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Show HN: The HackerNews Follow Discussion Button

18 points by jermaink 14y ago

michael_fine 14y ago
A cool thing you could do with this is adding a javascript function in the file that automatically submits a story when this button is included. That would really elevate it from a link with some styling to something that's really useful.
- jermaink 14y ago
  Hey Michael, I think that already exists via the hnlike.com Button. However, transferring the Facebook Like logics to the self-selected HN Community had been critically discussed here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2934178 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2934178 That´s why I thought about embedding a button as a link only.
- sbashyal 14y ago
  I am the author of the original HNlike button http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2934178 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2934178 I have since then modified the Like button (www.hnlike.com) such that it acts as a submit button if the link has not been submitted yet. If it has already been submitted, it simply links to the discussion page in Hacker News. See it in action here: http://hacksandthoughts.posterous.com/ http://hacksandthoughts.posterous.com/ Nice work, jermaink!
  - jermaink 14y ago
    sbashyal, I really liked your work, which is comprising much more than my few lines of css. Also, I think displaying the current HN score is way better than the (indirect) external possibility to upvote items via linking. Last feature caused big discussions as you know :)
jermaink 14y ago
Hello everyone, it´s not a big thing, just a little css designed button that you might want to use or modify.
- jcfrei 14y ago
  nicely done - I like the design!
verelo 14y ago
I like this idea, however at first i thought it was allowing me to get notified of updates on a particular HN thread. I guess what i'm trying to say is maybe there is a better word than follow. In general, i really like it though! Well done.
- jermaink 14y ago
  Totally Agree! Maybe this thread will lead to some new idea. "Watch Discussion" could also be good, but anyway it shouldn´t be too long.
Killswitch 14y ago
Good work, I like it and am forking it to add a little bit extra I may have for it after practice tonight.
Hovertruck 14y ago
Something you may consider for your CSS: vendor prefixes are no longer required for border-radius declarations. Mostly true for box-shadow as well, except for the Android browser I think.
- jermaink 14y ago
  Thanks hovertruck - will take that into account for the next update. I have to say I´m not a trained/professional web developer, but I know which parts can be fixed soon.
- jonursenbach 14y ago
  Should submit a pull request.
pooriaazimi 14y ago
BUG: It's not properly aligned in Safari 5.2 (beta), OS X Lion 10.7.3: http://d.pr/i/ZDZM http://d.pr/i/ZDZM http://d.pr/i/Gj25 http://d.pr/i/Gj25 Is perfect on Chrome though.
- jermaink 14y ago
  thx for the feedback! I´m currently summing up the forks and your info to create a better update until tomorrow. A 100% cross-browser compatibility is a challenge and I have to admit that I used Chrome ;)
habith 14y ago
It's broken in IE7, IE9 (not IE8) and Firefox 12. The logo's button element on the left doesn't align with the one on the right. Is there a specific reason you chose to add a button element in your links? Why not style the a tags and display them inline-block?
- jermaink 14y ago
  exactly this is what I´m working on right now. I´ll release it tomorrow. As mentioned above, creating cross browser compatible buttons is really like opening a can of worms sometimes, especially downwards compatible solutions. Surely Firefox problems are a no-go.
dllthomas 14y ago
grep '^[qwertasdfgzxcvb]\{12,\}$' /usr/share/dict/words "stewardesses" seems to be tied with: aftereffects desegregated desegregates reverberated reverberates
- pooriaazimi 14y ago
  ?! Wrong thread, maybe?
  - jermaink 14y ago
    no, he refers to the did you know... part on the page :) Quite interesting research approach. Maybe its time to contest the longest left hand written sentence.
    - pooriaazimi 14y ago
      It's the second time tonight that I've failed to read something that's just under my nose. Maybe I should go to sleep (it's 4:27 AM here)... BTW, OS X's dictionary (/usr/share/dict/web2 - Webster's Second International, 234,936 words) is more complete than Linux's (and doesn't contain plurals!) :) aftercataract devertebrated gazetteerage reasseverate terracewards tessaradecad tesseradecade
      - dllthomas 14y ago
        Nice! For the right hand, on Ubuntu: grep '^[yuiophjklnm]\{9,\}$' /usr/share/dict/words polyphony Anything longer on OS X?
pooriaazimi 14y ago
BTW, I don't like the word 'Follow'. Follow might've meant something else in the long-forgotten past, but right now, it means 'subscribing to someone's rants on a social network', which is _not_ what you mean at all. I think 'Discuss on HN' or 'Discussion' or something like that would be a much better title.
jermaink 14y ago
updated the git. - renamed from "Follow Discussion" to "View Discussion" - improved code, thx to @TazeTSchnitzel - tested with Chrome 19.0.1084.52, Safari 5.1.3, Firefox 9.0.1 just discovered that http://nreduce.com/ http://nreduce.com/ is using the button

18 points by jermaink 14y ago

A cool thing you could do with this is adding a javascript function in the file that automatically submits a story when this button is included. That would really elevate it from a link with some styling to something that's really useful.

jermaink 14y ago
Hey Michael, I think that already exists via the hnlike.com Button. However, transferring the Facebook Like logics to the self-selected HN Community had been critically discussed here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2934178 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2934178 That´s why I thought about embedding a button as a link only.
sbashyal 14y ago
I am the author of the original HNlike button http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2934178 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2934178 I have since then modified the Like button (www.hnlike.com) such that it acts as a submit button if the link has not been submitted yet. If it has already been submitted, it simply links to the discussion page in Hacker News. See it in action here: http://hacksandthoughts.posterous.com/ http://hacksandthoughts.posterous.com/ Nice work, jermaink!
- jermaink 14y ago
  sbashyal, I really liked your work, which is comprising much more than my few lines of css. Also, I think displaying the current HN score is way better than the (indirect) external possibility to upvote items via linking. Last feature caused big discussions as you know :)

jermaink 14y ago

Hello everyone, it´s not a big thing, just a little css designed button that you might want to use or modify.

jcfrei 14y ago
nicely done - I like the design!

verelo 14y ago

I like this idea, however at first i thought it was allowing me to get notified of updates on a particular HN thread. I guess what i'm trying to say is maybe there is a better word than follow. In general, i really like it though! Well done.

jermaink 14y ago
Totally Agree! Maybe this thread will lead to some new idea. "Watch Discussion" could also be good, but anyway it shouldn´t be too long.

Killswitch 14y ago

Good work, I like it and am forking it to add a little bit extra I may have for it after practice tonight.

Hovertruck 14y ago

Something you may consider for your CSS: vendor prefixes are no longer required for border-radius declarations. Mostly true for box-shadow as well, except for the Android browser I think.

jermaink 14y ago
Thanks hovertruck - will take that into account for the next update. I have to say I´m not a trained/professional web developer, but I know which parts can be fixed soon.
jonursenbach 14y ago
Should submit a pull request.

pooriaazimi 14y ago

BUG: It's not properly aligned in Safari 5.2 (beta), OS X Lion 10.7.3: http://d.pr/i/ZDZM http://d.pr/i/ZDZM http://d.pr/i/Gj25 http://d.pr/i/Gj25 Is perfect on Chrome though.

jermaink 14y ago
thx for the feedback! I´m currently summing up the forks and your info to create a better update until tomorrow. A 100% cross-browser compatibility is a challenge and I have to admit that I used Chrome ;)

habith 14y ago

It's broken in IE7, IE9 (not IE8) and Firefox 12. The logo's button element on the left doesn't align with the one on the right. Is there a specific reason you chose to add a button element in your links? Why not style the a tags and display them inline-block?

jermaink 14y ago
exactly this is what I´m working on right now. I´ll release it tomorrow. As mentioned above, creating cross browser compatible buttons is really like opening a can of worms sometimes, especially downwards compatible solutions. Surely Firefox problems are a no-go.

dllthomas 14y ago

grep '^[qwertasdfgzxcvb]\{12,\}$' /usr/share/dict/words "stewardesses" seems to be tied with: aftereffects desegregated desegregates reverberated reverberates

pooriaazimi 14y ago
?! Wrong thread, maybe?
- jermaink 14y ago
  no, he refers to the did you know... part on the page :) Quite interesting research approach. Maybe its time to contest the longest left hand written sentence.
  - pooriaazimi 14y ago
    It's the second time tonight that I've failed to read something that's just under my nose. Maybe I should go to sleep (it's 4:27 AM here)... BTW, OS X's dictionary (/usr/share/dict/web2 - Webster's Second International, 234,936 words) is more complete than Linux's (and doesn't contain plurals!) :) aftercataract devertebrated gazetteerage reasseverate terracewards tessaradecad tesseradecade
    - dllthomas 14y ago
      Nice! For the right hand, on Ubuntu: grep '^[yuiophjklnm]\{9,\}$' /usr/share/dict/words polyphony Anything longer on OS X?

pooriaazimi 14y ago

BTW, I don't like the word 'Follow'. Follow might've meant something else in the long-forgotten past, but right now, it means 'subscribing to someone's rants on a social network', which is _not_ what you mean at all. I think 'Discuss on HN' or 'Discussion' or something like that would be a much better title.

jermaink 14y ago

updated the git. - renamed from "Follow Discussion" to "View Discussion" - improved code, thx to @TazeTSchnitzel - tested with Chrome 19.0.1084.52, Safari 5.1.3, Firefox 9.0.1 just discovered that http://nreduce.com/ http://nreduce.com/ is using the button