Inhuman Time
Dev tools
browser extension
SHOW HN2022
38points
20comments
#1,125of 2,570 in 2022
Top 44%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Design: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Relative time is useful for recent items
From 2 comments
If it doesn't explicitly mention the year, it's the current one. I think it's pretty great and reduces mental burden.
solarkraft on HNI disagree, relative time is awesome.
julienreszka on HN
Objections
Relative times are hard to scan in lists and hide exact dates
From 2 comments
Maybe it reduces mental burden when looking at one or a few items, but it sure doesn't help when scanning a list of items.
buttercraft on HNHow did this "days ago" date trend ever get started? It's absolutely horrible. Another trend I've seen is to spell out the full name of the month but then leave out the year.…
buttercraft on HN
Hover-only timestamps are tedious
From 2 comments
How did this "days ago" date trend ever get started? It's absolutely horrible. Another trend I've seen is to spell out the full name of the month but then leave out the year.…
buttercraft on HNOne annoying result of this "days ago" trend is how it obviously doesn't for screenshots of articles / tweets / etc.
Raicuparta on HN
Requests
Use 24-hour or ISO 8601 format instead of 12-hour
From 2 comments
> `31 Oct 2022, 5:34 pm IST`. Not inhuman enough. 12-hour time format is way too human, only used in spoken colloquial language outside the US. Ideally it should be…
qwerty456127 on HN24 hour time at the very least! Down with am/pm!
celadin on HN
Support other websites besides GitHub
From 1 comment
Would be nice to have this feature on every site, not only GitHub. Is there such extension?
lejind on HN
Offer a choice of time formats
From 1 comment
Haha, fair enough. I wanted to add a choice of formats, and this gives me ideas. Thanks!
sharat87 on HN
Questions
Why do sites use relative 'days ago' timestamps
From 1 comment
How did this "days ago" date trend ever get started? It's absolutely horrible. Another trend I've seen is to spell out the full name of the month but then leave out the year.…
buttercraft on HN
Alternatives named
GitHub's own hover tooltip showing exact time
From 1 comment
> I like to make it show the time stamp on hover / tap. This is exactly what GitHub does (on hover). I'm not sure how they calculate what format to show it in on hover. For me,…
kkaske on HN
Discord's relative-then-full-date display
From 1 comment
I think relative time is good for things less than a week old, but anything other than that will use the full date. Discord's solution to it is really nice imo.
sirtomato on HN