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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.

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.