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@mods: Perhaps rename the submission to "Pixlr founder returns after 8 years to rewrite web-based photo editor interface in canvas/WebGL" to avoid confusion.

jdsully 7y ago
I think the only title that would satisfy site guidelines is the name of the app. They should have written a blog post with the story if they wanted to use this title.
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dang 7y ago
I replaced "photoshop" with "photo editor" above. I don't see anything wrong with the title otherwise. The project creator wrote it, so it isn't editorializing.
- jdsully 7y ago
  This was one of the few times I was genuinely confused by a link on HN. I didn’t realize there was an author exception to the title rules and I’m not sure there should be. Its not the end of the world but one of the things I like best about HN is trustworthy titles. This erodes that. Just my 2 Canadian cents.
  - dang 7y ago
    I don't see what's untrustworthy about the title here. If it were misleading we'd change it, but it doesn't seem misleading to me. It's important that HN's front page not be completely predictable, so we allow variations sometimes. The rules here are called guidelines for that reason. HN is a spirit of the law place, not a letter of the law place, and the spirit is curiosity.
    - jdsully 7y ago
      I don’t think its misleading in a malicious way. But it is misleading in the sense that the title did not at all describe the ultimate content. I would not have clicked if I knew where it lead. The confused comments here show I'm not the only one. The actual story behind this is quite interesting. I wish there was a blog post with more details. Perhaps if they were forced to use proper titles we might have got that. I don’t argue with your authority to vary the rules. I just wanted to provide feedback.
      - dang 7y ago
        Appreciated! And you make a great point that a blog post with the story would be better. At least the author did include a bit of that in the thread here.

jdsully 7y ago

I think the only title that would satisfy site guidelines is the name of the app. They should have written a blog post with the story if they wanted to use this title.

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dang 7y ago

I replaced "photoshop" with "photo editor" above. I don't see anything wrong with the title otherwise. The project creator wrote it, so it isn't editorializing.

jdsully 7y ago
This was one of the few times I was genuinely confused by a link on HN. I didn’t realize there was an author exception to the title rules and I’m not sure there should be. Its not the end of the world but one of the things I like best about HN is trustworthy titles. This erodes that. Just my 2 Canadian cents.
- dang 7y ago
  I don't see what's untrustworthy about the title here. If it were misleading we'd change it, but it doesn't seem misleading to me. It's important that HN's front page not be completely predictable, so we allow variations sometimes. The rules here are called guidelines for that reason. HN is a spirit of the law place, not a letter of the law place, and the spirit is curiosity.
  - jdsully 7y ago
    I don’t think its misleading in a malicious way. But it is misleading in the sense that the title did not at all describe the ultimate content. I would not have clicked if I knew where it lead. The confused comments here show I'm not the only one. The actual story behind this is quite interesting. I wish there was a blog post with more details. Perhaps if they were forced to use proper titles we might have got that. I don’t argue with your authority to vary the rules. I just wanted to provide feedback.
    - dang 7y ago
      Appreciated! And you make a great point that a blog post with the story would be better. At least the author did include a bit of that in the thread here.