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The Essence of Blogging, A UI Experiment Inspired by Svbtle

arkitaip 15y ago
Amazing how fast the original idea has evolved. There are now at least three versions being simultaneously developed and two of them didn't even exist a day ago.
- mhd 15y ago
  Original? Isn't this basically Ryan Tomayko's "Administrative Debris" all over again? http://tomayko.com/writings/administrative-debris http://tomayko.com/writings/administrative-debris
  - alexobenauer 15y ago
    The commenter meant original as in the original idea that sparked these subsequent, similar attempts at simplifying blogging, and experimenting with finding and capturing its essence.
Couto 15y ago
Honestly I believe that this is the proper way of stealing an idea, just like Picasso once taught us... You took the concept and tried to developed it even further. Successfully or not, I can praise this, unlike the other ripoff...
- 54mf 15y ago
  I concur!
ChrisGwynne 15y ago
It's amazing how everyone is under the notion that Dustin coined the concept of simplistic blogging with a minimalist UI! Hilarity ensues for days...
- cickpass_broken 15y ago
  I'm not sure how much generalizing you are doing. But, I was quite literally inspired by the exact words Dustin wrote: "essence of blogging" as well as the recent unveiling of his UI. I don't think I ever claimed he coined anything.
  - ChrisGwynne 15y ago
    I'm simply generalising here.
- jfornear 15y ago
  Svbtle looks like the most straightforward blogging platform since Posterous v1.
- ertdfgcb 15y ago
  Well, he certainly excited interest in it.
- nhebb 15y ago
  True, but in essence you're saying that you're amazed that everyone doesn't know everything. No one knows everything, and few people have encyclopedic knowledge of a niche topic like blogging. I'm amazed you didn't know that. ;-)
sycr 15y ago
Fantastic work. Much more in tune with what ought to be the spirit of hacking! Building, growing, and innovating on each others' work. Are you going to separate this interface into its own git repo or fold it into Gum?
- cickpass_broken 15y ago
  Thanks! I think that's a great idea (to separate the repo). I was thinking about how to use this UI for multiple popular blogging platforms (Mainly WordPress and static generators). Could you provide any help in naming the UI repo?
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Fedor 15y ago
You'd better fix the remote inclusion and be safe. This site is _Hacker_ News, anyway.
samstave 15y ago
Love it! But I cant paste images into the body of the blog. Support for that would make it perfect. Actually - put explicit IMGUR support in there with a tool that allows me to simply paste the imgur link...
- tuananh 15y ago
  drag and drop image would be awesome!
  - firefoxman1 15y ago
    Second that! (If the author is reading...) Since you're using jQuery for the interface, this plugin might be perfect: https://github.com/weixiyen/jquery-filedrop https://github.com/weixiyen/jquery-filedrop
samstave 15y ago
also, check out the quora thread on this subject: http://www.quora.com/Technology/What-is-Svbtle-all-about http://www.quora.com/Technology/What-is-Svbtle-all-about
firefoxman1 15y ago
"I've only tested it on Chrome." ...so I thought I'd test a few more browsers: * Firefox 11 - Works perfectly (I guess that's to be expected) * Opera 11.61 - the bottom bar doesn't appear. * TouchPad browser (WebKit-based) - Works great! If anyone can verify other browsers (like IE?), I bet the author would appreciate it.
- elithrar 15y ago
  > If anyone can verify other browsers (like IE?), I bet the author would appreciate it. Chrome v19.0.1077.3 on OS X (latest dev build) doesn't show the bottom bar.
nchlswu 15y ago
This is why Dustin originally shared his ideas.
edwinyzh 15y ago
Dustin's Svbtle is really inspirational!

Amazing how fast the original idea has evolved. There are now at least three versions being simultaneously developed and two of them didn't even exist a day ago.

mhd 15y ago
Original? Isn't this basically Ryan Tomayko's "Administrative Debris" all over again? http://tomayko.com/writings/administrative-debris http://tomayko.com/writings/administrative-debris
- alexobenauer 15y ago
  The commenter meant original as in the original idea that sparked these subsequent, similar attempts at simplifying blogging, and experimenting with finding and capturing its essence.

Couto 15y ago

Honestly I believe that this is the proper way of stealing an idea, just like Picasso once taught us... You took the concept and tried to developed it even further. Successfully or not, I can praise this, unlike the other ripoff...

54mf 15y ago
I concur!

ChrisGwynne 15y ago

It's amazing how everyone is under the notion that Dustin coined the concept of simplistic blogging with a minimalist UI! Hilarity ensues for days...

cickpass_broken 15y ago
I'm not sure how much generalizing you are doing. But, I was quite literally inspired by the exact words Dustin wrote: "essence of blogging" as well as the recent unveiling of his UI. I don't think I ever claimed he coined anything.
- ChrisGwynne 15y ago
  I'm simply generalising here.
jfornear 15y ago
Svbtle looks like the most straightforward blogging platform since Posterous v1.
ertdfgcb 15y ago
Well, he certainly excited interest in it.
nhebb 15y ago
True, but in essence you're saying that you're amazed that everyone doesn't know everything. No one knows everything, and few people have encyclopedic knowledge of a niche topic like blogging. I'm amazed you didn't know that. ;-)

sycr 15y ago

Fantastic work. Much more in tune with what ought to be the spirit of hacking! Building, growing, and innovating on each others' work. Are you going to separate this interface into its own git repo or fold it into Gum?

cickpass_broken 15y ago
Thanks! I think that's a great idea (to separate the repo). I was thinking about how to use this UI for multiple popular blogging platforms (Mainly WordPress and static generators). Could you provide any help in naming the UI repo?

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Fedor 15y ago

You'd better fix the remote inclusion and be safe. This site is _Hacker_ News, anyway.

samstave 15y ago

Love it! But I cant paste images into the body of the blog. Support for that would make it perfect. Actually - put explicit IMGUR support in there with a tool that allows me to simply paste the imgur link...

tuananh 15y ago
drag and drop image would be awesome!
- firefoxman1 15y ago
  Second that! (If the author is reading...) Since you're using jQuery for the interface, this plugin might be perfect: https://github.com/weixiyen/jquery-filedrop https://github.com/weixiyen/jquery-filedrop

samstave 15y ago

also, check out the quora thread on this subject: http://www.quora.com/Technology/What-is-Svbtle-all-about http://www.quora.com/Technology/What-is-Svbtle-all-about

firefoxman1 15y ago

"I've only tested it on Chrome." ...so I thought I'd test a few more browsers: * Firefox 11 - Works perfectly (I guess that's to be expected) * Opera 11.61 - the bottom bar doesn't appear. * TouchPad browser (WebKit-based) - Works great! If anyone can verify other browsers (like IE?), I bet the author would appreciate it.

elithrar 15y ago
> If anyone can verify other browsers (like IE?), I bet the author would appreciate it. Chrome v19.0.1077.3 on OS X (latest dev build) doesn't show the bottom bar.

nchlswu 15y ago

This is why Dustin originally shared his ideas.

edwinyzh 15y ago

Dustin's Svbtle is really inspirational!