Degrees What
Dev tools
unit converter
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How HN took it
8 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 10 critical, out of 32 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Idea: 2 for, 5 againstDesign: 2 for, 4 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 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.
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun idea with good mobile UX and execution.
From 3 comments
Congrats on a good execution of a fun idea. The mobile UX feels very good. Also sorry to be that guy but: > when people specify a temperature in "degrees" when it’s not clear…
fouronnes3 on HNneat
Madmallard on HNCool, always wanted a tool to convert an angle to Fahrenheit.
oytis on HN
Direct URL query links for specific values are useful.
From 2 comments
Really cool idea and neat tool to play with. And thank you for the tip at the bottom of your post for putting in a specific value. That’s the first thing I wanted!
LeafItAlone on HNLifehack: you can't select 400 degrees on the clock itself, but https://degreeswhat.com/?400 works perfectly ;)
Pannoniae on HN
Objections
Compass bearings are mirrored and only show half the compass.
From 1 comment
I like it. The link https://degreeswhat.com/?100 too quickly tracks the mouse and you lose the pointer to the specific degrees Unfortunately your compass bearings seems a bit…
sails on HN
Kelvin info claim doesn't match displayed output.
From 1 comment
A small inconsistency: The "i"nfo button claims it is also converting Kelvin, but those don't seem to be displayed. Kelvin is not degrees, probably the info text is wrong. Could…
someweirdperson on HN
Hard to hit exact values like -40 with the dial.
From 1 comment
Funnily enough, the scale on the linked page doesn't allow me to set -40°. It jumps between -39.9 and -40.1 So seems like -40.0 is really where the singularity lies. Either that,…
j1elo on HN
Requests
Add radians or other angle units.
From 2 comments
How is this literally a compass visualization and yet it has no mention of radians?
fake-name on HNNext convert it to radians.
bee_rider on HN
Add mouse wheel fine-tuning and snapping to tick marks.
From 2 comments
Suggestions. Add support for fine-tuning with mouse wheel. Keep fun facts separate, based on degrees or compass view.
g0ran on HNidea: add a checkbox to make the red line "snap" to the tick marks / major scales. (user can press Alt key to re-enable fine control momentarily)
albert_e on HN
Use device magnetic heading for the compass.
From 1 comment
A small inconsistency: The "i"nfo button claims it is also converting Kelvin, but those don't seem to be displayed. Kelvin is not degrees, probably the info text is wrong. Could…
someweirdperson on HN
Questions
Why are temperature degrees named with angular degrees?
From 2 comments
I don’t get why you would conflate temperature degrees with angular degrees. They have nothing to do with each other.
afgrant on HNAs a non-native reader, I`m not sure that I understand. Could you explain why 100 Kelvin, but 100 degrees Celsius and 100 degrees Fahrenheit? Is there some special meaning in a…
deelly on HN