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How HN took it
7 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 3 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Design: 5 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Screenshots of full pages and mobile views make browsing easy
From 3 comments
It's pretty good way to browse actually. My pet-peeve with sites like wrapbootstrap, etc is that you have to open each theme, click the live preview button and then click the…
supersan on HNYou know I thought I was on Amazon site. Glad to see a website which does not look like Themes' related site :) I really like the way you are showing themes there with not just a…
mohsinr on HNLove this, would be cool also to list if there are any external links within theme by default and where those go to, also any libraries used as a dependency. Great presentation…
cyanbane on HN
Cleaner and more functional than other theme sites
From 2 comments
So refreshing to see a themes website that looks different and is way more functional. Thanks for this! I just wanted to point out that (at least for me) the filters are reset…
coisnepe on HNYou know I thought I was on Amazon site. Glad to see a website which does not look like Themes' related site :) I really like the way you are showing themes there with not just a…
mohsinr on HN
Objections
Full-page screenshots hide typography and small design details
From 1 comment
I agree - this is better than most sites for browsing themes. However, I still find it hard to get a feel for a theme's style when a giant cover image makes up 90% of a…
dperfect on HN
Only a few themes load at once; wants infinite scroll
From 1 comment
The way you display each theme is great However the fact that you only show a very small number of themes before making me click & wait till new ones load makes this not very…
philfreo on HN
Filters reset when changing sort order
From 1 comment
So refreshing to see a themes website that looks different and is way more functional. Thanks for this! I just wanted to point out that (at least for me) the filters are reset…
coisnepe on HN
Blurry screenshots on retina display
From 1 comment
Viewing the theme screenshots looks a bit blurry to me on a retina display (13" @ default scaling).
fouc on HN
Requests
Filters for performance, asset size and request count
From 1 comment
These would be killer features. Filter by themes: - that don't have any stupid JS/CSS animations - that don't use web fonts or at least make me configure them easily - that have…
WA on HN
Arrow key navigation in the preview lightbox
From 1 comment
It's pretty good way to browse actually. My pet-peeve with sites like wrapbootstrap, etc is that you have to open each theme, click the live preview button and then click the…
supersan on HN
Theme authors can claim and curate their own themes
From 1 comment
Great layout, great idea. The only problem I can see (I am Elite Theme author on TF) is that these demos are updated/changing/adding almost weekly by theme authors, and managing…
usaphp on HN
Quality indicators such as ratings and reviews
From 2 comments
Looks great :) Only thing I am missing is a „quality indicator“. I buy a lot of themes on TF and I usually just sort by „best sellers“ and then look at ratings and number of…
philfrasty on HNIn addition to the comment about filtering by size, etc, I'm also concerned about operational features - here are a few that come to mind: - Bugs or lack of them - Performance…
smoyer on HN
Questions
Which marketplaces are covered
From 1 comment
What markets are you hooking into? This is really pretty by the way.
joshmn on HN
Is there a Russian or other alternative marketplace to Themeforest
From 1 comment
On the note of marketplaces, is there any Russian equivalent (or the like) to Themeforest? Doesn't need to be Russian, obviously. I'm not interested in language support, I'm just…
joshmn on HN
Alternatives named
ThemeForest
From 2 comments
On the note of marketplaces, is there any Russian equivalent (or the like) to Themeforest? Doesn't need to be Russian, obviously. I'm not interested in language support, I'm just…
joshmn on HNThank you! We are currently hooking into ThemeForest, WrapBootstrap, TemplateMonster and several individual free theme providers. After this beta release, we are planning to add…
danialtz on HN
WrapBootstrap
From 1 comment
It's pretty good way to browse actually. My pet-peeve with sites like wrapbootstrap, etc is that you have to open each theme, click the live preview button and then click the…
supersan on HN
TemplateMonster
From 1 comment
Thank you! We are currently hooking into ThemeForest, WrapBootstrap, TemplateMonster and several individual free theme providers. After this beta release, we are planning to add…
danialtz on HN
Creative Tim
From 1 comment
On the note of marketplaces, is there any Russian equivalent (or the like) to Themeforest? Doesn't need to be Russian, obviously. I'm not interested in language support, I'm just…
joshmn on HN