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Thank You Yahoo for YUI!

13 points by gibsonf1 18y ago

gibsonf1 18y ago
It is truly amazing what power you can add to your web app with very little coding thanks to YUI. Thank You Yahoo!! You guys rock.
- neilk 18y ago
  Hey, it's great that you are enjoying it, but is your personal happiness really "Hacker News"? If you'd found something interesting to say about it, that would be different. I'm kind of curious why people upvote this story. Is it just because they agree with the premise? Like the "vote this up if you love chocolate ice cream" genre on Reddit?
  - scorpioxy 18y ago
    Indeed. I voted it up because i like YUI and would like to thank Yahoo for the work. I realized my mistake right after i clicked... This is not a news entry and shouldn't be on HN. Perhaps a good way to go about showing your gratitude is to ask people here on how they use YUI and share that with Yahoo...or something like that.
  - gibsonf1 18y ago
    For anyone who is developing a web app and is not aware that YUI is growing and getting better, I can't see why this wouldn't be newsworthy here.
    - chrisbroadfoot 18y ago
      It's not newsworthy. You don't see people linking to ruby-lang.org and thanking Matz and the Ruby team for developing Ruby.
    - neilk 18y ago
      Announcements about YUI might be news, a blogpost like "consider YUI for your next project! Here's why!" might be news. Your personal gratitude, while admirable, isn't news. It's not my site, though, and I'm only expressing my personal opinion about what I like to see here. I prefer straight news and commentary, without Twitter-style observational chatter.
dshah 18y ago
We're using YUI pretty extensively at my startup HubSpot. Beyond the functionality, one thing we really like is that Yahoo! is continuing to invest in the product, posting regular updates, and building a community around it.
- gibsonf1 18y ago
  You have one extremely nice webapp. The grading function is really impressive - nice work.
tlrobinson 18y ago
I don't get it, is there some sort of news about YUI, or are you just professing your love for it?
- gibsonf1 18y ago
  The news would be all the new functions they've added and the continuing development they are doing (many in beta), but basically I'm using the system and finding it to be truly impressive and wanted to give those Yahoo!s some credit (and let others know about the great value they're building over there.) Also, Yahoo! has been having a rough time lately yet they continue to innovate which is very good news.
chrisbroadfoot 18y ago
YUI is bloated.
- lyime 18y ago
  backup your comment? In what sense is it bloated?
  - chrisbroadfoot 18y ago
    The fact that the zipped source weighs in at 10 MB?
    - scorpioxy 18y ago
      You seem to be forgetting about the docs and the examples in there....

13 points by gibsonf1 18y ago

It is truly amazing what power you can add to your web app with very little coding thanks to YUI. Thank You Yahoo!! You guys rock.

neilk 18y ago
Hey, it's great that you are enjoying it, but is your personal happiness really "Hacker News"? If you'd found something interesting to say about it, that would be different. I'm kind of curious why people upvote this story. Is it just because they agree with the premise? Like the "vote this up if you love chocolate ice cream" genre on Reddit?
- scorpioxy 18y ago
  Indeed. I voted it up because i like YUI and would like to thank Yahoo for the work. I realized my mistake right after i clicked... This is not a news entry and shouldn't be on HN. Perhaps a good way to go about showing your gratitude is to ask people here on how they use YUI and share that with Yahoo...or something like that.
- gibsonf1 18y ago
  For anyone who is developing a web app and is not aware that YUI is growing and getting better, I can't see why this wouldn't be newsworthy here.
  - chrisbroadfoot 18y ago
    It's not newsworthy. You don't see people linking to ruby-lang.org and thanking Matz and the Ruby team for developing Ruby.
  - neilk 18y ago
    Announcements about YUI might be news, a blogpost like "consider YUI for your next project! Here's why!" might be news. Your personal gratitude, while admirable, isn't news. It's not my site, though, and I'm only expressing my personal opinion about what I like to see here. I prefer straight news and commentary, without Twitter-style observational chatter.

dshah 18y ago

We're using YUI pretty extensively at my startup HubSpot. Beyond the functionality, one thing we really like is that Yahoo! is continuing to invest in the product, posting regular updates, and building a community around it.

gibsonf1 18y ago
You have one extremely nice webapp. The grading function is really impressive - nice work.

tlrobinson 18y ago

I don't get it, is there some sort of news about YUI, or are you just professing your love for it?

gibsonf1 18y ago
The news would be all the new functions they've added and the continuing development they are doing (many in beta), but basically I'm using the system and finding it to be truly impressive and wanted to give those Yahoo!s some credit (and let others know about the great value they're building over there.) Also, Yahoo! has been having a rough time lately yet they continue to innovate which is very good news.

chrisbroadfoot 18y ago

YUI is bloated.

lyime 18y ago
backup your comment? In what sense is it bloated?
- chrisbroadfoot 18y ago
  The fact that the zipped source weighs in at 10 MB?
  - scorpioxy 18y ago
    You seem to be forgetting about the docs and the examples in there....