Product Graveyard
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SHOW HN2017
265points
126comments
#91of 2,242 in 2017
Top 5%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
9 positive, 28 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 20 critical, out of 59 comments about the project. Thread score -0.16.
Execution: 1 for, 9 againstDesign: 4 for, 6 againstIdea: 2 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Good design and concept, fun to browse
From 4 comments
Excellent site, love it. I can't provide a funny story or eulogy, but have a scary one... "Microsoft Lync" [item 10 on the list right now] is not dead, it's…
al452 on HNYour UI & UX is amazing! I also love the following below each gravestone. > Did you know _____ ? Please share a eulogy or funny story. lol.
justboxing on HNGreat job, this is a fun concept that is well executed. I was going to add Geocities, but I was surprised to find out that it is still available in Japan. Anyone have insight as…
arscan on HNGreat site, brings back memories. A few little issues I found 1. On mobile I have to scroll past all the featured products to get to "all products". A link at the top or a…
roryisok on HN
Brings back nostalgic memories
From 2 comments
That's cool. Definitely bringing some memories back. If scroll position is maintained when going back to the homepage I'd definitely stayed longer :).
kenips on HNGreat site, brings back memories. A few little issues I found 1. On mobile I have to scroll past all the featured products to get to "all products". A link at the top or a…
roryisok on HN
Objections
Banner images are too large and slow to load
From 2 comments
Those banner images are also way too big - they're 4800px x 3200px and 1.2mb, and take ages to load even on wired connections.
whostolemyhat on HNI love the design of Product Graveyard! Personally, I would’ve gone with darker colors, seeing as it fits the whole “graveyard” theme. One nitpick: isn’t it inefficient to…
citrusui on HN
Software bias in the name 'product'
From 1 comment
I love everything about this except the name. To laypeople, "product" != "software product", and it's revealing your bias. Why don't you just call it Software Graveyard?
ghostly_s on HN
Missing search and screenshots
From 2 comments
Great site, brings back memories. A few little issues I found 1. On mobile I have to scroll past all the featured products to get to "all products". A link at the top or a…
roryisok on HNReally interesting site to browse, thanks! I would love to see a screenshot or two added for each product, ideally captured back in its heyday/prime.
fragmer on HN
Requests
Add search functionality
From 2 comments
Any plans for adding categories/tags and/or search functionality? Putting alternatives there is quite good.
balladeer on HNGreat site, brings back memories. A few little issues I found 1. On mobile I have to scroll past all the featured products to get to "all products". A link at the top or a…
roryisok on HN
Add screenshots of each product
From 2 comments
Really interesting site to browse, thanks! I would love to see a screenshot or two added for each product, ideally captured back in its heyday/prime.
fragmer on HNIf you had a newsletter like "new dead website of the month" if something died, I'd sign up. I also would appreciate a gallery of screenshot for each product to get a feel for…
wingerlang on HN
Add a submit or suggest product button
From 2 comments
From the feedback here in HN it seems clear that you need a "suggest product" button. Maybe it could even be a Disqus on the bottom on the home page, which would automatically…
franciscop on HNNo submit button? Ok here then: Foldershare Great peer to peer file sync tool. Acquired by Microsoft and shut down. Slowly shaking head
unixhero on HN
Darker colors to fit the graveyard theme
From 1 comment
I love the design of Product Graveyard! Personally, I would’ve gone with darker colors, seeing as it fits the whole “graveyard” theme. One nitpick: isn’t it inefficient to…
citrusui on HN
Questions
How was the data collected, manually or user-uploaded
From 1 comment
How did you collect all the data?? Manually, or did users upload it themselves?? Looks great by the way!! Really interesting to peruse.
magic_beans on HN
Plans for categories or tags
From 1 comment
Any plans for adding categories/tags and/or search functionality? Putting alternatives there is quite good.
balladeer on HN
Alternatives named
Google Reader replacements such as Bazqux, The Old Reader, Inoreader, NewsBlur
From 5 comments
I'm still sore about Google Reader. I haven't found another reader that has quite found the right UX to replace it.
mmanfrin on HNhttps://bazqux.com/ was the closest i found in terms of UI and performance with the amount of feeds/items i go through (~1000 items/day) - Been pretty happy with it since Google…
xeno42 on HNI use https://theoldreader.com, it seems to work quite well, and I've been using it since Google Reader shut down.
dogofthunder on HNInoReader https://www.inoreader.com/ is the closest I've found to Google Reader. Happily using it for several years already.
aquilax on HNNewsBlur (https://newsblur.com/) is not quite the same, but it fits the bill for me.
angus-g on HN
Lync and Skype for Business
From 1 comment
Excellent site, love it. I can't provide a funny story or eulogy, but have a scary one... "Microsoft Lync" [item 10 on the list right now] is not dead, it's…
al452 on HN