kudos to ev & medium — a word-class UX and product.
no it's not. it just sits there while you press space bar, page down, etc etc. this is not world class ux.
This was a mistake introduced by a last minute change. We'll have a fix deployed soon.
Medium 1.0
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Re: Medium 1.0
#22I don't get the "Beautiful Stories" section. All of the articles look pretty much the same. Same full-width image peekaboo parallax banner thingy at the top, same font, same look. This article ( https://medium.com/beautiful-stories/66e87553d22c ) is a hodge-podge of design decisions. The way images are displayed is a mess: some images float next to text, some float next to text with a caption next to them, some image…
If you're looking for something more photo-driven, I'm working on a thing called Exposure: https://exposure.so/invite/hn (opening this week but we'll invite folks from that link ASAP)
Re: Medium 1.0
#23Re: Medium 1.0
#24I don't get the "Beautiful Stories" section. All of the articles look pretty much the same. Same full-width image peekaboo parallax banner thingy at the top, same font, same look. This article ( https://medium.com/beautiful-stories/66e87553d22c ) is a hodge-podge of design decisions. The way images are displayed is a mess: some images float next to text, some float next to text with a caption next to them, some image…
If you're looking for something more photo-driven, I'm working on a thing called Exposure: https://exposure.so/invite/hn (opening this week but we'll invite folks from that link ASAP)
Looks awesome. Already signed up.
Can I link to pictures hosted somewhere else or everything is hosted on your platform?
Re: Medium 1.0
#25I don't get the "Beautiful Stories" section. All of the articles look pretty much the same. Same full-width image peekaboo parallax banner thingy at the top, same font, same look. This article ( https://medium.com/beautiful-stories/66e87553d22c ) is a hodge-podge of design decisions. The way images are displayed is a mess: some images float next to text, some float next to text with a caption next to them, some image…
If you're looking for something more photo-driven, I'm working on a thing called Exposure: https://exposure.so/invite/hn (opening this week but we'll invite folks from that link ASAP)
If I've already requested access, will that form help me get in sooner?
Re: Medium 1.0
#26Page down, space, down arrow: nothing can move the screen! Took me a good 15 seconds...
Space bar had been broken for a while, then fixed. No page down, space, or down arrow is a truly remarkable feat of web breaking.
Re: Medium 1.0
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you're looking for something more photo-driven, I'm working on a thing called Exposure: https://exposure.so/invite/hn (opening this week but we'll invite folks from that link ASAP)
If I've already requested access, will that form help me get in sooner?
email me - kyle at elepath . com
Re: Medium 1.0
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you're looking for something more photo-driven, I'm working on a thing called Exposure: https://exposure.so/invite/hn (opening this week but we'll invite folks from that link ASAP)
Looks awesome. Already signed up. Can I link to pictures hosted somewhere else or everything is hosted on your platform?
sweet - for an account or invite? if the latter, email me (address above in this thread)
right now photos are hosted by us. haven't considered linking to photos elsewhere yet, mainly since we need to run them thru a few processing steps.
Re: Medium 1.0
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is likely related to typekit loading. Do you block referrers?
I'm seeing the same thing and do block referrers
Typekit understandably wants to make sure that no one else uses the font bundles, so they check the referrer. If you strip referrers it'll block the response and eventually it'll timeout, and show using the default system font.
The choice is a delay for the few people who block referrers or a flash of unstyled content for everyone else.
Re: Medium 1.0
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm seeing the same thing and do block referrers
Typekit understandably wants to make sure that no one else uses the font bundles, so they check the referrer. If you strip referrers it'll block the response and eventually it'll timeout, and show using the default system font. The choice is a delay for the few people who block referrers or a flash of unstyled content for everyone else.
Ah, I see. Quite silly in my opinion but thanks for the answer. I'm fine with how it is -- there isn't a reason to protect the minority in this case: bigger fish to fry. :)