Subtle Patterns Bookmarklet
Dev tools
css preview bookmarklet
SHOW HN2013
347points
52comments
#24of 1,739 in 2013
Top 2%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
21 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 7 critical, out of 41 comments about the project. Thread score +0.38.
Execution: 2 for, 4 againstIdea: 4 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fast and useful for picking backgrounds
From 3 comments
SubtlePatterns has been a great resource for me -- especially when I'm trying to turn something around really quick -- and this bookmarklet makes the process of selecting a good…
jawns on HNThis is really timely and really damn useful. The bookmarklet in particular is great. Nice work!
damncabbage on HNSick! Picking SubtlePattern backgrounds has always been a tedious process, will be using this across all my stuff.
ngokevin on HN
Simple and easy to use
From 2 comments
This is awesome. I'm impressed with how easy it is to use.
josephwesley on HNLove it! The perfect combination of simple and helpful.
mieubrisse on HN
Objections
Does not work on HTTPS sites due to insecure asset loading
From 3 comments
The bookmarklet tries to load the script and possibly other assets (I didn't check) from an insecure domain. This will cause any sane browser (I'm using Chrome) to block those…
jtokoph on HNLooks useful, but unfortunately doesn't work on sites that require https.
spellboots on HNAwesome! Much needed. Though I'm seeing some requests blocked in Chrome (maybe AdBlock? or something else) when trying to use the bookmarklet on an HTTPS site.
holic on HN
Does not work on some sites
From 1 comment
Hi! This couldn't have come at a better time as this is something on my ToDo list. However the bookmarklet isn't working on my site. The URL is www.randomdailyness.com. Any…
Nowyouknow on HN
Only applies to body; no custom selector
From 2 comments
This is pretty amazing! If only I could apply this to something other than body for a certain site, I'd be set!
technojunkie on HNYou rock. This is crazy useful for trying out styles on stuff i'm building. I'd echo one of the suggestions here, there needs to be a way to apply to non-body elements.
justjohn on HN
Requests
Apply background to non-body elements or a CSS selector
From 3 comments
This is pretty amazing! If only I could apply this to something other than body for a certain site, I'd be set!
technojunkie on HNThat's pretty sweet. Being able to give it a css selector though, now that would rock!
ollysb on HNReally handy tool, thanks! I second the suggestion of allowing the background to be applied to another element.
robbles on HN
Keyboard navigation and random button
From 2 comments
I found it less usable than Subtle Patterns - reason is to switch to new background, I have to 'click', where as on Subtle Patterns I can scroll and see more backgrounds (given…
BayAreaDev on HNThis is great! Any chance of a random button to join next/previous?
mcintyre1994 on HN
Image manipulation such as blur or hue
From 2 comments
Nice work Brad, This is really cool. Now I want to hook something like this up to an A/B testing framework and see if I can improve site metrics simply by swapping out the…
bradsmithinc on HNYes, pixel noise can be annoying. But it can be easily removed with a couple of clicks in Photoshop. Even simply resizing the pattern to 50% (some of the patterns are HUGE, and…
kijin on HN
Preload image to avoid flash
From 1 comment
Thanks for sharing, this is cool. Is it possible to preload the image before applying the style? The flashes to what I think is the normal bg image and image loading progress…
Bockit on HN
Questions
What is planned for the future, more patterns or customization
From 1 comment
Cool man! What in store for the future? More Patterns? Customizable anything?
jjm on HN
Alternatives named
Subtle Patterns website
From 2 comments
I found it less usable than Subtle Patterns - reason is to switch to new background, I have to 'click', where as on Subtle Patterns I can scroll and see more backgrounds (given…
BayAreaDev on HNSubtlePatterns has been a great resource for me -- especially when I'm trying to turn something around really quick -- and this bookmarklet makes the process of selecting a good…
jawns on HN