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SHOW HN2012
222points
80comments
#65of 1,677 in 2012
Top 4%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
13 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 12 critical, out of 41 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.
Idea: 4 for, 4 againstDesign: 3 for, 2 againstExecution: 2 for, 3 againstPerformance: 1 for, 2 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.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fast and snappy performance
From 2 comments
Amazing. I've only dabbled with Meteor lightly, but this takes it to a whole new level. Telescope is so fast, you've done an exceptional job building this my hat goes off to you…
DigitalSea on HNReally big fan, very snappy and fast. I've been skeptical of Meteor, but this speaks well for it. Still concerned about the security/data leakage/authentication methodology though.
codewright on HN
Source code is clear and good for learning
From 2 comments
The source code is really great read through. Exemplary work.
darylantony on HNI've been working with Telescope's code for just over a week, and Meteor since the beginning of the year, and I wanted to vow for what a pleasure it has been. The Meteor team is…
goldfeld on HN
Nice design and visual effects
From 2 comments
I'm a fan of the telescopic mouseover effect, and the abundance of blue/purple. I was expecting it be an aesthetic clone, but you guys have done a nice job.
pm on HNThe demo-button-effect is awesome!
dlsym on HN
Objections
No test suite
From 2 comments
Sorry but is this meant to be marketing for Meteor or a legit project? Am I missing something or is there no test suite? This doesn't bode we'll if this is the example of how to…
camwest on HNIt's a legit project. You are correct that there's no test suite, unfortunately support for testing is still a way down the priority list for the meteor devs:…
tmeasday on HN
Security concerns with Meteor's data model
From 2 comments
Really big fan, very snappy and fast. I've been skeptical of Meteor, but this speaks well for it. Still concerned about the security/data leakage/authentication methodology though.
codewright on HNYes, basically meteor is just an RPC. You make it secure. Out of the box it scaffolds for you, which isn't secure.
1qaz2wsx3edc on HN
Meteor not yet 1.0 and API changing
From 1 comment
I ~want~ to use Meteor on a large project, but they only are in Preview and in the FAQ states there will most likely be major API changes each [preview?] release, with no 1.0…
mrchess on HN
Real-time updates of stories not useful
From 1 comment
This is proof Meteor is not the future. Bloated JS heavy webpages that aren't RESTful or modular are not moving the web forward. Aside from that, I don't see the utility of being…
dreamdu5t on HN
Requests
Less ugly URLs
From 1 comment
Not sure how configurable this is, but would it be possible to have less ridiculous URLs? An idea might be to take the hash (it looks like you're using some sort of hash?) and…
dbaupp on HN
Fix mobile layout and sign-up errors
From 3 comments
Very cool. I spotted a little layout bug: Resize your browser to be skinny, you'll see that the "Sign Up/Sign In" text starts to overlap the header text and become unreadable.
graue on HNI also spotted non-sense when submitting a blank sign up form: "Must pass username, email, or id in request.user". Must I?
1qaz2wsx3edc on HNGood point, the mobile layout should probably kick in earlier.
sgdesign on HN
Integrate YouTube video links
From 1 comment
Very cool! That reminds me I've been thinking about a way to integrate YouTube videos into Telescope (like Reddit does with video links).
sgdesign on HN
Questions
Does Meteor work with search engine indexing
From 1 comment
Amazing. I've only dabbled with Meteor lightly, but this takes it to a whole new level. Telescope is so fast, you've done an exceptional job building this my hat goes off to you…
DigitalSea on HN
Can the database be something other than Mongo
From 1 comment
Really good job guys.. I have a couple questions: 1. How does the Meteor community look at Coffeescript? 2. Can the backend database be anything other than Mongo?
knwang on HN
Why called open source without a license
From 1 comment
This is awesome and really great to be able to read the source (like other have said). Why is it called an "open source" app? It doesn't seem to have any software license in the…
tryggvib on HN
Alternatives named
Hacker News
From 1 comment
This is proof Meteor is not the future. Bloated JS heavy webpages that aren't RESTful or modular are not moving the web forward. Aside from that, I don't see the utility of being…
dreamdu5t on HN
Reddit
From 1 comment
Very cool! That reminds me I've been thinking about a way to integrate YouTube videos into Telescope (like Reddit does with video links).
sgdesign on HN