Map of Polish Composers
Learning and science
music history reference
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 5 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score -0.24.
Execution: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 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
Looks fantastic and impressive
From 2 comments
Wow, this is fantastic! Is this open sourced, anywhere?
keehun on HNIt's amazing. Not that I'm interested in Polish composers specifically. If you could find a way to generate these for different fields (mathematicians in specific domains,…
avaku on HN
Objections
UI is not intuitive; scrolling and navigation are unclear
From 1 comment
The UI is not very intuitive: - I clicked Karol Szymanowski and I didn't notice I can scroll to see the content - only after reading HN comment I figured out I missed something.…
ed_balls on HN
Search and request handling are buggy
From 1 comment
Seems very buggy due to handling of requests - some examples: - if I'll search for "Zagajewski", then search for "Fryderyk", I still get "Zagajewski Artur" in results; what…
eithed on HN
Firefox users cannot scroll articles
From 1 comment
On Firefox 60.6.3, when I click on a composer’s name and an article pops up, I am unable to scroll down in that article. Consequently, I can only view the first lines of any…
Mediterraneo10 on HN
Missing some composers, including video game composers
From 1 comment
Lacks 3 most successful Polish composers of last few years: Marcin Przybyłowicz, Mikołaj Stroiński, Adam Skorupa They created music for many video games, including the Witcher…
ajuc on HN
Requests
Open source the code
From 1 comment
Wow, this is fantastic! Is this open sourced, anywhere?
keehun on HN
Fix audio player seeking and skip behaviour
From 2 comments
The UI is not very intuitive: - I clicked Karol Szymanowski and I didn't notice I can scroll to see the content - only after reading HN comment I figured out I missed something.…
ed_balls on HNWhen playing a song I can't drag the time mark.
julienreszka on HN
Apply the approach to other fields
From 1 comment
It's amazing. Not that I'm interested in Polish composers specifically. If you could find a way to generate these for different fields (mathematicians in specific domains,…
avaku on HN
Questions
Why the timeline starts in the early 20th century rather than earlier
From 1 comment
Seems to start at the early 20th century, makes one curious why not earlier,to have space for Chopin?
billfruit on HN
Alternatives named
theymadethat.com, a similar IMDB-style platform for any field
From 1 comment
I have a platform for that https://theymadethat.com/ The UI still needs work (especially for mobile) and there's a lot of missing data, but the platform itself is up and running.…
chaostheory on HN