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There should be a Hacker News "Challenge HN:" post, where you complain (point out) about some broken system and you challenge other people/developers/designers

by ibdf 8y ago

There should be a Hacker News "Challenge HN:" post, where you complain (point out) about some broken system and you challenge other people/developers/designers to do better. Challenge HN: Improve Gmail Icons

nafizh 8y ago
For open source projects, it makes sense. Otherwise, why should HN spend its time solving a for profit company's product flaws?
- acct1771 8y ago
  Ask custom CSS authors.
- wycy 8y ago
  Mainly for the joy of (possibly, but perhaps unlikely) having your artwork/improvement(s) rolled into a very public product.
- sprt 8y ago
  Because we're hackers.
- TeMPOraL 8y ago
  For the remote chance of unbreaking a widely-used commercial product. What's with the idea that one has to always capture the profits for themselves?
notatoad 8y ago
done: https://imgur.com/n13GmJB https://imgur.com/n13GmJB
- billysielu 8y ago
  huge improvement
- golfer 8y ago
  Now translate those into the 72 languages that Gmail supports. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail#Language_support https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail#Language_support
  - cpu 8y ago
    Google already did that part.
  - tonsky 8y ago
    Icons still need hover text that needs to be translated
  - notatoad 8y ago
    This isn't a mock-up or hypothetical, it's an officially supported setting in Gmail. They have text labels in all the languages they support, you just have to turn them on.
Yen 8y ago
I really like this idea. Also, challenges like this might be a good way to surface existing projects which are trying to attack some broken system or problem, but don't (yet) have a lot of attention or traction. Sometimes what we need is to not invent an entirely new solution, but to iterate on or fork an existing one.
hk__2 8y ago
> Challenge HN: Improve Gmail Icons Text buttons. Done.
GlitchMr 8y ago
My attempt: https://i.xfix.pw/minigmail.png https://i.xfix.pw/minigmail.png I sorta feel like you could even remove "More" button here without losing too much. Reply box would be at the bottom of a message, just like it is currently. More buttons could be added for users who actually use this functionality (for instance, if you have categories defined, a button to move would appear).

by ibdf 8y ago

nafizh 8y ago

For open source projects, it makes sense. Otherwise, why should HN spend its time solving a for profit company's product flaws?

acct1771 8y ago
Ask custom CSS authors.
wycy 8y ago
Mainly for the joy of (possibly, but perhaps unlikely) having your artwork/improvement(s) rolled into a very public product.
sprt 8y ago
Because we're hackers.
TeMPOraL 8y ago
For the remote chance of unbreaking a widely-used commercial product. What's with the idea that one has to always capture the profits for themselves?

notatoad 8y ago

done: https://imgur.com/n13GmJB https://imgur.com/n13GmJB

billysielu 8y ago
huge improvement
golfer 8y ago
Now translate those into the 72 languages that Gmail supports. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail#Language_support https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail#Language_support
- cpu 8y ago
  Google already did that part.
- tonsky 8y ago
  Icons still need hover text that needs to be translated
- notatoad 8y ago
  This isn't a mock-up or hypothetical, it's an officially supported setting in Gmail. They have text labels in all the languages they support, you just have to turn them on.

Yen 8y ago

I really like this idea. Also, challenges like this might be a good way to surface existing projects which are trying to attack some broken system or problem, but don't (yet) have a lot of attention or traction. Sometimes what we need is to not invent an entirely new solution, but to iterate on or fork an existing one.

hk__2 8y ago

> Challenge HN: Improve Gmail Icons Text buttons. Done.

GlitchMr 8y ago

My attempt: https://i.xfix.pw/minigmail.png https://i.xfix.pw/minigmail.png I sorta feel like you could even remove "More" button here without losing too much. Reply box would be at the bottom of a message, just like it is currently. More buttons could be added for users who actually use this functionality (for instance, if you have categories defined, a button to move would appear).