Apart from the fact that its JS only, how is it better than HN? Why not just use HN to follow topics you like (JS in this case)?
Echo JS - JavaScript News
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#12I had to do a double take, I thought somebody had registered a domain using my first initial and last name (echolis).
Need coffee....
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#13Apart from the fact that its JS only, how is it better than HN? Why not just use HN to follow topics you like (JS in this case)?
I do not see OP mentioning "better" and neither on the website it's mentioned.
>>Why not just use HN to follow topics you like (JS in this case)?
It's a very subjective question. One answer can be why there's HN or why there's StackOverflow or why there's both.
It's actually good to have a dedicated JS forum, even if there are already many out there. Besides, on HN everything is posted - everything. People participating here are https://twitter.com/thejayfields/status/235074734163898368
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#14Apart from the fact that its JS only, how is it better than HN? Why not just use HN to follow topics you like (JS in this case)?
I do not see OP mentioning "better" and neither on the website it's mentioned. >> Why not just use HN to follow topics you like (JS in this case)? It's a very subjective question. One answer can be why there's HN or why there's StackOverflow or why there's both. It's actually good to have a dedicated JS forum, even if there are already many out there. Besides, on HN everything is posted - everything. People participa…
I never said it claims to be better and it isn't. Let me rephrase the question: why would anyone want to be on echojs instead of HN, given that it's essentially an HN clone for JS and HN community is bigger at the moment? Why would you use it?
I am just trying to understand its value for myself.
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#15The design in a little (more than a little, tbh) overwhelming. But that's cool for v.0.11.0
It's horrible: big fonts, 100% wide and awful spacing of elements. Gives me a headache just reading it. I like the topic though. Hope a designer can jump in and improve the overall experience.
I hope it stays ugly and keeps people who care about this away. Will improve the quality of the contributions I think.
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#16what's with JavaScript community to make everything end in "js"? You don't see Ruby guys ending every one of their product names in "rb" or Python guys in "py".
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#17what's with JavaScript community to make everything end in "js"? You don't see Ruby guys ending every one of their product names in "rb" or Python guys in "py".
The NumPy, Scrapy and SciPy folks may disagree :)
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#18what's with JavaScript community to make everything end in "js"? You don't see Ruby guys ending every one of their product names in "rb" or Python guys in "py".
but the .net guise did such stuff
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#19what's with JavaScript community to make everything end in "js"? You don't see Ruby guys ending every one of their product names in "rb" or Python guys in "py".
Same reason there are still plenty of Java projects out there that stick a "J" in the start of the name.
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#20Apart from the fact that its JS only, how is it better than HN? Why not just use HN to follow topics you like (JS in this case)?
I think it's a simple matter of focus. One could extend your logic and say 'Why don't you get your tech news from NY Times instead of Hacker News, since they have a tech section in their website ?'