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You don't get it. Someone built an experiment in minimalistic UI design. "Technical people" started a massive pile-on, declaring "this is stupid, this doesn't

by enoch_r 10y ago

You don't get it. Someone built an experiment in minimalistic UI design. "Technical people" started a massive pile-on, declaring "this is stupid, this doesn't have a minimalistic codebase at all." That's not a technical demand, and it's not identifying a product's faults. That's a demand that this project have an entirely different purpose. Personally, I use `chromium --kiosk-mode` as my everyday browser, and this project looks like something I'd be interested in if I were on a compatible OS. Not a small codebase, not a lightweight browser, but that's not what I care about. I want something that has Chrome's features (great devtools, doesn't crash every hour like the webkit browsers I've tried) but with less UI devoted to, uh, chrome that I don't use or want or need.

twiceaday 10y ago
The warranted response is obviously a mix of technical and product-based critique. But you would be foolish to expect every comment to convey this mix.
__jack__ 10y ago
You don´t get it. Labelling dark skinned electron as experimental browser is bs.
falcolas 10y ago
When a experiment has a domain and a splash page, it's left behind the status of "an experiment" and gone into the realm of "a product". IMHO, free or not, it's a product, and should be judged appropriately.
- _nalply 10y ago
  It's easy to register a domain and throw some designing on the wall.
nomel 10y ago
> Someone built an experiment in minimalistic UI design. "Technical people" started a massive pile-on, declaring "this is stupid, this doesn't have a minimalistic codebase at all." Yeah, we're criticizing the fourth word of the very first sentence of their webpage, explaining what this is: "Ōryōki is a small web browser with a thin interface." There's nothing small about Chromium, and adding layers onto something doesn't make it smaller. Unless they're talking about how small you can make the browser window, it's a false claim that should have been excluded from the description.

by enoch_r 10y ago

twiceaday 10y ago

The warranted response is obviously a mix of technical and product-based critique. But you would be foolish to expect every comment to convey this mix.

__jack__ 10y ago

You don´t get it. Labelling dark skinned electron as experimental browser is bs.

falcolas 10y ago

When a experiment has a domain and a splash page, it's left behind the status of "an experiment" and gone into the realm of "a product". IMHO, free or not, it's a product, and should be judged appropriately.

_nalply 10y ago
It's easy to register a domain and throw some designing on the wall.

nomel 10y ago

> Someone built an experiment in minimalistic UI design. "Technical people" started a massive pile-on, declaring "this is stupid, this doesn't have a minimalistic codebase at all." Yeah, we're criticizing the fourth word of the very first sentence of their webpage, explaining what this is: "Ōryōki is a small web browser with a thin interface." There's nothing small about Chromium, and adding layers onto something doesn't make it smaller. Unless they're talking about how small you can make the browser window, it's a false claim that should have been excluded from the description.