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Hackers News is boring because of this type of post. What is the purpose of your link?

by hugues 15y ago

freshhawk 15y ago
Did you know that that was a slideshow? You're seeing the title page, click on it to advance to the next page. repeat.
- narain 15y ago
  Arrow keys also work.
  - mkopinsky 15y ago
    That said, this is pretty poorly designed. I also had no clue what to do for the first few seconds after I clicked the link. It was only at slide 38/41 that I noticed the tiny, hidden controls on the very bottom blending into my status bar.
    - Periodic 15y ago
      I didn't even notice those. Fortunately, I've worked with systems like S5 slideshows, and this looked a lot like a slideshow (no scroll bar, large text, numeric fragment in the URL). Usability could definitely be better, but I will admit to writing up similarly boring slides in the past.
      - mkopinsky 15y ago
        Compare this slideshow to the basic S5 slideshow at http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/s5-intro.html http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/s5-intro.html . A simple CSS template could solve the usability problem here.
        icey 15y ago
        I wonder why 280slides never really took off. This still seems like an unsolved problem (hosting slides online)
        notJim 15y ago
        Slideshare and Scribd: both allow you to use the program you already know (Keynote or PowerPoint, most likely) that's also a native app with lots of powerful functionality.
  - Tyr42 15y ago
    I don't know if it's Opera being smart, but space works for me as well.
  - Legion 15y ago
    And on an iPad, nothing works.
- fhars 15y ago
  Except that, depending on your browser, it is impossible to navigate to the second slide. In opera mini, the slide itself is not clickable, there are no arrows visible, arrow keys are not available, and the "contents?" link points to a trunkated list starting at slide 15. I'd really like to read the presentation, but it is completely inaccessible.
  - deleted 15y ago
    [deleted]
  - sciurus 15y ago
    http://www.opera.com/support/bugs/ http://www.opera.com/support/bugs/
jpr 15y ago
What do you mean by "this type of post"?

Hackers News is boring because of this type of post. What is the purpose of your link?

by hugues 15y ago

Hackers News is boring because of this type of post. What is the purpose of your link?

freshhawk 15y ago

Did you know that that was a slideshow? You're seeing the title page, click on it to advance to the next page. repeat.

narain 15y ago
Arrow keys also work.
- mkopinsky 15y ago
  That said, this is pretty poorly designed. I also had no clue what to do for the first few seconds after I clicked the link. It was only at slide 38/41 that I noticed the tiny, hidden controls on the very bottom blending into my status bar.
  - Periodic 15y ago
    I didn't even notice those. Fortunately, I've worked with systems like S5 slideshows, and this looked a lot like a slideshow (no scroll bar, large text, numeric fragment in the URL). Usability could definitely be better, but I will admit to writing up similarly boring slides in the past.
    - mkopinsky 15y ago
      Compare this slideshow to the basic S5 slideshow at http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/s5-intro.html http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/s5-intro.html . A simple CSS template could solve the usability problem here.
      - icey 15y ago
        I wonder why 280slides never really took off. This still seems like an unsolved problem (hosting slides online)
        notJim 15y ago
        Slideshare and Scribd: both allow you to use the program you already know (Keynote or PowerPoint, most likely) that's also a native app with lots of powerful functionality.
- Tyr42 15y ago
  I don't know if it's Opera being smart, but space works for me as well.
- Legion 15y ago
  And on an iPad, nothing works.
fhars 15y ago
Except that, depending on your browser, it is impossible to navigate to the second slide. In opera mini, the slide itself is not clickable, there are no arrows visible, arrow keys are not available, and the "contents?" link points to a trunkated list starting at slide 15. I'd really like to read the presentation, but it is completely inaccessible.
- deleted 15y ago
  [deleted]
- sciurus 15y ago
  http://www.opera.com/support/bugs/ http://www.opera.com/support/bugs/

jpr 15y ago

What do you mean by "this type of post"?