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I have not thought about the irony of “HTML blue” before, but I am not a fan of its use, nor that inner-nostril shade of pink (please don’t insult salmon by calling the color that). I love Space Mono/Grotesk and I don't understand why they chose Space Mono as the body type, when it has a lower x-height and lower weight. They were already using Space Grotesk to begin with for headings and else where (albeit sparingly/unpredictably)...strange.

All of this has nothing to do with the software, which looks really interesting and may be quite successful in the future. But it's worth noting and there's nothing wrong with pointing these things out. ralusek's post should not be so grey.

In all seriousness how similar (or different) is this to Ted Nelson's Xanadu franchises?

The discussion around this post confuses me. Because in practice it doesn't sound that bad, but the comments seem to be against it. A person pays a subscription to "consume content" [1] and the author is paid for it. But why do I need a wallet? What is this ledger business all about? What's the meta tag for? In reality how is this even better than Patreon or "Buy me a Coffee" or GitHub Sponsors. I'm beginning to understand the other comments now.

As far as advertisements go, what's stopping people from just selling ad space themselves? Why do I need Google? You sell cast iron skillets, I'm a food blogger. You want some ad space. Email me and send me a check.

[1] i.e. to read, watch and listen to things on the internet. "consuming content" sounds so impersonal, if that's the best word to describe it.

Off topic but:

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"All skin folk, ain't kin folk"

Black Lives Matter has been on the national stage for almost 6(!) years and has accumulated hundreds of millions of dollars, affecting zero change or influence in Black communities.

A film was recently released about Fred Hampton of the Black Panther Party (strangely enough, from what I gather, glorifying the man who coordinated his assassination). I bring this up to say, millions of dollars collected by Black Lives Matter and I have not even heard about them even frying a dang omelette and handing it to a Black person, let alone a Black male (whose bodies the movement continually uses as a springboard to notoriety).

Nonetheless, funding alone will not solve the issues at hand in the Black community. But a few omelettes a day at least would be a better start than whatever else is going on.

Thank you for this well-detailed and educational response. You've thrown a lot of good study prompts in my direction.

One last question – any book recommendations?

Your tone detracts from the intrigue of this comment I for one, have no problem with it at all. I only bring it up to make an accessory complaint about how the bland enforcement of "civility" online can stifle people who express themselves in a certain way. You could've easily disregarded the first two lines of your comment and began with the "Poser of tech?" line, but without, it's just mundane input void of any association with a human being that actually feels something about the topic at hand instead of just having a thought about it.

Anyway, I loved your critique. With all of this being said, from at least a visual perspective, how do you feel about the work inspired by Bauhaus? What sort of design do you feel appreciates the human psychology of the issues/environment it intends to involve itself with?

http://notenik.net if you haven't check it out already.

I can't tell a bad SSG from a good one. I've never really used one.

But your logo is spectacular and Saga reminds me of an app I use called Notenik that's also written in Swift and can be used as a static site generator. I don't have any familiarity with the language but it seems relatively un-intimidating to manage. I hope to read the articles associated with its development sometime soon.

I too am a layman in this area, but from what I've gathered is that the designers of Bauhaus and similar European design movements of the 1900s is they took design and all of its elements very seriously. "Good design" was an expression of a well thought out approach to the message at hand and was a reflection of a society that ought to be well-groomed themselves (i.e. intellectually, morally, all those sort of qualities).

Intense stuff, mate.

Thanks for this. I hope to learn Emacs Lisp and perhaps learn more of the Lisp family. Right now I don't understand anything in this article, but it appears to be a simple way to put together something simple, which I'm interested in learning how to do.

I appreciate how the author emphasizes attention much like how Josef Muller-Brockmann emphasizes space in his Grid Systems in Graphic Design. Typefaces are strange. Choosing the right one sometimes feels like a battle that's a part of the greater war that is fashioning content in a way that is tasteful and wise.

I appreciate and benefit from whenever a good design story is posted on HN and would like to implore anyone with access to them to share them more often or at least encourage readers to amplify the stories that are already being shared that I might be missing out on.

I'm vaguely familiar with some of the conditions in the West Bank...it's the demise of the owner of that barbershop is unfortunate and unsurprising (in him being a victim of gun violence).

New Orleans (also Baton Rouge), like Baltimore and other American cities will presumably eat themselves alive before the invisible hand of cloud computing and technocracy shows them any love.

There a lot of terrible takes here from people who possess the intellectual gleam of a skinned cat.

For one, the school is at fault because this isn't an isolated incident, the entire school is (statistically) dumb as the box that holds the bricks that are as dumb as what's generally implied. What alarm was sounded in that particular school and every school that is like it (there's no way that this is the only place that this is happening) before this story broke out. How long has this even been taking place (unqualified students being promoted to the next class and having to essentially start from their freshman year again if they intend to graduate)? How many kids on the streets in Baltimore (young men especially) are victims of this system?

The community is at fault, for blindly getting behind anyone with black skin that waves a blue flag because clearly they have been no help. The trends of social media unfortunately champion these people when the communities themselves have no idea as to what they're motives even are.

The culture of the community should be brought into question, because I can suspect with confidence that a majority of these students at these schools are being brought up in broken homes (either single-parent households, mom/dad is "shacking up" with a girlfriend/boyfriend who contributes nil to the household from a moral standpoint or if the child's parents are married, then the struggle to keep things afloat deters the nurturing of a healthy environment). Most of Hacker News is getting through their one, relatively plush job by the skin of their teeth without having to micro-dose MDMA to prevent themselves from shoving their garden hose in their car exhaust...so sit for a moment...put yourself in this black woman's shoes, with three children (who knows how old the remaining two are), potentially no spouse, three jobs and little social mobility. Much respect to this woman for actually speaking out, because I bet a lot of people in her community share the same sentiment as her son – they're embarrassed. It's an embarrassment on many levels! Most people in these situations lack the willpower to even stay abreast on what's going on their own house, so it's likely even more difficult for the community as a whole to muster up the courage and strength to address these multiple issues head-on and stay steadfast on them without being manipulated by politicians or celebrities once their efforts pick up steam.

It's easy to blame the student(s) and their parent(s) if this was happneing somewhere else or to someone else. But in this particular case it's lazy and the greater effects of the environment as a whole are disregarded. Some of you have enough trouble juggling between sitting your own children in front of a computer screen for the afternoon and brown-nosing a superior who's one "Me Too" tweet away from the whole company having to fold and you being forced to spend 7 months baking sourdough bread and "finding yourself" while you wait for the next "Who Wants to be Hired?" post on Hacker News.

It's unfair and repulsive to sit and read people turn into armchair critical theorist when the line between your ignorance and whichever blameworthy party that you can point a finger at is about as thin as Jeff Bezos' eyebrows. It's unfortunate because some of the top comments actually have compassionate observations, but everything in between (including the replies to these comments) is pathetic.

Thots.

By what logic would a person enroll their child into a private institute that enforces a non-arbitrary code that they disagree with?

I see no problem with a private Catholic school saying “If you’re not Catholic and have an issue with what we enforce here (e.g. dress codes), then you should enroll your children here.” I imagine that’s what they all would say.

If I didn’t make it clear, this applies appropriately to private institutions, meaning “you are enrolling here on your own conscious accord.”

If a person has any issues with how a private academic institute operates, then they are not mandated to attend it. Furthermore there is a difference between blatant discrimination (“No non-Christians allowed”) vs. "there is a particular culture that is being observed here; we aren’t going to bar anyone from attending this establishment, but it’s illogical to expect us to bend to your will because you are in opposition to what we practice upon you joining."

I imagine this is because we are dealing with a people who feel that they are morally superior than the rest of the world due to worldly advantage and dominance.

Whether or not this school was correct in their dress code [1] is shadowed by the immediate conclusion for many that “Islam = Bad, oppressive, unfair, archaic” the moment that it ceases to be just an “internal, private belief for some” and becomes an external way of life that sovereign countries implement in their own territories. This is so even if what a country is implementing is not congruent to the tenants of Islam (see, the flogging of the Homosexuals for example).

Let them (viz. The West) tell it, the sociocultural climate of their localities are in exemplary order.

[1]: I see no issue with private institutions enforcing a dress code that makes the hijab mandatory. Non-muslim students need not attend and even to force them to wear it would obfuscate the intent of the hijab. It is far more than just a cloth that is draped over the head of any woman and its virtue is neglected so long as its wearer is void of virtue herself.

Your username implies a gross bias.

> Now imagine somebody saying that exact sentence in response to, for example, a man being stripped of his possessions because his caste is not allowed to own property.

Is this in reference to an Islamic position? If so please provide a source.

As salaamu alaykum,

I enjoy reading your discourses in support of Islaamic economics. Do you have a blog, email or social media account?

Wa salaam.

There is no doubt that the conditions in these areas are horrid.

But trying to rectify them under an Islamic pretense will prove fruitless because the countries involved are not Islamic territories.

This appears to be an existential crisis played out in bullet points against the backdrop of current events. And rightfully so, one should be experiencing this. The author’s thoughts are a result of a worldview that many of you are responsible for nurturing and amplifying.

Furthermore, Sorts Mills Goudy is a (very nice but) inherently small typeface and should be bumped up to about 18-20px. This is especially needed due to the page’s dark layout.

Not my post, but if I may I’d like to offer my input, please.

The word “dominance” seems to carry a negative connotation in the context of interpersonal relationships. There a lot of historical factors that are the cause of this and it's beyond the scope of this conversation to delve deeply into that.

Nonetheless, as far as Islam is concerned, it is the role of the man to wield the influence/be dominant in his household. This is by virtue of his responsibilities -- his attachment to the Masjid (or “Mosque” in the West), his duty to earn a living for the household and his duty as an educator and paragon of good character, not just in the home but in his community as well.

The word “dominance” may suggest a sense of oppression in modern times. But in the scope of Islam, that husband who is “dominant” in reality eschews all reprehensible conduct that could be associated with the word.

As I mentioned before, yes, in Islam there are expectations on the Muslim wife. But likewise there are expectations (if not more) on the Muslim husband. Again, that Muslim man assumes dominance in the household out of the necessity that is to submit himself both internally and externally to the conduct of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and prayers be upon him).

The advantages of this lie in the husband assuming his natural role as prescribed by Allah and exemplified by the Messenger of Allah (peace and prayers be upon him). If the situation were to be reversed, then this could not be the case. If anything, the man would not just be neglecting his duties as a husband, but as a Muslim as well. If the situation were to be reversed, it would behove the woman to instead leverage this dominance in order to encourage her husband to fulfill the rights he owes to her and to humanity. If he accepts this, then the natural order as described above would inevitably fall into place.

As salaamu alaikum. I love you. Thank you for sharing this post and making the most profound comment that I have read on this site, bar none.

It is strange to assume that two people who are different by their very nature can be “equal”. The sense of equality between a man and a woman can only come about by the fulfillment of the rights that exist between the two of them, which are different but have to be observed reciprocally.

The problem is that we (meaning humanity at large) are totally unaware of the rights that we owe to each other. Not just in the household, but outside of it as well. Worst of all, we are unaware of the rights that are due to our Creator.

May Allah, the One who is Most Gracious, strengthen you and your wife. Ameen.

Notenik[0] is a FOSS native Mac app for note taking that I have benefited from tremendously.

It has a few UX quirks to it, but the developer is highly active, responsive and friendly. Its strengths lie in its scripting and templating features (check out the site for more info about them) that turn the app into something like a static site generator with a GUI.

[0]: https://notenik.net

I am new to Web development/design and I was wondering if anyone was going to make explicit mention of the divergence of practical intent (Web Docs vs Web Apps) and the role that browsers, standards and business play into it all. The first chapter of "Dive into HTML5"[1] was a big eye-opener for me on the nature of the Web's development.

I appreciate your input a lot. Personally I consider myself a proponent of classical hypertext. The massive accumulation of Web apps driven by brand and business and the collective groans that many make in response to it, perhaps is a result of a dearth of a consistent cultivation of informative Web documents.

Your comment lead me to browse some of the others that you've made here and it has occurred to me that you have authored some of my most favorite remarks from the past week or so.

I repeat -- your input is appreciated.

[1]: http://diveinto.html5doctor.com/past.html

All of the terms that you used are admirable and woefully missing today. It's unfortunate. But it speaks to the times that we are living in. This comment is probably being downvoted because people may argue that this "mmhmm" app isn't a prime example of your thoughts, but you have a point.

Either way, the whole "Funner Zoom" line is off-putting, if the problem isn't to be exemplified by the app as a whole, your point can at least be made in regard to that piece of it.

Pardon the late response.

As of right now I have no examples of my own to show you. Everything is theoretical. I'm not sure if this is something that has been thought of before and I haven't really looked around to see if there are explicit examples or thoughts similar to mine.

But what I've covered so far mainly focuses on the similarities between the non-linear experience of an exhibit (be it at a museum, library, gallery, etc.) and the non-linear experience of a Hypertext narrative on the Web. Of course, this is less feasible in print.

But for the most part, the appeal at least to me, is breaking up a single theme/Web article across multiple pages and allowing online visitors to have their own unique experiences determined by the order in which they click a link as decided by the different contexts that a link can be placed in.

The goal is to implement something contrary to the linear structure of the Web page, especially something unlike the impersonal experience that are online publications.

It's interesting that you use the word "curation" to describe designing for literature. Lately I have been looking into how museums put together exhibits and how to integrate some of their approaches into web or print publishing.

It feels like so much of what you described is lost today ie., skill and decorum in displaying words meaningfully. If I may ask, what are some personal design principles that you look for when critiquing a publication (be it print or on the Web)?

For the record I am not employed by any company or agency, I am only an individual who is trying to get a better understanding of what I should be looking for as a consumer and creator myself. To boot, I appreciate your insight and the thought processes behind it. Thank you!

I for one find your criticism to be enlightening and valuable. If I may ask you to continue, what qualities do you think are signs of good experiences in print and digital literature?

Smoking, like alcohol and other vices are prohibited.

It is in fact an unfortunate reality that is a matter of miseducation for those who are not victim to the statistical conflation of nationality as an indicator of belief.