Bigwords.page
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SHOW HN2026
How HN took it
34 positive, 29 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 14 critical, out of 78 comments about the project. Thread score +0.31.
Idea: 21 for, 5 againstExecution: 5 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, clever idea
From 3 comments
This sort of incredibly simple, crisp idea is what changes the world. Great job!
isaac-harvey on HNBrilliant
libertyit on HNI love solutions like this. Make the URL the entirety of the data needed. Awesome
whycome on HN
Useful for conferences and panels as a countdown timer
From 2 comments
This is so brilliantly simple. I semi-regularly chair or panels and very often the venue hasn’t thought about a countdown timer so that I and the speakers know how long we have…
saaaaaam on HNReally well done, can think of a few times this would have been useful in the recent past. Would be great for conferences in particular!
totallygeeky on HN
Objections
The title 'The URL is the app' is meaningless and sounds LLM-written
From 3 comments
> The URL is the app LLM-speak is a huge turn off to me (and a lot of other people here, from my interactions), so the fact that your submission title is AI-generated is...…
notpushkin on HNCool project and nicely done but "the URL is the app" is just meaningless and it sounds exactly like what an llm would drop in every other paragraph.
ShinyLeftPad on HN> The URL is the app We used to call them websites
Retr0id on HN
Site has SSL warning in Firefox
From 1 comment
Site is blocked - getting an SSL warning on Firefox.
paul7986 on HN
Requests
Add a TV app (Google TV / Apple TV)
From 1 comment
Suggestion: make it a GoogleTV / AppleTV app so users can set it up in a few clicks and transform any screen laying around into a sign.
simlevesque on HN
Add a fullscreen toggle and landscape button on mobile
From 1 comment
Neat! For mobile, it would be nice to have an on-screen button to toggle full screen and turn the page landscape.
WhiskerFatigue on HN
Questions
How to change the large preview image shown when sharing in messages
From 2 comments
how to hide the Preview when sharing on messages? id prefer something more neutral.
frankthecobbler on HNhow to hide or change the gigantic preview when sharing on apple messages? id prefer to change it, the default is obtrusive
frankthecobbler on HN
Alternatives named
screenmessage.com
From 1 comment
I've always used https://screenmessage.com/ for this. bigwords has the advantage of accepting inline parameters though.
JoshTriplett on HN
textarea by antonmedv
From 1 comment
Yeah, the issue here is that the URL is not the app. This is basically a differently-shaped https://github.com/antonmedv/textarea Cool idea, but agree that fixing actual mistakes…
rpdillon on HN