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SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 7 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score -0.25.
Idea: 2 for, 3 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 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.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Simple, hackable, covers the 80% use case well
From 2 comments
I wish more "library" would be written that way. I.e. make the 80% use case as simple and clear as possible, and let the programmer change it if needed.. instead of providing…
phzbOx on HNI like what you did here. It's common for new developers to rely heavily on complicated Lightbox scripts, because it seems daunting to implement one on their own. Your script…
audionerd on HN
Objections
Requires MooTools, which is about 40kB, undermining the line count
From 3 comments
Have I misunderstood your source?.. But when your first line of your README says that it depends on Mootools, which is shipping at like 40kb~, doesn't it kind of defeat the…
chrisacky on HNHe is still relying on Mootools which is around 40kB in size.
tar on HNYour landing page should say that this requires Mootools.
dylanhassinger on HN
Modal dialogs are annoying and usability is a concern
From 2 comments
As a user, I find modal dialogs very annoying, independently of whether they appear in the browser or in any other GUI application. Nice JS and all, but please think twice (or…
perlgeek on HNI'm curious, can you name an appropriate use case for a modal dialog? The first few uses cases I know of that came to my mind didn't turn out to be so great after I thought a bit…
perlgeek on HN
Unclear what differentiates it from existing libraries
From 2 comments
It's great that you've written a modal dialog library but what differentiates it from the other popular options out there? A 75 line modal dialog library (+mootools) isn't a huge…
debaserab2 on HNI don't really understand what's the point of using your 75 line script for creating modal dialogs instead of the one line solution mentioned by chrisacky.
tar on HN
Requests
Left/right arrow key support
From 1 comment
I like it. Would it be very complicated to add left/right arrow key support?
epikur on HN
Document mobile and browser support
From 1 comment
I like what you did here. It's common for new developers to rely heavily on complicated Lightbox scripts, because it seems daunting to implement one on their own. Your script…
audionerd on HN
Questions
Can an appropriate use case for modal dialogs be named
From 1 comment
I'm curious, can you name an appropriate use case for a modal dialog? The first few uses cases I know of that came to my mind didn't turn out to be so great after I thought a bit…
perlgeek on HN
Alternatives named
ColorBox
From 1 comment
We've worked with ColorBox (http://jacklmoore.com/colorbox/) for the past couple years and it does the job well, just have to clean up the IE6 cruft. 3rd example would be just…
ricardobeat on HN
dojo/dijit Dialog
From 2 comments
Have I misunderstood your source?.. But when your first line of your README says that it depends on Mootools, which is shipping at like 40kb~, doesn't it kind of defeat the…
chrisacky on HNSorry, it's actually dijit.Dialog({}). My bad.
chrisacky on HN