I think the most interesting thing about whatever Dustin does is the hype he's able to build around it—I'm consistently impressed, and wonder if he might not be as effective as a promoter as he is a designer.
Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis
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Re: Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis
#22The animation of the left sidebar on each page is really annoying. Aside from that, it looks really clean!
My guess would be that it's an attempt at making it very clear whose blog you're on, to disambiguate.
http://svbtle.com/ now has colours for each member blogger, and it looks like they all have their own left sidebar slideout thing. Additionally, their pulsing icons in the top left have an additional colour hint to them.
Edit: I think it's a little too intrusive and clashes with the overall feel of the rest of it, but that's just me!
Re: Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis
#23Am I correct in assuming the post text editor was all custom built? If not, can anyone link to a solution that is as clean as that? I love the idea of just typing on the page versus typing into a special box with a hundred buttons along the top
That's pure speculation but I'd guess the editor simply uses a div with the contenteditable attribute set to true.
Edit : Okay, so much for speculation.
Re: Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis
#24Am I correct in assuming the post text editor was all custom built? If not, can anyone link to a solution that is as clean as that? I love the idea of just typing on the page versus typing into a special box with a hundred buttons along the top
I didn't really custom build it; it's just a normal textarea element with the borders removed and the typography matched to exactly how it's displayed on the blog.
Re: Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis
#25It's very pretty. I wish I had the skill to come up with a UI as nice as that. I wonder what language/platform it's written in?
> I wonder what language/platform it's written in?
I've recently wondered if we (devs) shouldn't adopt a standard like robots.txt/humans.txt, maybe dev.txt or something where we could put such information and opensource links (instead of polluting the UI sometimes with all the 'powered by' braggadacio).
//edit: submitted for discussion http://hackerne.ws/item?id=3742784
Re: Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis
#26Am I correct in assuming the post text editor was all custom built? If not, can anyone link to a solution that is as clean as that? I love the idea of just typing on the page versus typing into a special box with a hundred buttons along the top
I didn't really custom build it; it's just a normal textarea element with the borders removed and the typography matched to exactly how it's displayed on the blog.
How do you edit? Directly into the textarea or do you toggle between markdown and preview?
Re: Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis
#27"This is the blogging platform for creative, intelligent, and witty people. Membership by invitation only." Am I the only person that laughed out loud at this?
I didn't laugh but I found that incredibly arrogant and pathetic.
Re: Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis
#28Who's vetting the bloggers invited to join the Svbtle network? Is it Dustin himself? Something about an exclusive, invite-only network for "creative, intelligent, and witty people" really turns me off.
Not that I wouldn't be interested in reading what only the best and the brightest have to say. Maybe it's just the way it's been presented, but in its current form it seems sort of like the Mensa of blogging platforms.
Re: Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis
#29Yesterday I made a quip about how 3 of the 5 members were on the frontpage of HN arguing, and how I didn't want an invite.
Insert foot in mouth.
I really like the idea of the two columns. I'd totally use this.
Re: Codename: Svbtle by Dustin Curtis
#30"This is the blogging platform for creative, intelligent, and witty people. Membership by invitation only." Am I the only person that laughed out loud at this?
I laughed as well, but because I thought it was a fantastic move. The entire design is a brand, and by not opening it up to everybody, it will create the desire to be on the "in crowd." Arrogant? Hardly. Brilliant? Definitely.