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Re: Show HN: Papa Parse 3

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Post by grossvogel » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 3:30 PM UTC

mholt wrote: post #15

damncabbage wrote: post #11

Slight off-topic, sorry – I'm having a hard time reading the text on the photo background: http://i.imgur.com/StACWqu.png

Oops. That's awful. What browser are you using?

Don't think it's a browser issue. The text just doesn't contrast enough with the diagonal shadows in the lower left of the bg image.

Re: Show HN: Papa Parse 3

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Post by jqueryin » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 3:31 PM UTC

The explanation of features is one of the best I've seen on the landing page. I didn't even have to hit the documentation to fully understand usage under a variety of conditions/circumstances.

Re: Show HN: Papa Parse 3

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Post by mholt » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 3:34 PM UTC

grossvogel wrote: post #31

mholt wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oops. That's awful. What browser are you using?

Don't think it's a browser issue. The text just doesn't contrast enough with the diagonal shadows in the lower left of the bg image.

I wish that was the case. But he's right, it's not supposed to look like that.

Re: Show HN: Papa Parse 3

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Post by cheese1756 » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 3:45 PM UTC

mholt wrote: post #23

colinramsay wrote: post #2

This looks great, particularly the way the website breaks down the main functionality with plain explanations and code samples. I know that there's a bit of a bugbear with some people when it comes to reimplementing CSV parsing but having it in-browser could be very handy.

Thanks for your feedback. If it helps to know, the Q&A format on the homepage is the result of scratching my head for a while, thinking "How would I explain this to somebody? There's a lot to it, and it's all immediately relevant." I eventually convinced myself that the last part isn't true. It could be disclosed in parts. So I decided to run the scenario in my mind instead: "I'll give somebody this library and imagi…

Will the website itself be released under an open license? I could see this website format being useful for a ton of open source projects.

Re: Show HN: Papa Parse 3

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Post by dmachop » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 3:49 PM UTC

As jqueryin has said, the feature list is really good on what I can do. I don't even have to check on docs for my purpose.

Re: Show HN: Papa Parse 3

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Post by thegeomaster » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 3:49 PM UTC

Do you guys think it would be too cheesy/unoriginal to "steal" this Q&A format for other products? I have a free software library to publish pretty soon, and I absolutely love your way of explaining how it all works in a cool, conversational style.

Re: Show HN: Papa Parse 3

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Post by atacrawl » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 3:53 PM UTC

As others have said, really smart way of explaining features. But, I get the following console error on the demo:

Can't find variable: performance

Re: Show HN: Papa Parse 3

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Post by owenversteeg » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 3:54 PM UTC

Amazing project! Everything seems really well put together. I really like the humor and the Q&A format. Do you mind if I borrow it for v2 of a project I'm releasing soon?

Also, there is not a single negative comment here. That's a HN record. Congratulations!

Re: Show HN: Papa Parse 3

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Post by mholt » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 3:54 PM UTC

atacrawl wrote: post #37

As others have said, really smart way of explaining features. But, I get the following console error on the demo: Can't find variable: performance

Ah; your browser doesn't support the performance API. (To measure how long it takes.) I'll fix that.

Re: Show HN: Papa Parse 3

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Post by Kiro » Wed, Jul 16, 2014, 3:56 PM UTC

grossvogel wrote: post #31

mholt wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oops. That's awful. What browser are you using?

Don't think it's a browser issue. The text just doesn't contrast enough with the diagonal shadows in the lower left of the bg image.

For me the background is grey on that spot and the bg image is only behind the main hero at the top so I definitely think it's a browser issue. Looks great here.