Textnet.io
Infrastructure
text hosting platform
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Idea: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 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
Liked the back-to-basics concept and its freshness
From 2 comments
Back to the basics - I like it! Kind of ironic (?) that this feels so fresh and different from most of the web these days. It does inspire me to offer content in raw form like…
lioeters on HNGood idea.
du_bing on HN
Compared to gopherspace, which the commenter likes
From 1 comment
I love the concept. But functionally - and especially because hyperlinks aren't clickable - you've recreated gopherspace. (Congrats - I love gopherspace). Driving the world…
zafiro17 on HN
Objections
Hyperlinks are not clickable, so it is not really a web
From 3 comments
I'm all against useless styling, but a web without clickable hyperlinks is not a web at all.
CamTin on HNI love the concept. But functionally - and especially because hyperlinks aren't clickable - you've recreated gopherspace. (Congrats - I love gopherspace). Driving the world…
zafiro17 on HNHow about clickable links? Like that the site is very hard to use mobile.
zaro on HN
Hard to use on mobile
From 1 comment
How about clickable links? Like that the site is very hard to use mobile.
zaro on HN
Plain unstyled HTML would meet the same goals
From 1 comment
To be fair, it's the "Internet of Text", not the "Web of Text". But I agree, it's kind of dumb. They could meet all of their 'why's with plain unstyled HTML.
perilunar on HN
Requests
Clickable links
From 2 comments
How about clickable links? Like that the site is very hard to use mobile.
zaro on HNI'm all against useless styling, but a web without clickable hyperlinks is not a web at all.
CamTin on HN
Mobile support
From 1 comment
How about clickable links? Like that the site is very hard to use mobile.
zaro on HN
LaTeX/MathJax rendering
From 1 comment
What about Mathjax/Latex?
mrgoose on HN
Questions
Can non-technical users get clickable links without extensions?
From 1 comment
Back to the basics - I like it! Kind of ironic (?) that this feels so fresh and different from most of the web these days. It does inspire me to offer content in raw form like…
lioeters on HN
Alternatives named
Browser extensions that activate links in text (Text Link, Markdown Preview Plus)
From 2 comments
There are several browser extensions available which activate the links. E.g. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/text-link/ikfmghnmgeicocakijcebpkmbfljnogk
adius on HNWorks! Just updated the FAQ on how to enable LaTeX rendering. Basically you need to use the browser extension…
adius on HN
Lynx and Links text browsers
From 1 comment
I love the concept. But functionally - and especially because hyperlinks aren't clickable - you've recreated gopherspace. (Congrats - I love gopherspace). Driving the world…
zafiro17 on HN
Gopherspace
From 1 comment
I love the concept. But functionally - and especially because hyperlinks aren't clickable - you've recreated gopherspace. (Congrats - I love gopherspace). Driving the world…
zafiro17 on HN