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Re: Show HN: A directory of single-page sites and useful apps

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Post by mmahemoff »

Not loading for me right now.

The web really needs the equivalent of an app store. Search engines don't do apps justice. They don't have enough content to index and are often difficult to crawl anyway, being JS-heavy. Chrome Web Store is a good start, but a place with reviews and ratings of browser-independent, no-install, interactive websites would be excellent.

Re: Show HN: A directory of single-page sites and useful apps

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Post by sgdesign »

Really sorry for the downtime… I thought my WordPress install was ready to go, but for some reason the caching plugin was not activated. So everything came crashing down under the traffic, and then I was unable to log back in the admin to enable caching.

I'm now talking with the PHPFog guys to add resources to the server, but it's taking some time…

The lesson here: never EVER run WordPress without caching. Triple check that's it's active before you do anything.

Re: Show HN: A directory of single-page sites and useful apps

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Post by chasingtheflow »

sgdesign wrote: post #8
import wrote: post #6

Sorry, the site you're trying to access is busy! Error code 502 PHPFog

Sorry for the downtime, I'm looking into it. It seems I stupidly didn't activate the caching plugin I'm using :(

feeling a little bad for your server right now ...

Re: Show HN: A directory of single-page sites and useful apps

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Post by stefanherz »

sgdesign wrote: post #13

Really sorry for the downtime… I thought my WordPress install was ready to go, but for some reason the caching plugin was not activated. So everything came crashing down under the traffic, and then I was unable to log back in the admin to enable caching. I'm now talking with the PHPFog guys to add resources to the server, but it's taking some time… The lesson here: never EVER run WordPress without caching. Triple che…

    I thought my WordPress install was ready to go, but for some reason the caching plugin was not activated.
Wordpress glitches just happen, it's ok. Your idea is really neat though, congrats and thanks for sharing.

Re: Show HN: A directory of single-page sites and useful apps

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Post by derefr »

mmahemoff wrote: post #12

Not loading for me right now. The web really needs the equivalent of an app store. Search engines don't do apps justice. They don't have enough content to index and are often difficult to crawl anyway, being JS-heavy. Chrome Web Store is a good start, but a place with reviews and ratings of browser-independent, no-install, interactive websites would be excellent.

I don't know about "no-install"--I for one prefer the Chrome Web Store's model, because it gives users a definitive point (hitting install) where they can grant my app extra permissions for things like geolocation and increased local storage, rather than bothering them with fifty different prompts once the app is running (and giving them the chance to refuse, even though my app won't work without those things enabled.) Personally, I'd prefer if other browsers just adopted the CWS's .crx app format, and every browser allowed app installation from sources other than its "own" store.

Re: Show HN: A directory of single-page sites and useful apps

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Post by mmahemoff »

derefr wrote: post #17
mmahemoff wrote: post #12

Not loading for me right now. The web really needs the equivalent of an app store. Search engines don't do apps justice. They don't have enough content to index and are often difficult to crawl anyway, being JS-heavy. Chrome Web Store is a good start, but a place with reviews and ratings of browser-independent, no-install, interactive websites would be excellent.

I don't know about "no-install"--I for one prefer the Chrome Web Store's model, because it gives users a definitive point (hitting install) where they can grant my app extra permissions for things like geolocation and increased local storage, rather than bothering them with fifty different prompts once the app is running (and giving them the chance to refuse, even though my app won't work without those things enabled…

That's not trivial for them. Adopting "crx" means they wouldn't have any say in the evoluion. The point of the web is for a browser to be able to take the lead with something like CRX and then work with the other browsers to standardise it.

Anyway, the permissions question is independent of the store mechanism. iOS apps ask for permissions on demand, Android apps don't.

My main point about no-install is simply that they're regular websites, not downloadable packaged apps. There's room for both, but right now there's no good mechanism to find regular websites with apps on them.

Re: Show HN: A directory of single-page sites and useful apps

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Post by empire29 »

Thanks for this great site - I hope it gets some traction and grows.

There are so many great sites/services out there that because I've forgotten about them. Having a simple index of sites like this will keep my memory about useful sites and help me discover new ones.

I really hope you are able to grow this site - i've added it to my Chrome bookmark bar!

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