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Your site is laggy, zero accessibility, microscopic text unless your window is large enough, does not support anything you'd expect from a regular website. Just

Your site is laggy, zero accessibility, microscopic text unless your window is large enough, does not support anything you'd expect from a regular website. Just ship a PDF already. The web is not paper, don't design for it as if it as. Oh, and this little page weighs 4.5MB

spicybright 5y ago
It's a proof of concept, but I think it has potential so it's worth exploring. > The web is not paper, don't design for it as if it as. People have said that for literally everything we have on the web now, starting with "the web is only for text and hyperlinks"
- cunthorpe 5y ago
  > it's worth exploring Hard disagree. > People have said that for literally everything we have on the web now What I meant is that here the intent is to design something once and display it in the browser as if it was an image (or printed media), i.e. without filling the window properly. This is 100% like displaying a PDF in a browser and it does not belong in one.
  - spicybright 5y ago
    > Hard disagree. Well, then I'm thankful people can still develop and test out radical ideas despite others not wanting that. This is how all good tech develops, like PDFs. It just tends to be through the internet now.
kfootball15 5y ago
Your approach is incredibly out of line. This is a proof of concept designed by one person. It's an idea, and an interesting one. Why do you feel the need to be so negative?
- cunthorpe 5y ago
  > This is a proof of concept If it was a proof of concept, fine, but it's not, the author intends to develop this further and is accepting signups. I do not want this web. Just publish PDFs if you want to design fixed media.
sofard 5y ago
So much hate. Whether or not it has legs, it's an interesting proof of concept. Reminds me of the early days of internet where people weren't afraid to explore crazy ideas.
gorgoiler 5y ago
This site has very clear guidance on expected standards of behaviour when interacting with a Show HN post. You may not know about them. Read them here: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html
npteljes 5y ago
> Just ship a PDF already Like this website? https://lab6.com/ https://lab6.com/ (Hacker News discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27880905 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27880905)

spicybright 5y ago

It's a proof of concept, but I think it has potential so it's worth exploring. > The web is not paper, don't design for it as if it as. People have said that for literally everything we have on the web now, starting with "the web is only for text and hyperlinks"

cunthorpe 5y ago
> it's worth exploring Hard disagree. > People have said that for literally everything we have on the web now What I meant is that here the intent is to design something once and display it in the browser as if it was an image (or printed media), i.e. without filling the window properly. This is 100% like displaying a PDF in a browser and it does not belong in one.
- spicybright 5y ago
  > Hard disagree. Well, then I'm thankful people can still develop and test out radical ideas despite others not wanting that. This is how all good tech develops, like PDFs. It just tends to be through the internet now.

kfootball15 5y ago

Your approach is incredibly out of line. This is a proof of concept designed by one person. It's an idea, and an interesting one. Why do you feel the need to be so negative?

cunthorpe 5y ago
> This is a proof of concept If it was a proof of concept, fine, but it's not, the author intends to develop this further and is accepting signups. I do not want this web. Just publish PDFs if you want to design fixed media.

sofard 5y ago

So much hate. Whether or not it has legs, it's an interesting proof of concept. Reminds me of the early days of internet where people weren't afraid to explore crazy ideas.

gorgoiler 5y ago

This site has very clear guidance on expected standards of behaviour when interacting with a Show HN post. You may not know about them. Read them here: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

npteljes 5y ago

> Just ship a PDF already Like this website? https://lab6.com/ https://lab6.com/ (Hacker News discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27880905 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27880905)