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Re: Show HN: Giving my mother-in-law an easy internet radio with real icon buttons

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Post by PowerfulWizard »

mattowen_uk wrote: post #3

Slightly off-topic, but as much as I like all these low-tech websites (and I really do!) - I think I need some sort of extension that does this: body { max-width:900px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; } Because trying to read full width text on modern resolutions is way too wide, and I don't even run my browser full screen - I have no idea how people that do, can read it.

I grew up reading the newspaper every day and I prefer quite a narrow margin, here is my bookmarklet for narrowing pages (and it changes font).:

    javascript:!function(){var e,t;e='body {margin: auto;margin-left: 100px;max-width: 540px;font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;}',t=document.createElement("style"),t.type="text/css",t.appendChild(document.createTextNode(e)),document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(t)}();
You could change the "540" to "900" for your needs. I prefer this to narrowing the window because I prefer the whole screen to have a uniform background color.

Edit I don't think it is infaillible, it didn't work on this page, but it works well on pages with no markup. For more complicated site you may try this: https://oxal.org/projects/sakura/bookmark/

Re: Show HN: Giving my mother-in-law an easy internet radio with real icon buttons

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Post by stonesweep »

If the author is reading this, you've hit/stumbled on "HTTP Live Streaming" radios which are sort of the next evolution of classic Shoutcast/Icecast generated streams. There are better clients for it out there than Chrome which could probably enhance the experience (proper audio controls, etc.): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Live_Streaming#Clients

Re: Show HN: Giving my mother-in-law an easy internet radio with real icon buttons

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Post by _joel »

fnord77 wrote: post #15
AgoRapide wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do not agree with the tablet thing. Too many things can go wrong, and tablets are touch only, no tactile feedback. But your last idea was actually an excellent suggestion :) An ideal hacker project!

older non-pc literal people seem to take to tablets very naturally though. at least from what I've seen

Indeed, my 80+ year grandmother uses a tablet everyday

Re: Show HN: Giving my mother-in-law an easy internet radio with real icon buttons

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Post by progman32 »

toast0 wrote: post #13
seba_dos1 wrote: post #5

FYI - access to the site via HTTPS is broken, which makes it hard to access on browsers with https-only mode enabled.

FYI - browsers with https-only mode enabled are broken, which makes it hard to access HTTP only sites.

Broken is in the eye of the beholder. Why the hard stance?

Re: Show HN: Giving my mother-in-law an easy internet radio with real icon buttons

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Post by [deleted] »

mattowen_uk wrote: post #3

Slightly off-topic, but as much as I like all these low-tech websites (and I really do!) - I think I need some sort of extension that does this: body { max-width:900px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; } Because trying to read full width text on modern resolutions is way too wide, and I don't even run my browser full screen - I have no idea how people that do, can read it.

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Re: Show HN: Giving my mother-in-law an easy internet radio with real icon buttons

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Post by nitrogen »

mattowen_uk wrote: post #3

Slightly off-topic, but as much as I like all these low-tech websites (and I really do!) - I think I need some sort of extension that does this: body { max-width:900px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; } Because trying to read full width text on modern resolutions is way too wide, and I don't even run my browser full screen - I have no idea how people that do, can read it.

Might also try resizing the browser window. It's kind of a waste to have a single app fill the entire screen, just to put blank bars on the sides.

Re: Show HN: Giving my mother-in-law an easy internet radio with real icon buttons

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Post by m-p-3 »

mattowen_uk wrote: post #3

Slightly off-topic, but as much as I like all these low-tech websites (and I really do!) - I think I need some sort of extension that does this: body { max-width:900px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; } Because trying to read full width text on modern resolutions is way too wide, and I don't even run my browser full screen - I have no idea how people that do, can read it.

I send the page to Reader View in Firefox when I can. otherwise, Pocket and Outline are great for that.

Re: Show HN: Giving my mother-in-law an easy internet radio with real icon buttons

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Post by forgotmypw17 »

mattowen_uk wrote: post #3

Slightly off-topic, but as much as I like all these low-tech websites (and I really do!) - I think I need some sort of extension that does this: body { max-width:900px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; } Because trying to read full width text on modern resolutions is way too wide, and I don't even run my browser full screen - I have no idea how people that do, can read it.

here is the more versatile way:

Re: Show HN: Giving my mother-in-law an easy internet radio with real icon buttons

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Post by Tarsul »

the solution involves buying a 100 euro product with 6 customizable buttons (cool product but expensive). Anyone know of cheaper alternatives for a keyboard buttonset (between 4 and 20 keys)? Probably standalone numpad (with customizable keys) comes closest but maybe someone knows better.
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