The Top Fives
Productivity
news aggregator
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
1 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 11 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score -0.32.
Idea: 1 for, 7 againstDesign: 0 for, 4 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Good idea and product, with a clean look
From 3 comments
This looks pretty good, thanks for sharing! The three-column desktop views cut off way too many titles, meaning if I want the full headline I have to hover over each one for a…
JasonSage on HNThe checkboxes for me (latest version of Chrome on Mac) are a bit dodgy and sometimes won't check/uncheck. Also, there's nothing more infuriating than getting the checkboxes how…
iDemonix on HNVery cool site! Some quick feedback: changing pages (eg: navigating from 'new' to 'inspiration', 'sources', etc...) while in night mode switches the user back to day mode, which…
USAnum1 on HN
Objections
Text and background contrast is too low, hurting legibility
From 4 comments
I like the dark mode, but for me the contrast between the text and background is far too low. Coupled with the relatively small font size, this really compromises legibility.
michaelmior on HNI second this. The light mode could also use a minor improvement in contrast. Otherwise awesome idea!
finishingmove on HNThird-ed. Contrast way too low. Why not use #000000 for the background color? Everything just looks washed out as it stands and almost has the effect of making everything look…
pazra on HNYeah, way too low contrast. I use redshift at night, and this isn't readable for me.
davorb on HN
Checkbox source selection wipes out choices and has bugs
From 1 comment
The checkboxes for me (latest version of Chrome on Mac) are a bit dodgy and sometimes won't check/uncheck. Also, there's nothing more infuriating than getting the checkboxes how…
iDemonix on HN
Three-column layout cuts off headline titles
From 1 comment
This looks pretty good, thanks for sharing! The three-column desktop views cut off way too many titles, meaning if I want the full headline I have to hover over each one for a…
JasonSage on HN
Dark mode resets when switching pages
From 1 comment
Very cool site! Some quick feedback: changing pages (eg: navigating from 'new' to 'inspiration', 'sources', etc...) while in night mode switches the user back to day mode, which…
USAnum1 on HN
Requests
Add RSS and custom feed sources
From 2 comments
Can you make this so it can take any RSS feed/twitter feed and show the top N in each tile?
msravi on HNCan you generate an RSS feed for top X per Y time period? Would be cool if I could import that into feedly.
ikeboy on HN
Open links without new tabs
From 1 comment
Any chance of changing links to not open new tabs? This makes use of the site difficult on mobile by constantly needing to close windows.
cvarjas on HN
Configurable Chrome new tab extension
From 1 comment
Great idea! I can see myself using this. One note: The Chrome extension would be much more useful if it was configurable to allow more use-cases. I installed the Chrome…
pr0vitamin on HN
Remember dark mode setting
From 1 comment
Can you please remember the 'dark mode' setting? A cookie or localStorage flag would be really easy to do.
Torn on HN
Questions
What web stack is it built on?
From 1 comment
What is the web stack behind it? It's really nice.
teeboy on HN
Alternatives named
popurls
From 1 comment
http://popurls.com/ ?
viach on HN
hackurls
From 1 comment
also http://hackurls.com
jamiesonbecker on HN
alltop
From 1 comment
See also: http://alltop.com since ~2008(ish)
acafourek on HN
skimfeed
From 1 comment
http://skimfeed.com/ !
XzetaU8 on HN