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Re: Show HN: Annotate PG, our YC application demo

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Post by calinet6 »

julien_c wrote: post #12
mediumdeviation wrote: post #9

Normally I don't comment (at all) on posts like this, but this is just bad. The comments overlay cover up the very text that you're suppose to be reading. This disrupts the reading flow, making it hard to find my way back to where I was reading, especially comments are merely secondary to the actual article. To get back to the article I have to press this tiny close button on the top left corner of the comments overl…

Interesting points, thanks. I'd disagree with comments being merely secondary to the actual article though. Our point is that inline commentary, if done well, should be as important as the content itself.

This is a false assumption; the original content is the most important part.

Re: Show HN: Annotate PG, our YC application demo

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Post by Jasber »

calinet6 wrote: post #21
julien_c wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting points, thanks. I'd disagree with comments being merely secondary to the actual article though. Our point is that inline commentary, if done well, should be as important as the content itself.

This is a false assumption; the original content is the most important part.

This seems like it'd usually be true, but what about Hacker News comments that are more insightful than the original article?

Re: Show HN: Annotate PG, our YC application demo

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Post by j_s »

mediumdeviation wrote: post #9

Normally I don't comment (at all) on posts like this, but this is just bad. The comments overlay cover up the very text that you're suppose to be reading. This disrupts the reading flow, making it hard to find my way back to where I was reading, especially comments are merely secondary to the actual article. To get back to the article I have to press this tiny close button on the top left corner of the comments overl…

Wow, I was kind of shocked by first impression loading the comment box too! (Before I had even read anything?)

http://snag.gy/m4OLu.jpg

Re: Show HN: Annotate PG, our YC application demo

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Post by trumbitta2 »

dools wrote: post #15

Where a full stop/period is preceded by a single letter you should treat it as an acronym rather than the end of a sentence (I can't think of a valid sentence ending that has a single letter in it ... ) I just noticed that you're splitting up m.o into separate sentences.

I can't think of a valid sentence ending that has a single letter in it, except for when that valid sentence ends with a single letter like x.

Re: Show HN: Annotate PG, our YC application demo

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Post by woah »

You guys should check out https://test.hypothes.is. Non profit open source project that does this for the entire web. Here's the github: https://github.com/hypothesis/h

Randall, the lead developer, is one of the authors of the open annotation spec: http://www.openannotation.org

Dan, the founder, recently put together the I Annotate conference, which brought together all the individuals and groups who have been applying annotation to their problem domains for the past few years.

I designed the interface.

Annotation should be open source, standardized, and portable, not locked into little silos. Also, I'm not pg, but if I was, I would find this a bit... odd.

Re: Show HN: Annotate PG, our YC application demo

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Post by mnicole »

woah wrote: post #25

You guys should check out https://test.hypothes.is . Non profit open source project that does this for the entire web. Here's the github: https://github.com/hypothesis/h Randall, the lead developer, is one of the authors of the open annotation spec: http://www.openannotation.org Dan, the founder, recently put together the I Annotate conference, which brought together all the individuals and groups who have been apply…

Nothing to add other than to say I'm a huge supporter of the work you guys have been doing. Can't wait until it is fully realized. Let me know if you plan on implementing different "styles" for the interface and want some contributions.

Re: Show HN: Annotate PG, our YC application demo

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Post by dools »

trumbitta2 wrote: post #24
dools wrote: post #15

Where a full stop/period is preceded by a single letter you should treat it as an acronym rather than the end of a sentence (I can't think of a valid sentence ending that has a single letter in it ... ) I just noticed that you're splitting up m.o into separate sentences.

I can't think of a valid sentence ending that has a single letter in it, except for when that valid sentence ends with a single letter like x.

In that case, you should have quoted the letter. For example, if I wanted to end this sentence with the letter "x" then I would put it in double quotes to show that I'm referring to the letter "x".

Re: Show HN: Annotate PG, our YC application demo

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Post by mceoin »

So it's a content creation play on the annotation ideal? Like: tumblr + annotation features.

I'd be curious to see how this goes after watching browser plugins struggle to achieve lasting popularity.

I'm guessing this is where Rapgenius is headed, one community at a time.

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