FYI - access to the site via HTTPS is broken, which makes it hard to access on browsers with https-only mode enabled.
Thanks for the information, I will considering getting myself a SSL certificate. I did not knew this to be a problem until now.
Show HN: Giving my mother-in-law an easy internet radio with real icon buttons
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Re: Show HN: Giving my mother-in-law an easy internet radio with real icon buttons
#12Even easier (from the user's perspective) solution: 1. Make a photo of her own radio. 2. Put that photo on a tablet device. 3. Allow her to click on the photo where the buttons are. 4. Adjust stations/volume accordingly. Next step: physically operate her own radio remotely :) Or: let her bring her own radio, and use internet and an FM transmitter to relay the signals.
I do not agree with the tablet thing. Too many things can go wrong, and tablets are touch only, no tactile feedback.
But your last idea was actually an excellent suggestion :) An ideal hacker project!
Re: Show HN: Giving my mother-in-law an easy internet radio with real icon buttons
#13FYI - access to the site via HTTPS is broken, which makes it hard to access on browsers with https-only mode enabled.
FYI - browsers with https-only mode enabled are broken, which makes it hard to access HTTP only sites.
Re: Show HN: Giving my mother-in-law an easy internet radio with real icon buttons
#14FYI - access to the site via HTTPS is broken, which makes it hard to access on browsers with https-only mode enabled.
FYI - browsers with https-only mode enabled are broken, which makes it hard to access HTTP only sites.
FYI - "https-only" mode does not work the way you think it does ;) The site is hard to access on such browsers only because it actually does serve something over HTTPS - however, it's just an error page there.
Re: Show HN: Giving my mother-in-law an easy internet radio with real icon buttons
#15Even easier (from the user's perspective) solution: 1. Make a photo of her own radio. 2. Put that photo on a tablet device. 3. Allow her to click on the photo where the buttons are. 4. Adjust stations/volume accordingly. Next step: physically operate her own radio remotely :) Or: let her bring her own radio, and use internet and an FM transmitter to relay the signals.
I do not agree with the tablet thing. Too many things can go wrong, and tablets are touch only, no tactile feedback. But your last idea was actually an excellent suggestion :) An ideal hacker project!
older non-pc literal people seem to take to tablets very naturally though. at least from what I've seen
Re: Show HN: Giving my mother-in-law an easy internet radio with real icon buttons
#16Slightly off-topic, but as much as I like all these low-tech websites (and I really do!) - I think I need some sort of extension that does this: body { max-width:900px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; } Because trying to read full width text on modern resolutions is way too wide, and I don't even run my browser full screen - I have no idea how people that do, can read it.
Reader mode, when it works, is a godsend for these sites.
Re: Show HN: Giving my mother-in-law an easy internet radio with real icon buttons
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
FYI - browsers with https-only mode enabled are broken, which makes it hard to access HTTP only sites.
FYI - "https-only" mode does not work the way you think it does ;) The site is hard to access on such browsers only because it actually does serve something over HTTPS - however, it's just an error page there.
Just because there is something on this domain listening on :443 and serving HTTPS, doesn't mean it has to serve the same content as the HTTP on :80, or even work at all.
Always-redirect-to-HTTPs plugins _are_ broken by assuming otherwise.
Re: Show HN: Giving my mother-in-law an easy internet radio with real icon buttons
#18Slightly off-topic, but as much as I like all these low-tech websites (and I really do!) - I think I need some sort of extension that does this: body { max-width:900px; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; } Because trying to read full width text on modern resolutions is way too wide, and I don't even run my browser full screen - I have no idea how people that do, can read it.
I don’t think you’ll need an extension, most browsers still support a custom CSS file, I think.
Re: Show HN: Giving my mother-in-law an easy internet radio with real icon buttons
#19Even easier (from the user's perspective) solution: 1. Make a photo of her own radio. 2. Put that photo on a tablet device. 3. Allow her to click on the photo where the buttons are. 4. Adjust stations/volume accordingly. Next step: physically operate her own radio remotely :) Or: let her bring her own radio, and use internet and an FM transmitter to relay the signals.
I do not agree with the tablet thing. Too many things can go wrong, and tablets are touch only, no tactile feedback. But your last idea was actually an excellent suggestion :) An ideal hacker project!
I’ve seen an 80 year old with partial dementia learn how to use an iPad from cold start in about 15 minutes.
Re: Show HN: Giving my mother-in-law an easy internet radio with real icon buttons
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
FYI - "https-only" mode does not work the way you think it does ;) The site is hard to access on such browsers only because it actually does serve something over HTTPS - however, it's just an error page there.
Just because there is something on this domain listening on :443 and serving HTTPS, doesn't mean it has to serve the same content as the HTTP on :80, or even work at all. Always-redirect-to-HTTPs plugins _are_ broken by assuming otherwise.
> doesn't mean it has to serve the same content as the HTTP
Of course, that's the exact reason I wrote the original comment.