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This one is a bit messy, but it feels personal. Like someone is using CSS to write a diary. Not perfect, but warm and alive. That feeling of making something just for yourself really means something.
There's 'ugly yet interesting' and then there's 'ugly and boring'. This is the latter I'm afraid. At its core, the homepage is still showing the output of a CMS looping through a folder of markdown files (probably) and displaying the title wrapped in a hyperlink. There appears to be zero information architecture - no visually distinct categories, no icons, images or dates, so everything is equally weighted, just in a…
Static generation. Tables. End of story.
We made a static, table-based, zero-CSS website [1] for open-source security platform, and the other day there were complaints on hn that it's broken on mobiles. So be careful. [1] https://www.tirreno.com/
i'm actually fascinated because the website made me slightly nauseous
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We made a static, table-based, zero-CSS website [1] for open-source security platform, and the other day there were complaints on hn that it's broken on mobiles. So be careful. [1] https://www.tirreno.com/
You mean the browser in question is broken? :) No in all seriousness table rendering broken?
However, I tested this particular website on the first iPhone, and it works just like it does everywhere else.
His website circa 2023 was not ugly. It was minamalist. NOW its ugly. Its funny because I initially agreed with him when I thought his website was the same as the 2023 version. Which I didnt find ugly. But now that I see it really is ugly I find myself with a more negative disposition towards his message.
>But now that I see it really is ugly I find myself with a more negative disposition towards his message. Why? The whole message is about finding joy in creating whatever you want, something that is ostensibly you , in a way in which you find joy in creating it, regardless of what other people think of the final product. The fact that many people here find it ugly and off-putting only makes the site, and the message…
That's the interesting part. I thought I agreed but it turns out I didnt. I realized this once my impression of his website's visuals went from positive to negative. I actually just found the simple/minimalist version beautiful in some way.
I mean it's great that he likes it - I have no problem with that. My conclusion was more that I would never be happy publishing something like that.
His website circa 2023 was not ugly. It was minamalist. NOW its ugly. Its funny because I initially agreed with him when I thought his website was the same as the 2023 version. Which I didnt find ugly. But now that I see it really is ugly I find myself with a more negative disposition towards his message.
His original design was clean, minimalist and... unremarkable. Now it's an intentionally-jumbled chaos. Ugly or not, it's remarkable. After all... we are busy remarking on it. The new design has impracticalities / downsides, specifically it's hard to visually locate a specific link if you leave and came back, but... that's not something that matters to him. He wants /unsettling/, /dischordant/, /interesting/, and mor…
I guess one thing to note here is that MINE doesnt necessarily imply ugly.
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His original design was clean, minimalist and... unremarkable. Now it's an intentionally-jumbled chaos. Ugly or not, it's remarkable. After all... we are busy remarking on it. The new design has impracticalities / downsides, specifically it's hard to visually locate a specific link if you leave and came back, but... that's not something that matters to him. He wants /unsettling/, /dischordant/, /interesting/, and mor…
This is the argument for post-modern art. Not necessarily beautiful, but evocative. I guess one thing to note here is that MINE doesnt necessarily imply ugly.