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Re: Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum

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Post by Kiro »

partly_cloudy wrote: post #19
jay-barronville wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why Remix with a Python backend? Did you need Python for anything specific? Is there some specific need that a pure Remix backend couldn’t give you? Just curious.

actually at the time i wrote the API, i was still considering how the FE was going to be written, so because i never used remix until this point, i didn't realize they offered an all-in-one solution. honestly i like the seperation of concerns though, so i'm happy with it. might even rewrite the API again to teach myself rust

So why even use Remix? Maybe I misunderstand what it is.

Re: Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum

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Post by Klonoar »

100721 wrote: post #147
Klonoar wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm discussing UI/UX, not the stack. The back button is... something else here.

I think the back button fits perfectly into the UI/UX. It is, quite literally, part of the UI. We don't have much control over the UI portion, but it is firmly in the realm of UX.

UX, maybe. UI? No, not even remotely in the conversation.

The commenter is complaining that the back button took too long and the creator responded to indicate it's a load issue. At no point is that in the realm of design, which is what my comment was about.

Re: Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum

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Post by jhoelzel »

Oh the things we did to woltlab burning boards.

So much stuff that they actually never should be able to do. Like the integration we wrote that would score member uploads by release date and give.. on an FTP server.

PHP Chatbot with IRC integration? nooo problemo ;)

Re: Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum

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Post by japanman425 »

julianlam wrote: post #146

As the maintainer of a self-proclaimed "modern" forum software, I always get really excited when new board software comes out. You've probably discovered that building forum software is a lot more complicated than it looks. Those early boards really had a lot more going on under the hood than you thought! It took us (a team of 3) two solid years before we considered ourselves on par with those old boards, feature-wis…

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Re: Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum

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Post by Pilottwave »

It looks great. However browsing this forum reminds my of the biggest innovation since these days. The reddit/HN like front page going across multiple subjects, ranked not by reply date, but by popularity. Combined with a nested comment system, ranked by popularity. For 99% of topics this is the most efficient way to browse and discover. Hence i feel that, besides nostalgia and very small communities (where you "know" people), this old forum style will never return to its former glory.

Re: Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum

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Post by stormdennis »

julianlam wrote: post #146

As the maintainer of a self-proclaimed "modern" forum software, I always get really excited when new board software comes out. You've probably discovered that building forum software is a lot more complicated than it looks. Those early boards really had a lot more going on under the hood than you thought! It took us (a team of 3) two solid years before we considered ourselves on par with those old boards, feature-wis…

I'm amazed at your pricing but it looks from your community forum activity that you have a market. Well done in an era where everyone expects stuff for free.

Re: Show HN: I made an early 2000s-inspired internet forum

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Post by tobr »

Klonoar wrote: post #172
100721 wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the back button fits perfectly into the UI/UX. It is, quite literally, part of the UI. We don't have much control over the UI portion, but it is firmly in the realm of UX.

UX, maybe. UI? No, not even remotely in the conversation. The commenter is complaining that the back button took too long and the creator responded to indicate it's a load issue. At no point is that in the realm of design, which is what my comment was about.

Performance is part of design in software, much like how button feel is part of industrial design, or fabric qualities are part of fashion design. But I also see what you mean, you were talking about visual design.
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