Fog Creek releases WebPutty • Hacker News Board

Re: Fog Creek releases WebPutty

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Post by almightygod » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 8:19 PM UTC

Meai wrote: post #4

dmbass wrote: post #2

Can someone explain why they would choose a name like Putty which is already a well established and completely different software?

I almost didn't click on this because of the name. I'm glad I did it anyway, I will definitely use this in the future.

agreed - i thought it was a real "web" putty and thought of all the reasons why i wouldn't use it

Re: Fog Creek releases WebPutty

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Post by tghw » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 8:21 PM UTC

sorensen wrote: post #6

dmbass wrote: post #2

Can someone explain why they would choose a name like Putty which is already a well established and completely different software?

Isn't that the logo for Notepad++?

Haha, we were wondering how long it would take people to notice. Yeah, it is. We picked it before realizing it, and didn't know until we were getting permission for it. We'll probably change it soon, but since it plays a pretty minor role on the site, we decided to leave it until we could get some more time to search for a replacement.

Re: Fog Creek releases WebPutty

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Post by nmb » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 8:30 PM UTC

the favicon (http://www.webputty.net/favicon.ico) looks awfully similar to the notepad++ logo: http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Re: Fog Creek releases WebPutty

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Post by funkah » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 8:33 PM UTC

nmb wrote: post #13

the favicon ( http://www.webputty.net/favicon.ico ) looks awfully similar to the notepad++ logo: http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Wow.

Re: Fog Creek releases WebPutty

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Post by jedcn » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 8:34 PM UTC

Bug Report? Mark Pilgrim's named is spelled incorrectly on this page: http://www.webputty.net/credits.

Re: Fog Creek releases WebPutty

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Post by Fzznik » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 8:35 PM UTC

davesims wrote: post #8

It's what you always wished Firebug's css view would actually do.

Try the "Edit CSS" feature in the Web Developer plugin. It works surprisingly well for most things, in the way you are probably wishing for.

Re: Fog Creek releases WebPutty

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Post by RocknRolla » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 8:35 PM UTC

Maybe I'm not understanding this completely (and that's entirely possible!) but why use 3rd party web servers? I like the idea but it just seems like it'd be easier as a browser addon. With the browser addon:

||Step 1 > Visit Url or open file ||Step 2 > Click the addon button ||Step 3 > Addon opens double pane and clears any current CSS ||Step 4 > Edit CSS and refresh

There's probably already an addon like this. Admittedly I've never looked past Firebug.

Re: Fog Creek releases WebPutty

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 9:06 PM UTC

nmb wrote: post #13

the favicon ( http://www.webputty.net/favicon.ico ) looks awfully similar to the notepad++ logo: http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

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Re: Fog Creek releases WebPutty

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Post by ibejoeb » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 9:13 PM UTC

nmb wrote: post #13

the favicon ( http://www.webputty.net/favicon.ico ) looks awfully similar to the notepad++ logo: http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

The graphic is by Hayes Roberts [1], licensed for use in WebPutty [2].

[1] http://www.bluebison.net/content/?p=786 [2] http://www.webputty.net/credits

Re: Fog Creek releases WebPutty

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Post by sfk » Wed, Jul 20, 2011, 9:19 PM UTC

Could someone explain why most recent websites look as if the members of the target audience are five-year old children? This is not a troll - I'm honestly wondering if anyone actually likes such a "design".