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Re: Show HN: Visualize your day as 144 rectangles

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post #6

It is a good idea, but the layout hurts my eyes due to the Hermann grid illusion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_illusion

It wasn't intentional! I experimented with different colors, but seems like all of them produce this illusion :/ I'll see what I can do.

Seems better with a border radius of 1.25rem. Also making the border thickness very thin seems to help, as well as some making it more oblong.

Re: Show HN: Visualize your day as 144 rectangles

#52
post #7
post #6

It is a good idea, but the layout hurts my eyes due to the Hermann grid illusion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_illusion

It wasn't intentional! I experimented with different colors, but seems like all of them produce this illusion :/ I'll see what I can do.

Eliminate all space in between rectangles. Aesthetics be damned.

Re: Show HN: Visualize your day as 144 rectangles

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post #7
post #6

It is a good idea, but the layout hurts my eyes due to the Hermann grid illusion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_illusion

It wasn't intentional! I experimented with different colors, but seems like all of them produce this illusion :/ I'll see what I can do.

Maybe try using circles instead of rectangles, and the progress within each circle is shown like a pie chart?

Re: Show HN: Visualize your day as 144 rectangles

#59
post #29

Those perspective items don't really provide perspective. I don't hate them, but a Jupiter day means nothing to me. The "average workday" is good and meaningful. Some thoughts on good "perspective" items: * Average runtime of a film * Average commuting time (US, presumably) * 15-minute standup

You do have a point. Replaced Jupiter's day length with a good night's sleep. Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Visualize your day as 144 rectangles

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post #11

It would be fun to see this with local daylight hours mapped to the squares, so I could get a feel for where my consumption is at within "daylight" vs the whole "day" SunCalc is a good tool for this, if you're interested: https://github.com/mourner/suncalc (I've used it on a personal project, and the API was a little awkward but the results are good: https://daylight.website/ )

Most hackers are active outside of this time range.
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