devRant

#1

Post by sandebert » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 6:28 PM UTC

devRant
devrant.io

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#2

Post by protomyth » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 8:01 PM UTC

Is there an RSS feed? The feed link doesn't seem to do anything.

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#3

Post by robbyking » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 8:11 PM UTC

protomyth wrote: post #2

Is there an RSS feed? The feed link doesn't seem to do anything.

Are you using Ghostery, uBlock, or something similar? One of those may be blocking sideloading of content.

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#4

Post by degenerate » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 8:13 PM UTC

Smiled at a few things, but the whole 'feed' thing is a major turn-off. It's like eating cake with a straw. I'll stick to reddit and xkcd when I need a laugh.

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#5

Post by stared » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 8:18 PM UTC

It reminds me http://codecrap.com/

Also - is it like this app is more like a reddit channel? (Or is there some more added value?)

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#6

Post by _jomo » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 8:32 PM UTC

So this Website is nothing but a link to Google Play? The description there isn't very descriptive and the screenshots are just thumbnails that only let you guess the layout of the app. Since I don't have Google Play installed, I can't figure out what it is.

Edit:

Opening the site with a Desktop User-Agent I now see it seems to be a Twitter-like thing that can be used through a (Desktop) browser just fine. Providing an app for that is okay, but why force people to use that app? Many websites already annoy you with a big cover asking you to install their app where you have to click a tiny little x to actually use the website. That's already bad UX, but why on earth would you not allow me to use the site with my Phone's browser at all? I'm now in a situation where I either need to install an App through Google's Play Store (which I can't), or switch my browser to Desktop mode and enjoy zooming and sideways scrolling (which I won't). That is just a horrible thing to do and people seriously need to stop doing it.

[Feel free to submit this to devrant.io]

Other than that, it seems like a fun site (although a couple subreddits might cover it as well).

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#7

Post by leppr » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 8:36 PM UTC

You shouldn't clip the images (or at least not without some visual cue like fading), especially on a programming-related site where there's bond to be a lot of pictures of code and other text. This post: https://www.devrant.io/rants/59289 which is currently on the front page is a good example of why, it took me a while to figure out I was missing something.

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#8

Post by dfoxinator » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 8:37 PM UTC

_jomo wrote: post #6

So this Website is nothing but a link to Google Play? The description there isn't very descriptive and the screenshots are just thumbnails that only let you guess the layout of the app. Since I don't have Google Play installed, I can't figure out what it is. Edit: Opening the site with a Desktop User-Agent I now see it seems to be a Twitter-like thing that can be used through a (Desktop) browser just fine. Providing…

Right now the feed is only available on desktop web and in both the Android and iOS app.

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#9

Post by dfoxinator » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 8:37 PM UTC

protomyth wrote: post #2

Is there an RSS feed? The feed link doesn't seem to do anything.

Right now the feed is only available on desktop web and in both the Android and iOS app.

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#10

Post by Deskwarrior » Tue, Jun 07, 2016, 8:42 PM UTC

Cool app!