Verdana. It is a nice font for paper, but not on websites.

Yea, I hate seeing this front on blogs. It's so difficult to read.

Re: Show HN: Bear – Minimal blogging platform

#44

Be careful, you might be running into trademark violations with the popular note-taking app Bear. Seems like both fall in similar genres.

I don't think you can trademark a generic work like "Bear" .. so long as the author isn't using the logos from that app or conflating its brand, it should be fine (IANAL)

Re: Show HN: Bear – Minimal blogging platform

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post #31

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I really recommend https://write.as/ for those looking for minimalism with a bit more styling

FWIW I personally much prefer Bear's style over Write.as. Both from an aesthetic and readability point of view. At least for the landing page. Everything fits on one screen, the font size is much more bearable, there's no unnecessary columnization or links to other parts of the site.

oh interesting! Yeah I actually hadn't been to their landing page in a long time, totally agree with your there (and feel like it doesn't do their actual blog product justice - to my tastes at least their blogs are perfect, low-key but elegant and very readable).

Re: Show HN: Bear – Minimal blogging platform

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Be careful, you might be running into trademark violations with the popular note-taking app Bear. Seems like both fall in similar genres.

I don't think you can trademark a generic work like "Bear" .. so long as the author isn't using the logos from that app or conflating its brand, it should be fine (IANAL)

You absolutely can trademark a generic word for specific circumstances. That’s why I can’t set up a computer shop called Apple. It was also the subject of many lawsuits between Apple Computers and Apple Records.

Re: Show HN: Bear – Minimal blogging platform

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just change the font to something other than Garamond like Verdana. It is a nice font for paper, but not on websites.

Yea, I hate seeing this front on blogs. It's so difficult to read.

Noted :)

Re: Show HN: Bear – Minimal blogging platform

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post #31
post #5

I appreciate the no-bs lightweight website sentiment as much as anyone, but I think there's also something to be said about drastically improving readability with some line-height and font styling.

I really recommend https://write.as/ for those looking for minimalism with a bit more styling

There's really nothing more minimal than https://telegra.ph

It just gets out of the way.

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