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No idea if the tools are any good, but I absolutely love your branding. Opinionated, but perfect for the demographic.

by tcldr 5y ago

ncpa-cpl 5y ago
I really liked their web design.
- Shared404 5y ago
  Side note on web design: uBlock blocked nothing. Usually when a page that looks like this comes up, I notice 10's to 100's of blocked requests. On top of that, I disabled JS out of curiosity, and the site worked completely fine, sans expected failures (the only thing that stopped working was the little videos by the libraries)! I think this is the first site with this level of "Design" (Which I usually hate, but they did a really good job of here here) where both of these things are true.
  - ncpa-cpl 5y ago
    Great observation. I had opened it on my old mobile browser and it loaded super fast too!
    - Shared404 5y ago
      I feel kinda compelled to run a torture test now. Just tried w3m on desktop and it was decent, anyone have IE sitting around?
      - ncpa-cpl 5y ago
        I have a celeron pc with xp nearby!
        dvtrn 5y ago
        DankPods, is that you?
        Shared404 5y ago
        A bit late, but did you test it and if so how well did it work? Just tested with WebPositive on Haiku on a T61, and it did in fact load - though it took a long time.
  - seanw444 5y ago
    Agree. I'm generally a fan of the more simplistic websites (sometimes that means them not looking modern at all), but they did a fantastic job here.
- wpietri 5y ago
  Could you say a bit more about your demographic and what you like about it? It's definitely not for me, and I'm entirely ok with that. But I'm really curious about who it works for.
  - ncpa-cpl 5y ago
    I never really liked the flat design, weird colors and shapes design trends from two years ago. So I'm happy to see subtle animations and gradients again.
  - Shared404 5y ago
    I like most things that pick a theme, and run with it while executing it well. Doesn't honestly matter what that theme is imho. Demo: Early 20's male who likes tech. Other examples of sites I like: jwz (.) org (recommend typing this one into address bar, don't follow links from HN. https://xxiivv.com/ http://100r.co/site/home.html https://tildeverse.org/ , and most pages linked to from https://tildeverse.org/members/ http://9front.org , especially the FQA: http://fqa.9front.org
  - saratogacx 5y ago
    I'm nearly 40 and I also really liked the design. From usability: It was clean, to the point, and I felt like the goal was to give me information so I could quickly find stuff I was interested in. no sidebars, no popups, no obvious dark patterns, just content. From Preference: I really like the cyberpunk color scheme with, as I'd describe, bubblegum, aesthetic. It is fun without being overwhelming.
Lio 5y ago
What is the demographic you think this is perfect for? Just curious who this appeals to. It's not for me but that's OK I like opinionated things and recognised that that this is aimed at someone who probably will love it.
- lowercased 5y ago
  Perhaps it's developers who are looking for some validation from and engagement with their eight year old daughters?
  - patcon 5y ago
    :/
- angio 5y ago
  /r/unixporn users
- bostonsre 5y ago
  Perfect is a strong word, but it definitely seems to target a younger dev demographic and more specifically, maybe one that likes Japanese style animated cartoons.
- hhh 5y ago
  Not the parent, but I find it wonderful. The spring library is one I love. There’s some charm to spending the time to challenge preconceived notions of CLI output. I find something very beautiful about picking up a new tool and being surprised by the output in a way that piques your curiosity or brings a smile. It’s the greatest form of learning to be able to just play. Should you be implementing these into your enterprise internal tool to monitor your platforms support tooling? Probably not.
zepto 5y ago
I am the demographic in that I love using the command line and want to see it get modernized. I thought the design was terrible. Noisy and pointless and frankly hard to see what is on offer. It’s pretty and stylish but absolutely awful if you care about the content, and that makes me worry that the components themselves will be similar.
- skavi 5y ago
  `ssh git.charm.sh` is maybe more your style?
  - zepto 5y ago
    Considerably better
- majkinetor 5y ago
  I am of the same opinion. I closed it although CLI screens look nice, as I couldn't stand the arbitrary attention stealing noises all around.
- bostonsre 5y ago
  Maybe it's aimed at a younger demographic and not just all devs that use cli tools. The design doesn't appeal to me but the several animated examples and quick blurbs about functionality seemed to showcase what was on offer pretty well.
  - zepto 5y ago
    Do you know what language the libraries are written for?
    - deleted 5y ago
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    - achileas 5y ago
      From the first line of the readme of the first listed lib: > The fun, functional and stateful way to build terminal apps. A Go framework based on The Elm Architecture.
halfdaft 5y ago
same, breath of fresh air
amelius 5y ago
https://blog.prototypr.io/are-we-designing-for-children-an-analysis-of-infantilisation-from-a-design-perspective-b718fdf0381 https://blog.prototypr.io/are-we-designing-for-children-an-a...
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qudat 5y ago
Seriously, these are some landing page goals imo. I love everything about the design and images.

No idea if the tools are any good, but I absolutely love your branding. Opinionated, but perfect for the demographic.

by tcldr 5y ago

No idea if the tools are any good, but I absolutely love your branding. Opinionated, but perfect for the demographic.

ncpa-cpl 5y ago

I really liked their web design.

Shared404 5y ago
Side note on web design: uBlock blocked nothing. Usually when a page that looks like this comes up, I notice 10's to 100's of blocked requests. On top of that, I disabled JS out of curiosity, and the site worked completely fine, sans expected failures (the only thing that stopped working was the little videos by the libraries)! I think this is the first site with this level of "Design" (Which I usually hate, but they did a really good job of here here) where both of these things are true.
- ncpa-cpl 5y ago
  Great observation. I had opened it on my old mobile browser and it loaded super fast too!
  - Shared404 5y ago
    I feel kinda compelled to run a torture test now. Just tried w3m on desktop and it was decent, anyone have IE sitting around?
    - ncpa-cpl 5y ago
      I have a celeron pc with xp nearby!
      - dvtrn 5y ago
        DankPods, is that you?
      - Shared404 5y ago
        A bit late, but did you test it and if so how well did it work? Just tested with WebPositive on Haiku on a T61, and it did in fact load - though it took a long time.
- seanw444 5y ago
  Agree. I'm generally a fan of the more simplistic websites (sometimes that means them not looking modern at all), but they did a fantastic job here.
wpietri 5y ago
Could you say a bit more about your demographic and what you like about it? It's definitely not for me, and I'm entirely ok with that. But I'm really curious about who it works for.
- ncpa-cpl 5y ago
  I never really liked the flat design, weird colors and shapes design trends from two years ago. So I'm happy to see subtle animations and gradients again.
- Shared404 5y ago
  I like most things that pick a theme, and run with it while executing it well. Doesn't honestly matter what that theme is imho. Demo: Early 20's male who likes tech. Other examples of sites I like: jwz (.) org (recommend typing this one into address bar, don't follow links from HN. https://xxiivv.com/ http://100r.co/site/home.html https://tildeverse.org/ , and most pages linked to from https://tildeverse.org/members/ http://9front.org , especially the FQA: http://fqa.9front.org
- saratogacx 5y ago
  I'm nearly 40 and I also really liked the design. From usability: It was clean, to the point, and I felt like the goal was to give me information so I could quickly find stuff I was interested in. no sidebars, no popups, no obvious dark patterns, just content. From Preference: I really like the cyberpunk color scheme with, as I'd describe, bubblegum, aesthetic. It is fun without being overwhelming.

Lio 5y ago

What is the demographic you think this is perfect for? Just curious who this appeals to. It's not for me but that's OK I like opinionated things and recognised that that this is aimed at someone who probably will love it.

lowercased 5y ago
Perhaps it's developers who are looking for some validation from and engagement with their eight year old daughters?
- patcon 5y ago
  :/
angio 5y ago
/r/unixporn users
bostonsre 5y ago
Perfect is a strong word, but it definitely seems to target a younger dev demographic and more specifically, maybe one that likes Japanese style animated cartoons.
hhh 5y ago
Not the parent, but I find it wonderful. The spring library is one I love. There’s some charm to spending the time to challenge preconceived notions of CLI output. I find something very beautiful about picking up a new tool and being surprised by the output in a way that piques your curiosity or brings a smile. It’s the greatest form of learning to be able to just play. Should you be implementing these into your enterprise internal tool to monitor your platforms support tooling? Probably not.

zepto 5y ago

I am the demographic in that I love using the command line and want to see it get modernized. I thought the design was terrible. Noisy and pointless and frankly hard to see what is on offer. It’s pretty and stylish but absolutely awful if you care about the content, and that makes me worry that the components themselves will be similar.

skavi 5y ago
`ssh git.charm.sh` is maybe more your style?
- zepto 5y ago
  Considerably better
majkinetor 5y ago
I am of the same opinion. I closed it although CLI screens look nice, as I couldn't stand the arbitrary attention stealing noises all around.
bostonsre 5y ago
Maybe it's aimed at a younger demographic and not just all devs that use cli tools. The design doesn't appeal to me but the several animated examples and quick blurbs about functionality seemed to showcase what was on offer pretty well.
- zepto 5y ago
  Do you know what language the libraries are written for?
  - deleted 5y ago
    [deleted]
  - achileas 5y ago
    From the first line of the readme of the first listed lib: > The fun, functional and stateful way to build terminal apps. A Go framework based on The Elm Architecture.

halfdaft 5y ago

same, breath of fresh air

amelius 5y ago

https://blog.prototypr.io/are-we-designing-for-children-an-analysis-of-infantilisation-from-a-design-perspective-b718fdf0381 https://blog.prototypr.io/are-we-designing-for-children-an-a...

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qudat 5y ago

Seriously, these are some landing page goals imo. I love everything about the design and images.