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You know you're on a programmer's blog when this is the site hero image they choose: http://www.ofnumbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cropped-GWON-banner1.jp

by Exuma 11y ago

You know you're on a programmer's blog when this is the site hero image they choose: http://www.ofnumbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cropped-GWON-banner1.jpg http://www.ofnumbers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cropped-...

volaski 11y ago
I don't get it. What do you mean
- Zikes 11y ago
  Just a guess, but the default image for a Wordpress template that's popular with coders?
  - lifeisstillgood 11y ago
    Blame Bootstrap - they called the big top third of the screen image a "hero" block from start of their docs. It was the first I had heard of it, but it made enough sense that it stuck. One assumes the history goes back further - one suspects a comic strip somewhere. But I don't know
    - lifeisstillgood 11y ago
      Weird - this was not one I expected to defend. Let me re-phrase: The first time I Heard of a hero block was in the Bootstrap Docs, and it was soon after that it became a phrase amount my colleagues. As to where Bootstrap got the idea from - one would assume it's a phrase from serialised graphic novel production
      - Zikes 11y ago
        I think the issue might be that you replied to the wrong comment, so it didn't quite make sense in context.
TeMPOraL 11y ago
When did we start calling that "hero image" and why?
- vdaniuk 11y ago
  Googling "hero image" yields the answer in less time than writing a comment on HN.
  - TeMPOraL 11y ago
    I was asking for etymology, not for the meaning (which I know).
    - deleted 11y ago
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    - vdaniuk 11y ago
      This google search: `"hero image" etymology ` provides results with a second link containing a thorough discussion on the origin of the word. https://www.designernews.co/stories/47337-why-is-the-hero-image-called-like-this https://www.designernews.co/stories/47337-why-is-the-hero-im...
      - TeMPOraL 11y ago
        Thanks! As you guessed, I missed it because lack of "" in search string. I've learned to assume Google is pretty much ignoring quotes nowadays. Apparently they're not.
  - philh 11y ago
    I don't think that's true. Did you try googling that? It wouldn't have taken very long. I can't find a satisfactory answer. Wikipedia doesn't say. [1] says it comes from the print industry, but I can't find any indication that that's true (all the search results seem to be related to online, "hero image print industry" doesn't turn up anything useful). "Hero image etymology" isn't helpful either. [1] http://line25.com/articles/30-web-designs-that-fully-embrace-the-hero-image http://line25.com/articles/30-web-designs-that-fully-embrace...
murbard2 11y ago
Tim's a wonderful guy all around and is quite smart, but he is, in fact, not a programmer.
philh 11y ago
It's a photo of the great wall of china, referencing the blog title "great wall of numbers". I'm not sure what it has to do with programming? By default, I think I'd expect a blog with that hero image to be a travel blog.
- Exuma 11y ago
  Because it's the most blurry, fuzzy, poorly framed and honestly ugly photo of the great wall of china you could ever pick for the huge prominent header image of your blog. It has to do with programming because most programmers have a terrible eye for design, although in this case I stand corrected because apparently he's not a programmer. And also, I said my original comment somewhat facetiously, it's not like it matters at all anyway, it was just a funny observation.

by Exuma 11y ago

volaski 11y ago

I don't get it. What do you mean

Zikes 11y ago
Just a guess, but the default image for a Wordpress template that's popular with coders?
- lifeisstillgood 11y ago
  Blame Bootstrap - they called the big top third of the screen image a "hero" block from start of their docs. It was the first I had heard of it, but it made enough sense that it stuck. One assumes the history goes back further - one suspects a comic strip somewhere. But I don't know
  - lifeisstillgood 11y ago
    Weird - this was not one I expected to defend. Let me re-phrase: The first time I Heard of a hero block was in the Bootstrap Docs, and it was soon after that it became a phrase amount my colleagues. As to where Bootstrap got the idea from - one would assume it's a phrase from serialised graphic novel production
    - Zikes 11y ago
      I think the issue might be that you replied to the wrong comment, so it didn't quite make sense in context.

TeMPOraL 11y ago

When did we start calling that "hero image" and why?

vdaniuk 11y ago
Googling "hero image" yields the answer in less time than writing a comment on HN.
- TeMPOraL 11y ago
  I was asking for etymology, not for the meaning (which I know).
  - deleted 11y ago
    [deleted]
  - vdaniuk 11y ago
    This google search: `"hero image" etymology ` provides results with a second link containing a thorough discussion on the origin of the word. https://www.designernews.co/stories/47337-why-is-the-hero-image-called-like-this https://www.designernews.co/stories/47337-why-is-the-hero-im...
    - TeMPOraL 11y ago
      Thanks! As you guessed, I missed it because lack of "" in search string. I've learned to assume Google is pretty much ignoring quotes nowadays. Apparently they're not.
- philh 11y ago
  I don't think that's true. Did you try googling that? It wouldn't have taken very long. I can't find a satisfactory answer. Wikipedia doesn't say. [1] says it comes from the print industry, but I can't find any indication that that's true (all the search results seem to be related to online, "hero image print industry" doesn't turn up anything useful). "Hero image etymology" isn't helpful either. [1] http://line25.com/articles/30-web-designs-that-fully-embrace-the-hero-image http://line25.com/articles/30-web-designs-that-fully-embrace...

murbard2 11y ago

Tim's a wonderful guy all around and is quite smart, but he is, in fact, not a programmer.

philh 11y ago

It's a photo of the great wall of china, referencing the blog title "great wall of numbers". I'm not sure what it has to do with programming? By default, I think I'd expect a blog with that hero image to be a travel blog.

Exuma 11y ago
Because it's the most blurry, fuzzy, poorly framed and honestly ugly photo of the great wall of china you could ever pick for the huge prominent header image of your blog. It has to do with programming because most programmers have a terrible eye for design, although in this case I stand corrected because apparently he's not a programmer. And also, I said my original comment somewhat facetiously, it's not like it matters at all anyway, it was just a funny observation.