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I like how hovering over "kudos", in an attempt to understand what it is, automatically performs an action I didn't want to perform. And there is no undo. Grea

I like how hovering over "kudos", in an attempt to understand what it is, automatically performs an action I didn't want to perform. And there is no undo. Great UI there, guys. I like how you focus on aesthetic novelty instead of functionality, but I guess that explains why you're hiding the UI all over the site until you hover over crap [1]. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_meat_navigation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_meat_navigation

startling 13y ago
What does it do?
- Widdershin 13y ago
  It's a like button, effectively. Not a Facebook like button, just a 'I like this post' button.
- hablahaha 13y ago
  What's really hilarious is they tell you "Don't Move". I made a gif of the behavior in question, so you don't have to try it yourself. I inadvertently gave them like, five more kudos trying to capture it: http://oi39.tinypic.com/24e2kw1.jpg http://oi39.tinypic.com/24e2kw1.jpg Sorry, I never make videos, much less upload them, so I didn't really know what services to use. If anyone has recommendations, I'd love to hear about htem.
  - underwater 13y ago
    imgur.com is the current standard in throw away image hosting.
    - hablahaha 13y ago
      Yeah, but then it's linked to my account then, right? I guess I was looking for more of a throw away picture hosting scheme
      - blhack 13y ago
        No, not linked to your account.
      - underwater 13y ago
        No. If you have an Imgur account maybe, but you could just open an incognito window and upload the picture. No account is necessary.
kyberias 13y ago
Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. It's refreshing to hear the voice of reason.
- xerophtye 13y ago
  Yep! But u get used to it. though it doesn't mean it's in any way GOOD. Just "pretty".
john_b 13y ago
This is yet another reason to use a Javascript whitelist in your browser.
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dredmorbius 13y ago
Add to global stylesheet: .kudo.able.clearfix {display: none;} (Though I agree fully with your comments.)
shortformblog 13y ago
Considering that Svbtle has been around for like a year and a half now and it's not a particularly annoying UI scheme (rather one with more of a novelty element to it), can we get past debating about the Kudos button? I mean, it's not relevant to the article at all and it's not fair to the author, who had nothing to do with the feature. That said, so people can catch up: Here's some backstory on Svbtle: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3742314 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3742314 Here's Dustin Curtis responding to criticism over it: http://dcurt.is/unkudo http://dcurt.is/unkudo
- gphilip 13y ago
  Dustin Curtis' "response to the critcism" in that second link consists of: 1. Quoting a well-articulated email from yet another reader who felt deceived by the trickery; and, 2. (After a preface stating how he finds it amusing that so many people are bothered about this button) The following high-level technical overview of what happens behind the scenes when someone's kudos are volunteered willy-nilly: Here’s what it actually does: when you hover over the button, a CSS transform animation is activated which fills the circle. After 1 second (the length of the animation), it fires a request to the server which increments an otherwise meaningless number by exactly one. This is the full extent of his response. As far as I could figure out, this "response to criticism" addresses the following introductory paragraph of his interlocutor's email: I was curious about the Kudos button you mention in your http://dcurt.is/web-standards article. I hovered over it with my mouse pointer, and then it said “don’t move”. I didn’t move. Then it said “sent”. Apparently someone invented a button that does not need to be pressed in order to be triggered. And totally ignores the sentiment communicated by the more weighty second paragraph which concludes with: I very humbly request that you kindly decrement the Kudos statistic by one unit in order to compensate for the one that I definitely did not intend to send until it was forcefully withdrawn from me by a deceitful human interface. Did Dustin Curtis really miss the subtle (svbtle?) sarcasm of that first paragraph, or am I just imagining things?
  - xerophtye 13y ago
    Wait a minute, so he didn't realize that the criticism is that it performs a function without me wanting to perform it, and thinks the criticism is that "i feel it sucks out my soul" -_- Seriously, why DID the GP link to this?

startling 13y ago

What does it do?

Widdershin 13y ago
It's a like button, effectively. Not a Facebook like button, just a 'I like this post' button.
hablahaha 13y ago
What's really hilarious is they tell you "Don't Move". I made a gif of the behavior in question, so you don't have to try it yourself. I inadvertently gave them like, five more kudos trying to capture it: http://oi39.tinypic.com/24e2kw1.jpg http://oi39.tinypic.com/24e2kw1.jpg Sorry, I never make videos, much less upload them, so I didn't really know what services to use. If anyone has recommendations, I'd love to hear about htem.
- underwater 13y ago
  imgur.com is the current standard in throw away image hosting.
  - hablahaha 13y ago
    Yeah, but then it's linked to my account then, right? I guess I was looking for more of a throw away picture hosting scheme
    - blhack 13y ago
      No, not linked to your account.
    - underwater 13y ago
      No. If you have an Imgur account maybe, but you could just open an incognito window and upload the picture. No account is necessary.

kyberias 13y ago

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes. It's refreshing to hear the voice of reason.

xerophtye 13y ago
Yep! But u get used to it. though it doesn't mean it's in any way GOOD. Just "pretty".

john_b 13y ago

This is yet another reason to use a Javascript whitelist in your browser.

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dredmorbius 13y ago

Add to global stylesheet: .kudo.able.clearfix {display: none;} (Though I agree fully with your comments.)

shortformblog 13y ago

Considering that Svbtle has been around for like a year and a half now and it's not a particularly annoying UI scheme (rather one with more of a novelty element to it), can we get past debating about the Kudos button? I mean, it's not relevant to the article at all and it's not fair to the author, who had nothing to do with the feature. That said, so people can catch up: Here's some backstory on Svbtle: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3742314 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3742314 Here's Dustin Curtis responding to criticism over it: http://dcurt.is/unkudo http://dcurt.is/unkudo

gphilip 13y ago
Dustin Curtis' "response to the critcism" in that second link consists of: 1. Quoting a well-articulated email from yet another reader who felt deceived by the trickery; and, 2. (After a preface stating how he finds it amusing that so many people are bothered about this button) The following high-level technical overview of what happens behind the scenes when someone's kudos are volunteered willy-nilly: Here’s what it actually does: when you hover over the button, a CSS transform animation is activated which fills the circle. After 1 second (the length of the animation), it fires a request to the server which increments an otherwise meaningless number by exactly one. This is the full extent of his response. As far as I could figure out, this "response to criticism" addresses the following introductory paragraph of his interlocutor's email: I was curious about the Kudos button you mention in your http://dcurt.is/web-standards article. I hovered over it with my mouse pointer, and then it said “don’t move”. I didn’t move. Then it said “sent”. Apparently someone invented a button that does not need to be pressed in order to be triggered. And totally ignores the sentiment communicated by the more weighty second paragraph which concludes with: I very humbly request that you kindly decrement the Kudos statistic by one unit in order to compensate for the one that I definitely did not intend to send until it was forcefully withdrawn from me by a deceitful human interface. Did Dustin Curtis really miss the subtle (svbtle?) sarcasm of that first paragraph, or am I just imagining things?
- xerophtye 13y ago
  Wait a minute, so he didn't realize that the criticism is that it performs a function without me wanting to perform it, and thinks the criticism is that "i feel it sucks out my soul" -_- Seriously, why DID the GP link to this?