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How HN took it
12 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 15 critical, out of 37 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Design: 6 for, 11 againstDocs: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 3 for, 1 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Excellent introductory explanation of compression
From 3 comments
This is a fantastic explanation. Thanks! (Also, I love the gifs)
alexkadis on HNFantastic article. I really enjoyed the inclusion of a live, clickable demo with example output. Absolutely well done (after I disabled the GIFs).
komali2 on HNI toggled the gifs off since I read the comments before the article. I must say, the article is excellent and you could even share it with a non-technical manager or spouse*…
styfle on HN
Interactive demo is a good addition
From 1 comment
Fantastic article. I really enjoyed the inclusion of a live, clickable demo with example output. Absolutely well done (after I disabled the GIFs).
komali2 on HN
Objections
Animated GIFs are distracting and make the article hard to read
From 4 comments
I found this quite hard to read despite the interesting content, mainly due to the animated gifs inserted throughout the article. It's very hard to focus on a line of text when…
bennyelv on HNLose the gifs, and you have a very good article. I think they distract, rather than enhance.
AdmiralAsshat on HNPersonally I didn't mind the content of the gifs, it was the fact that they made it difficult to keep track of where you were in the text around them as I tried to read it.…
bennyelv on HNI wouldn't mind the GIFs if they were A. smaller (most of them take up a good 2/3rds of the height of my viewport at 1600x900) and B. could be paused. They're humorous at first,…
taco_emoji on HN
Compression ratio explanation was inverted in places
From 2 comments
Unless I mis-read or mis-understood you seem to invert the meaning of compression ratio half way through ? > (100 / 200) = 0.5. Protip: compression ratios less than 1 are frowned…
wdfx on HNYeah came here to point this out, that's definitely an error.
taco_emoji on HN
Requests
Add a toggle to turn off GIFs
From 3 comments
Or at least a way to toggle them all off at the beginning
ythl on HNAdd a way to toggle the gifs off at the beginning for people that don't like memes distracting them from the content and you've got yourself a winner.
ythn on HNThe pixel art doesn't show up for me in Firefox or Edge. (Looks like they're there, just with a height of 0px?) Also, my motion-sensitive lizard brain thanks you for the gif…
nxrabl on HN
Follow-up on lossy compression and JPEG
From 3 comments
Great article, would be interested in more in depth articles on say, JPEG compression in the future. Really liked the better/worse thing too, added some nice comparison
djhworld on HNI'd like to see some examples of how lossy compression algorithms work
MattSayar on HNwrite a follow-up. it's interesting
mdevere on HN
Questions
How the interactive demo was built
From 1 comment
This is great content! Do you mind if I ask how you made it? Specifically the interactive demo? I've been working myself on a project[1] to explore tools for interactive demos,…
akud on HN
Alternatives named
Gary Bernhardt compressor screencast
From 1 comment
Gary Bernhardt has a great live screencast where he writes a compressor - for anyone that found this hard to follow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Eu9ZVZEZ3I
michaelmcmillan on HN