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SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
14 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 15 critical, out of 44 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Design: 6 for, 7 againstDocs: 1 for, 4 againstExecution: 2 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 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
Well organized, compact and useful reference
From 3 comments
Nicely organized and well done! Thank you. For all people like me addicted to this kind of reference websites full of information, check out http://hyperpolyglot.org/unix-shells…
lgeorget on HNWell done! For a first website, this is amazing. I can learn some bash from this site. Also, I want to say it was a pleasure (more relief, really - now 2020-02-13) to read the…
I_complete_me on HNNice reference, compact and complete. My 2 cents: top menu goes away when you reduce window width; on mobile no menu at all (but content goes one column correctly, so halfway…
calcar on HN
Nice design and color scheme
From 2 comments
I'm a big fan of the design / color scheme.
modelzero on HNI find the scrolling interface strangely satisfying -> useful too, as you can do a full page search via the browser. Good job!
lwhi on HN
Impressive for a first website
From 2 comments
Well done! For a first website, this is amazing. I can learn some bash from this site. Also, I want to say it was a pleasure (more relief, really - now 2020-02-13) to read the…
I_complete_me on HNNice job for a first site! You must have learned a lot about bash while working it :)
miguelmota on HN
Objections
Low text contrast and dark theme hard to read
From 3 comments
I bookmarked this as it will be very helpful to me, so thank you! My constructive or no so constructive criticism is that I really really don't like the theme. I find it really…
zeku on HNI really want to check this out, but my eyes hurt reading the page because the contrast of gray on black is so low. A vision-impaired person might not be able to read it at all.…
agwa on HNEchoing that is is a very useful site and echoing concerns re: theme and glad you are giving some options! Specially, I'd like to callout the main problem to address when adding…
sodapopcan on HN
Serif fonts hard to read
From 2 comments
Nice. My initial reaction is that the serif fonts are hard to read. Can you try some console or san-serif fonts, or make that configurable? Someone else suggested toggleable…
zerkten on HNVery cool, thanks for sharing. Here's some trivial suggestions. - There's a lot of info here, so I think you should aim for curation and conciseness, rather than completeness.…
danso on HN
Popup is intrusive
From 1 comment
Some feedback you probably won't hear from the HN crowd: Give more context to the site for initial visitors. Its going to be more obvious to those who visited from HN but not to…
geekbread on HN
Not responsive on mobile
From 3 comments
Opened the site on my iphone 6S and could not even close the popup.
pezo1919 on HNYour disclaimer modal doesn't fit on mobile causing the viewport to extend outside expected bounds. Otherwise looks nice.
holmberd on HNNice reference, compact and complete. My 2 cents: top menu goes away when you reduce window width; on mobile no menu at all (but content goes one column correctly, so halfway…
calcar on HN
Requests
Add examples for commands
From 3 comments
Very nice. I know that it is a bash quick reference, but I was kinda expecting to see an example, at least for each section. Or a different page with a few examples and maybe a…
hojjat12000 on HNIt would definitely be helpful to have more context. I know some bash, but I'm far from an expert. The first thing I see on the page is a list of flags, but no clue what commands…
imgabe on HNSecond this. I was looking for examples of how to use some of the commands. I was able to easily google it in another tab, but it broke the quick-reference workflow.
samtimalsina on HN
Add color themes and contrast options
From 2 comments
I'm about to implement some common color-themes which'll be easy to toggle (visually/color-wise it'll be like those themes you'd see in an IDE like Eclipse or Intelli-J f.e.). I…
manjana on HNNice. My initial reaction is that the serif fonts are hard to read. Can you try some console or san-serif fonts, or make that configurable? Someone else suggested toggleable…
zerkten on HN
Add context for first-time visitors
From 1 comment
Some feedback you probably won't hear from the HN crowd: Give more context to the site for initial visitors. Its going to be more obvious to those who visited from HN but not to…
geekbread on HN
Copy-to-clipboard on click
From 2 comments
Looks great! Can you add a feature to copy the flag/notation/etc when you click on it?
garettmd on HNNice reference, compact and complete. My 2 cents: top menu goes away when you reduce window width; on mobile no menu at all (but content goes one column correctly, so halfway…
calcar on HN
Questions
Which command does a flag belong to?
From 2 comments
It would definitely be helpful to have more context. I know some bash, but I'm far from an expert. The first thing I see on the page is a list of flags, but no clue what commands…
imgabe on HNYou list the flags, but are you supposed to guess the commands? For example, on the File Testing Operators section, I can't find a single mention that the command is "test"
anticycle on HN
Alternatives named
man bash and info pages
From 2 comments
There is also 'man bash', you can even search it. Joking aside, the bash man page is pretty good and well structured. ``` man bash | grep '^[A-Z]' ```
Scarbutt on HN> "help [ -e" doesn't work. The [ documentation also doesn't tell you what options are available Well, knowing that `[` is the same as `test`, you can `man test` to see the…
jolmg on HN
cheat.sh
From 1 comment
cheat.sh is way better method for searching something like https://cht.sh/bash+string+slice
dawidgoslawski on HN
hyperpolyglot
From 1 comment
Nicely organized and well done! Thank you. For all people like me addicted to this kind of reference websites full of information, check out http://hyperpolyglot.org/unix-shells…
lgeorget on HN