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My personal site is a terminal

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Re: My personal site is a terminal

#121

Post by digitalsushi »

laumars wrote: post #100

Nice idea. I really wanted to like this but I'm not so sure you've pulled off the execution. Just after a couple of minutes of usage I found so many compatibility differences between that a real shell that navigating around your site became rather frustrating: * Tab completion was glitchy * Deleting characters mid line was glitchy * Commands don't follow common idioms: - `ls *` would fail - `ls -l` would fail - `ls `…

I enjoyed the hell out of it. It was like seeing something familiar from my world, in cake form at a restaurant. I flicked it with my spoon, had a chuckle, and moved on. It's a toy, not a tool.

Re: My personal site is a terminal

#123

Post by laumars »

digitalsushi wrote: post #121
laumars wrote: post #100

Nice idea. I really wanted to like this but I'm not so sure you've pulled off the execution. Just after a couple of minutes of usage I found so many compatibility differences between that a real shell that navigating around your site became rather frustrating: * Tab completion was glitchy * Deleting characters mid line was glitchy * Commands don't follow common idioms: - `ls *` would fail - `ls -l` would fail - `ls `…

I enjoyed the hell out of it. It was like seeing something familiar from my world, in cake form at a restaurant. I flicked it with my spoon, had a chuckle, and moved on. It's a toy, not a tool.

> It's a toy, not a tool

I think it's fair to say it's both because it's the primary navigation tool on a site with a fair amount of linked content (otherwise what's the point in putting content on it if it's not meant to be discovered?)

As a toy, I do completely agree with you. As I said in my previous post, I do really like the idea. But as a navigation tool I think there are areas for refinement while retaining the same fun factor.

Re: My personal site is a terminal

#127

Post by ch4s3 »

laumars wrote: post #123
digitalsushi wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I enjoyed the hell out of it. It was like seeing something familiar from my world, in cake form at a restaurant. I flicked it with my spoon, had a chuckle, and moved on. It's a toy, not a tool.

> It's a toy, not a tool I think it's fair to say it's both because it's the primary navigation tool on a site with a fair amount of linked content (otherwise what's the point in putting content on it if it's not meant to be discovered?) As a toy, I do completely agree with you. As I said in my previous post, I do really like the idea. But as a navigation tool I think there are areas for refinement while retaining th…

I think you're being pretty harsh towards a neat personal portfolio site. It would be different if it were for a product or service, but it isn't, it's just a fun personal site.

Re: My personal site is a terminal

#128

Post by laumars »

ch4s3 wrote: post #127
laumars wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's a toy, not a tool I think it's fair to say it's both because it's the primary navigation tool on a site with a fair amount of linked content (otherwise what's the point in putting content on it if it's not meant to be discovered?) As a toy, I do completely agree with you. As I said in my previous post, I do really like the idea. But as a navigation tool I think there are areas for refinement while retaining th…

I think you're being pretty harsh towards a neat personal portfolio site. It would be different if it were for a product or service, but it isn't, it's just a fun personal site.

I think you're being pretty harsh about my intentions. I said it's a nice idea and worded all of my feedback constructively thus if the author wishes to further develop this they know areas one user struggled with.

I approached my feedback in terms of what I would like to read if I were the author and I mean that honestly because if this were my project I'd have valued that kind of post more than vague comments like "this is awesome" (which are obviously nice too but doesn't offer any guidance for enhancement).

As an open source contributor myself, I know how negative some people can be when you release a project. But at the same time we (myself included when I release products) cannot expect every comment to be glowing with praise. The real question is whether feedback is constructive or just critical. I felt I was the former and I sincerely hope that's the way the author read it as well because I did genuinely like the concept even if I raised specific issues about its execution.

Re: My personal site is a terminal

#129

Post by ch4s3 »

laumars wrote: post #128
ch4s3 wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you're being pretty harsh towards a neat personal portfolio site. It would be different if it were for a product or service, but it isn't, it's just a fun personal site.

I think you're being pretty harsh about my intentions. I said it's a nice idea and worded all of my feedback constructively thus if the author wishes to further develop this they know areas one user struggled with. I approached my feedback in terms of what I would like to read if I were the author and I mean that honestly because if this were my project I'd have valued that kind of post more than vague comments like…

I guess tone is hard to read online sometimes :)

Re: My personal site is a terminal

#130

Post by laumars »

ch4s3 wrote: post #129
laumars wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you're being pretty harsh about my intentions. I said it's a nice idea and worded all of my feedback constructively thus if the author wishes to further develop this they know areas one user struggled with. I approached my feedback in terms of what I would like to read if I were the author and I mean that honestly because if this were my project I'd have valued that kind of post more than vague comments like…

I guess tone is hard to read online sometimes :)

Very true.
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