HrefTools
Dev tools
online web utilities
SHOW HN2018
How HN took it
3 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score -0.13.
Idea: 1 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 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.
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, clean design.
From 2 comments
I very much love the simple design. Excellent. Please add a favicon generator!
fermienrico on HNLooks neat! My one critique is the Contact Us link. I find unexpected mailto: links annoying because they cause my desktop mail client (which I don't use) to open unexpectedly…
fvargas on HN
Useful for quick tasks.
From 2 comments
This is great, would love a way of being notified when you add new tools.
siquick on HNNice work! Looking forward to see what tools you'll add to the site in the coming future.
reimertz on HN
Objections
Online tools that minify code could inject malicious code.
From 1 comment
Online tools that minify and touch code always scare me. It would be so easy for them to put stuff in there, like a crypto miner for example.
derimagia on HN
Minifier output misses optimisations and is not ideal.
From 1 comment
What is the HTML compressor using? It’s missing quite a few opportunities. Take this input HTML: ``` <!doctype html> <html lang="en-au"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>This…
chrismorgan on HN
Build processes are better than ad-hoc web tools.
From 3 comments
If you don't have an established build process, I would consider a one-time minification of an established codebase to be a pretty poor decision. Either setup a trivial build…
reificator on HNBut again, if it's so important, then why leave it a manual process? If it's critical to the business needs, script it. If you need to do it every time you fix a bug, make it…
reificator on HNmaybe it's just me but i feel like using of any of these "tools" would slow me down when compared to using the equivalent shell-foo or a language built-in/library. also seems…
notroot on HN
Requests
Add a JSON validator.
From 1 comment
add a json validator!
beefinethan on HN
Add a URL encoder/decoder.
From 1 comment
Feature request: url encoder/decoder
rchrd2 on HN
Combine encode and decode into one input/output form.
From 1 comment
In my bookmarks I have HTML encode/decode and URL encode/decode. Have you considered creating a single input and single output field with different buttons around?
dandare on HN
Add a favicon generator.
From 1 comment
I very much love the simple design. Excellent. Please add a favicon generator!
fermienrico on HN
Questions
What is the privacy policy for data entered into the tools?
From 1 comment
What is your privacy policy with the data people give you to use your FREE tools?
slackoverflower on HN
What is the use case for these tools?
From 1 comment
Thanks! This list may not be representative of “all free online tools” but is sufficient for the context. Perhaps the common thread amongst all of them is that they are served…
wadkar on HN
Alternatives named
CyberChef
From 1 comment
Anybody interested in this might be interested in CyberChef [1]. [1] https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/
taspeotis on HN
JSON Checker (jsonchecker.com)
From 1 comment
Shameless plug here... Check out https://jsonchecker.com/ It validates and formats JSON. Let me know if you have any feedback!
rhin0 on HN
Build tools like webpack or gulp.
From 1 comment
The use case of OCR is you know, but for compressor like html, css and js is not much due to build tools like webpack or gulp, but it can have. Whenever I want to build a static…
eashish93 on HN