Vim Awesome
Dev tools
plugin directory
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
11 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 9 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.
Execution: 1 for, 4 againstDesign: 3 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Visually appealing and easy to navigate
From 3 comments
This is exactly the kind of visually appealing and easily navigable Vim plugin directory I've been searching for ever since I started using it last year. Thank you for sharing,…
statik_42 on HNThis is one of the best looking Vim ressource I stumbled upon so far! Finally a little care for something else than raw information. My eyes thank you, creators of vimawesome.
fataliss on HNThis is really awesome. And the search bar works well!
waitingkuo on HN
Useful for finding Vundle commands and plugins
From 1 comment
I've tried switching from pathogen to Vundle a couple of times and given up when I couldn't figure out how to get it to find a few of my old plugins. This site gives me the…
kornerstoane on HN
Objections
Popularity ranking by GitHub stars is questionable
From 2 comments
Right, because stars on github are a perfect indication that a plugin will work for me.
johncoltrane on HNMy point is two-fold: 1. You can't have real and complete usage statistics so those metrics are at best meaningless and at worst misleading. Also, something being popular doesn't…
johncoltrane on HN
Low contrast text is hard to read
From 1 comment
Neat idea, but that website needs some serious contrast. Almost unreadable when scaled.
nwh on HN
Installation instructions assume a Unix system
From 1 comment
only thing I don't like is that all installation instructions seem to assume you are running vim from a *nix system.
TheSoftwareGuy on HN
Requests
Show lists of incompatible and commonly co-installed plugins
From 1 comment
This is awesome indeed! I've just thought of two features that would make it even more awesome. Every plugin could have the following two lists: 1. Known to be incompatible with…
lucianp on HN
Fix category tag counts and plugin lists to match
From 1 comment
Looks pretty cool. One comment though: when clicking through the categories on the left, I see "x [number]" next to some of the tags, but that number doesn't seem to match the…
Crito on HN
Push search state to history only on blur
From 1 comment
Very nice. Suggestion: in the search box, pushState only onBlur (so it doesn't spam history, forcing you to hit. the. back. button. through. Every. Character.)
vdm on HN
Questions
How the j/k scrolling and acceleration works
From 1 comment
This looks awesome! Thanks so much for this. I have a sort of unrelated question that I'd like to ask, since you implemented this so well. On one of my current side projects, I…
codemaster3000 on HN
How to categorize a newly added plugin
From 1 comment
I wrote this how do I categorize this? http://vimawesome.com/plugin/numbers-vim
googletron on HN
Alternatives named
vim.org script rankings
From 1 comment
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script_search_results.php?keywords=&script_type=&order_by=rating&direction=descending&search=search
oinksoft on HN