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Seems like this article misses one critical point. Part of the wordle attraction was the friction free ability to play. Click on a link, type in a 5 letter wo
by sliken 5y ago
Seems like this article misses one critical point. Part of the wordle attraction was the friction free ability to play. Click on a link, type in a 5 letter word and you are playing. I suspect it would not have gained popularity anywhere near as quickly if step #1 was create an account.
- ozim 5y agoI see it as one should not use local storage because some future owner (which might never happen) could have issues with your solution. That is like insane argument. Future owner should do due diligence and factor any issues in, NYT has a quick fix that will be there probably forever, but hey life goes on.
- horsawlarway 5y agoSo much this! The use of localstorage here was absolutely fine - it puts the gameplay at the front and center. This article is like an advertisement for useless cruft designed around monetizing a product, filled with things users fucking HATE, like forced signups and email spam. I would have literally NEVER played it if it had required a signup, and it would had the dev taken the advice in this article. My take away: This author is concerned primarily with his problems as a developer, and has not in any real way considered what users want, and why this product was successful. Further - he's using wordle as SEO to drive attention to his own pages. I find it off-putting at best, intentionally manipulative and insulting at worst.