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How HN took it
9 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Idea: 3 for, 4 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Cool easter eggs and fun curl animation
From 3 comments
curl http://theden.sh/lady
shellbackground on HNNow that's what I'm talking about.
drannex on HNvery cool
buildmystartup on HN
Interesting draggable card feature
From 1 comment
Ah this is a really nice feature, really adds to the experience and feel that you are looking for. In your place I would add some simple bar on top, just a bunch of horizontal…
rijoja on HN
Objections
Not very Unix-like; feels more like Emacs or BBS
From 3 comments
It looks like Emacs rather than Unix.
eddieh on HNIt's more BBS-like, not really Unix.
nikolay on HNEmacs-like :)
wcummings on HN
Poor mobile experience
From 2 comments
It is basically useless on my phone: page (and font) size changes periodically because of that animated ASCII thing at the bottom (and due to the fact that device is vertically…
vthriller on HNRepo: https://github.com/TheDen/TheDen.sh (PRs are welcome) All clientside—mostly js hacks. There are a lot of fun easter eggs—some easy to find, others not so much. I can't…
theden on HN
Draggable cards lack affordance
From 2 comments
Ah this is a really nice feature, really adds to the experience and feel that you are looking for. In your place I would add some simple bar on top, just a bunch of horizontal…
rijoja on HNyou could add little window decoration / border / title bar which would better indicate that it's actually a draggable "window" of sorts? :)
amatecha on HN
Requests
Add title bar or window decoration to cards
From 1 comment
you could add little window decoration / border / title bar which would better indicate that it's actually a draggable "window" of sorts? :)
amatecha on HN
Make entire paragraph box clickable
From 1 comment
Just a quick nitpick, I would like to see the links expand to their entire <p> parent elements, so the entire box is a clickable link, not just the text inside.
slinkyavenger on HN
Questions
How are the ASCII animations and distortion effects made
From 2 comments
This is a bit uncanny since I've been thinking quite a lot about these distortion effects and how to implement them with HTML5, js and css. Would you please enlighten us by…
rijoja on HNDo somebody know how the images where created? I haven't found a tool that creates ascii art with that color quality.
slyzmud on HN
How does the curl animation work
From 2 comments
wat it just started to run. I thought it was supposed to be piped for bash to be executed. Are all `curl` just exposed to bash injections?
_lce0 on HNSo are you saying that bash is not actually executed but the characters are being printed on the screen and they looks as if the animation were still playing? What I cannot…
_lce0 on HN
Alternatives named
hq6.me
From 1 comment
This was very different than what I expected. I thought it would be closer to https://hq6.me
hq6 on HN
klange.7 ascii art page
From 1 comment
I was hoping for something more like http://r.dakko.us/klange.7 [0] [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8023258
falsedan on HN