As an aside: this is the first time I’ve seen scrolling the page implemented with history. This feels like an anti-pattern; I had to hit back 4 times to return to HN.
I couldn't get Firefox Preview on mobile to get back to HN.
Show HN: TheKnob – sound volume control knob made of concrete and RGB lights
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#12Really neat little project! I would have loved to paid more attention but easily the most unusable website I've used in a while. Like seriously, it's awful if you scroll up an down a couple times because you're pushing URL changes. Then because everything animates it starts chugging a long, doing weird shit, like not going back. It's a single page it doesn't need to change the fucking URL or even worse animate those…
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#15... sigh ... the back button ... sites that mess with the back button should not be allowed on the internet.
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#16(Huh, apparently Griffin stopped making them in 2018, so I guess there's room for a replacement. I covet one every time I remember they exist but I never quite covet one enough to actually want to spend the money getting one...)
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#17... sigh ... the back button ... sites that mess with the back button should not be allowed on the internet.
Re: Show HN: TheKnob – sound volume control knob made of concrete and RGB lights
#18Really neat little project! I would have loved to paid more attention but easily the most unusable website I've used in a while. Like seriously, it's awful if you scroll up an down a couple times because you're pushing URL changes. Then because everything animates it starts chugging a long, doing weird shit, like not going back. It's a single page it doesn't need to change the fucking URL or even worse animate those…
Re: Show HN: TheKnob – sound volume control knob made of concrete and RGB lights
#19So it's a PowerMate ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin_PowerMate ) except made from concrete? (Huh, apparently Griffin stopped making them in 2018, so I guess there's room for a replacement. I covet one every time I remember they exist but I never quite covet one enough to actually want to spend the money getting one...)
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not sure yet. We have several manually assembled samples now, but it isn't easy to produce a lot of them without a proper production line... If you're interested in getting one of these samples you can email at brainhublab@gmail.com, we'll try to figure out how to send one to you.
If you made your own board pcb and ordered them populated with everything but the rgb ring and switches, I bet you could get the soldering time down to 2 minutes or so per device, especially if you made custom jigs to hold everything in place. I could see a price point of $100 totally reasonable for this, especially if the user can easily swap knobs. Bulk manufacture of the concrete knobs should be easy, as long as y…