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Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis

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Re: Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis

#161
I'm sorry, but isn't this just a reversion to late 90's style frame design? It seems all you've done is build it in the latest trendy standards and add a few little CSS tricks.

Minimalist design is supposed to be about presenting the content first and foremost. But the content is overshadowed by your frame. Your name and flashy CSS tricks are the only constants on the page and take up nearly 25% of the view, but you claim you're trying to draw attention to the content? Perhaps if the content you're presenting is you, then you have a successful design.

Re: Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis

#163

It seems ironic for someone not interested in "social bullshit" to have what is essentially a Like button on each post.

Hmm. I wouldn't call the essential Like button "social", since it doesn't get "shared" with one's "friends" or anything like that. Still, I don't think that's an important difference - it retains the lab rat overtones.

Re: Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis

#164

"When I'm writing, I want to have no distractions, so I removed all of them." When I'm reading it is the same damn thing. You have TWO flashing beacons.

I cloned it in Ruby on Rails and wrote about it here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3744237

I cloned it in Wordpress https://github.com/gravityonmars/wp-svbtle
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