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Re: Show HN: A small weekend project - Distraction Free Writing

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How is this a weekend project? Shouldn't this be more along the lines of a Sunday morning after coffee but before I shit project? It's a text box.

come one man, its just an experiment using html5. don't like it? ignore and move on. he atleast did something and you are sitting in front of dump terminal in your bedroom and criticizing. its like a hatred or jealousy.

be a man. get matured.

Re: Show HN: A small weekend project - Distraction Free Writing

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post #38
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Thanks. Can you say more re: comments? Would you prefer something like a Disqus?

No No No..don't change a thing on it. Or maybe just one thing: Make the vote up and vote down icons a bit sleeker.

k - I wont lie, that wont be a priority. But I'll add it to work list.

Re: Show HN: A small weekend project - Distraction Free Writing

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You can disable it. Click on the top left, and then on the 'sounds' link.

The point is when I click a link titled "Distraction free writing", the very last thing I expect is to hear clicking noises until I refresh the page or wait for the intro to finish. It would be like test driving a "distraction free car" that starts with the radio on full volume. Sure, you could turn it off, but why is it on to begin with?

Agreed. I'm not gonna bother sitting through that just to learn what the site actually does. Ridiculous.

Re: Show HN: A small weekend project - Distraction Free Writing

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post #39
post #15

How is this a weekend project? Shouldn't this be more along the lines of a Sunday morning after coffee but before I shit project? It's a text box.

Sometimes the mindset is not to achieve but to create. Having hundreds of people critique your work builds character. This relates to the same psychological concept behind Toastmasters.

There are much better things on his blog. This is just a text box that is styled.

Re: Show HN: A small weekend project - Distraction Free Writing

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post #25
post #15

How is this a weekend project? Shouldn't this be more along the lines of a Sunday morning after coffee but before I shit project? It's a text box.

For posterity, I think the above comment is a great example of a "middlebrow dismissal."

Ah yes, because everything we do is worthy of praise, or makes for interesting discussion.

Just because some things are unjustly "middlebrow dismissed" does not mean that all "middlebrow dismissals" are unjust.

Re: Show HN: A small weekend project - Distraction Free Writing

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post #22
post #15

How is this a weekend project? Shouldn't this be more along the lines of a Sunday morning after coffee but before I shit project? It's a text box.

Harsh. I'd love to see your weekend project after your coffee but before your morning dump...

You misunderstand me. My weekend project - my morning dump - completes on Sunday morning, after I drink my 20th cup of coffee. I am extremely constipated. I was implying that this project is incredibly complex, nuanced, and worthy of discussion.
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