The making of Medium.com

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Post by aquid » Thu, May 30, 2013, 8:52 PM UTC

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Post by arkitaip » Thu, May 30, 2013, 9:09 PM UTC

Very detailed and useful write-up about how actual design work is done in complex web app projects. Makes me actually want to use Medium.

Re: The making of Medium.com

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Post by asselinpaul » Thu, May 30, 2013, 9:50 PM UTC

Wow, impressive story! Thank you

Re: The making of Medium.com

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Post by dreamdu5t » Thu, May 30, 2013, 10:23 PM UTC

arkitaip wrote: post #2

Very detailed and useful write-up about how actual design work is done in complex web app projects. Makes me actually want to use Medium.

Medium is not a complex webapp. Facebook or gmail is a complex webapp.

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Post by Shamiq » Thu, May 30, 2013, 10:29 PM UTC

I'm having troubles getting the twitter blurb to load. Any recommendations? http://i.imgur.com/h3IshHe.png

Re: The making of Medium.com

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Post by zipop » Thu, May 30, 2013, 10:32 PM UTC

Medium does not seem to have a way to post from an iPad. It says I have an unsupported browser. Really, Medium? Or am I missing something?

Re: The making of Medium.com

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Post by caseyf7 » Thu, May 30, 2013, 10:47 PM UTC

If Medium is the future of publishing, I'm going to need a robot to scroll for me. That was great, but now I'm tired.

Re: The making of Medium.com

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Post by ValentineC » Thu, May 30, 2013, 10:47 PM UTC

Loved the article, not a fan of the 2.4MB video of hands typing on an Apple keyboard [1] I was forced to download. I'm just glad I wasn't on a mobile connection (tethered or otherwise) with a bandwidth cap.

I searched for methods to disable MP4 video downloading on both Chrome and Firefox, but they don't appear to work (for Firefox, it was about setting media.autoplay.enabled to false). If anyone knows how I would be able to do so, I would appreciate learning how to.

[1] http://www.teehanlax.com/resources/img/story/medium/header.m... (2.4MB)

Re: The making of Medium.com

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Post by cmelbye » Thu, May 30, 2013, 10:59 PM UTC

Wow, great article but terribly designed website. Really slow scrolling, confusing layout, not sure what I could interact with and what I couldn't. (Some elements used the "pointing hand" cursor yet indicating I could click, yet did nothing when I clicked.)

Re: The making of Medium.com

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Post by benjamincburns » Thu, May 30, 2013, 11:09 PM UTC

ValentineC wrote: post #8

Loved the article, not a fan of the 2.4MB video of hands typing on an Apple keyboard [1] I was forced to download. I'm just glad I wasn't on a mobile connection (tethered or otherwise) with a bandwidth cap. I searched for methods to disable MP4 video downloading on both Chrome and Firefox, but they don't appear to work (for Firefox, it was about setting media.autoplay.enabled to false). If anyone knows how I would be…

Not to mention that on a 13" rMBP it pushes the title below the fold. Doesn't give me a lot of confidence to try their "distraction free" writing interface...