augmented-ui
Dev tools
css library
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
38 positive, 33 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 6 critical, out of 82 comments about the project. Thread score +0.50.
Design: 12 for, 0 againstIdea: 9 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 5 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks great and easy to use
From 4 comments
“high tech, low effort” — brilliant!
atemerev on HNThat is great. Love how smooth it looks.
bastih on HNYup this is a nice take - sometimes these libraries can be a bit cumbersome, but the syntax is simple - similar to bootstrap. I think the big thing is the design - this looks…
johnsnowtho on HNThis looks nice!
HackerBacker on HN
Clever use of CSS as a programming model
From 2 comments
I started getting ready to write a response saying, no, why the hell would you clip and make shapes in the DOM and not regular CSS, till I finished reading the rest of your post.…
soulofmischief on HNThis is fantastic. Thank you for sharing and teaching me something I didn't know you could do with CSS.
waylandsmithers on HN
Objections
High CPU usage in browsers
From 3 comments
It looks really cool, but it spikes my browser's (Firefox and Chromium on Ubuntu 19.04) CPU usage whenever it's active. Not even scrolling, just visible. Reiterating though, this…
paxswill on HNAwesome project, I want to build something to try it out! A few comments: - very high resource usage (animation meter and my system monitor confirms high CPU usage) - hovering…
peternicky on HNon ff mobile site"s scroll seriously lagged. nice visual appeal though
your-nanny on HN
Uses invalid HTML attributes instead of data- attributes
From 1 comment
Looks fun, happy to see a great usage of CSS custom properties, but a little baffled and let down that it seems to use invalid HTML attributes :/ When writing HTML you can invent…
err4nt on HN
Text overflows panels on some browsers
From 2 comments
Great work! One bug I noticed is that text runs out of the panels as seen on your page. I suggest making them overflow: auto to make it scroll when necessary, also with the…
hanniabu on HNDitto in firefox mobile. Parts of text not readable
teknopaul on HN
Requests
Add TLS redirect to the site
From 1 comment
Looks awesome! Could you add TLS redirect though?
d6e on HN
Support multiple clips per border position
From 1 comment
Is it possible to have multiple clips on single side of border ?
rtcoms on HN
Templates for dashboards built with it
From 1 comment
This is really cool! I am actually more of a backend engineer though, and I use dashboard templates like you would find with bootstrap and then just tweak the template a bit to…
scoobyyabbadoo on HN
Questions
How does it use custom properties without JavaScript
From 1 comment
Amazing, I've always loved the design but have been a little intimidated by how intricate it can be to implement, so this looks awesomely easy!! Also, wondering; how does this…
gitgud on HN
Can it be defined in CSS without inline attributes
From 1 comment
Does the augmented-ui property have to live inline on the html tag, itself? ... or is there are way to define the whole exe process within the CSS class without having to inline…
bkyan on HN
Alternatives named
border-image with SVG
From 1 comment
Would it be better to use the css border-image property? If you don't want to use images I guess you could embed svg in it. That should give you around 98% of all browser users…
hiccuphippo on HN
Bootstrap
From 2 comments
This is really cool! I am actually more of a backend engineer though, and I use dashboard templates like you would find with bootstrap and then just tweak the template a bit to…
scoobyyabbadoo on HNYup this is a nice take - sometimes these libraries can be a bit cumbersome, but the syntax is simple - similar to bootstrap. I think the big thing is the design - this looks…
johnsnowtho on HN