Dennis Hackethal
@dennis.hackethal·Joined Jun 2024·Ideas
Founder Veritula. Author. Software engineer. I study the mind and build tools for thinkers. Ex Apple. Translator of The Beginning of Infinity.
#1923·Dennis HackethalOP revised 6 months agoEdwin says to either have hover effects for all clickable items or none of them. Buttons currently don’t have hover effects but links do.
I could remove hover effects from links. macOS links in System Settings don’t have a hover effect either. (They don’t even have a pointer cursor but IMO that’s going too far.)
I tried removing hover effects on links in dev and the user experience suffered as a result.
Especially for smaller links, like the hash links in idea headers, it’s nice getting that visual feedback that you are in fact hovering over the link and your click won’t miss it.
#1903·Dennis HackethalOP, 6 months agoThe idea is not good if it has outstanding criticisms.
Don’t worry about which ideas are better than others. That’s a remnant of justificationism. Only go by whether an idea has outstanding criticisms.
cc @edwin-de-wit re ‘strong’ vs ‘weak’ criticism
#1897·Zelalem Mekonnen revised 6 months agoIf I understand Veritula correctly, we first start with an idea. We accept that idea as true until it receives criticism. The idea is considered false until all criticism is resolved. Since the goal is to live a rational life, we wouldn't act in accordance with that idea. We don't submit bulk ideas or criticisms. Ideas (including criticisms), even if related, should generally be submitted separately. Also, avoid duplicate ideas.
The idea is considered false until all criticism is resolved. Since the goal is to live a rational life, we wouldn't act in accordance with that idea.
To someone unfamiliar with Veritula, this may sound like you’re suggesting not to live according to an idea even after all its criticisms have been resolved.
I recommend changing it to ‘we wouldn't act in accordance with an idea that has outstanding criticisms.’
#1897·Zelalem Mekonnen revised 6 months agoIf I understand Veritula correctly, we first start with an idea. We accept that idea as true until it receives criticism. The idea is considered false until all criticism is resolved. Since the goal is to live a rational life, we wouldn't act in accordance with that idea. We don't submit bulk ideas or criticisms. Ideas (including criticisms), even if related, should generally be submitted separately. Also, avoid duplicate ideas.
We accept that idea as true until it receives criticism.
‘until it is criticized’ would be more idiomatic, I think.
@edwin-de-wit says buttons should have a hover effect.
Edwin says to either have hover effects for all clickable items or none of them. Buttons currently don’t have hover effects but links do.
I could remove hover effects from links. macOS links in System Settings don’t have a hover effect either. (They don’t even have a pointer cursor but IMO that’s going too far.)
#1921·Dennis HackethalOP, 6 months agoI went back and forth on this. Native macOS buttons don’t have a hover effect and the human-interface guys at Apple are world class. I’m inclined to defer to their expertise. They know things I don’t.
Edwin says to be consistent. Either have hover effects for all clickable items or none of them.
I could remove hover effects from links. macOS links in System Settings don’t have a hover effect either. (They don’t even have a pointer cursor but IMO that’s going too far.)
I went back and forth on this. Native macOS buttons don’t have a hover effect and the human-interface guys at Apple are world class. I’m inclined to defer to their expertise. They know things I don’t.
#1889·Dennis HackethalOP revised 6 months agoShould I be showing the comment form by default on
ideas#show?To avoid scrolling past content, I could remove the autofocus on the textarea unless a certain query parameter is given.
Having implemented this, a problem has surfaced: when linking to an old version of an idea, the alert “You’re about to comment on an old version of this idea. Are you sure …” shows. That’s jarring if you didn’t want to comment but merely look at the idea.
#1909·Zelalem Mekonnen revised 6 months ago@dennis-hackethal* Damn. I didn't know that. But if I understand it, 'few' means not many, and 'a few' means something like five or 6. I have a few close friends.
Great, looks like you learned something new. You’ve found a bit of truth :)
#1889·Dennis HackethalOP revised 6 months agoShould I be showing the comment form by default on
ideas#show?To avoid scrolling past content, I could remove the autofocus on the textarea unless a certain query parameter is given.
Done as of b423e18.
I could turn the ‘Revise…’ button into an icon button that lives next to the collapse icon button. It could just have a pencil for an icon.
That way, the button wouldn’t need to be hidden anymore.
As of acb14e3, the revision button is an icon button that lives next to the collapse icon button.
Therefore, the button doesn’t need to be hidden anymore.
#1891·Dennis HackethalOP, 6 months agoI could turn the ‘Revise…’ button into an icon button that lives next to the collapse icon button. It could just have a pencil for an icon.
That way, the button wouldn’t need to be hidden anymore.
Done as of acb14e3.
#1898·Zelalem Mekonnen, 6 months agoWhat if, at that time, the best idea one has is the false idea?
The idea is not good if it has outstanding criticisms.
Don’t worry about which ideas are better than others. That’s a remnant of justificationism. Only go by whether an idea has outstanding criticisms.
#1885·Dennis HackethalOP, 6 months ago… made few changes.
Did you mean to say ‘a few changes’?
Do you know what the difference is?
You’ve since made the change to “a few changes” (as of #1894) but I think that change was premature.
Don’t make changes you don’t understand. Take questions literally and answer them.
https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/eb/qa/The-Difference-Between-Few-and-A-Few-
I went over it first and made few changes. After that, Grammarly recommended that I remove the 'a' before 'criticism' and to remove the 'they are'.
I went over it first and made a few changes. After that, Grammarly recommended that I remove the 'a' before 'criticism' and to remove the 'they are'.
#1892·Dennis HackethalOP, 6 months agoThat would mean the revise button would be at the top of the idea. But presumably, people would typically want to revise an idea after they finish reading it. Meaning after they reach the bottom.
It could go both ways. Someone may have already read an idea and just wants to revise it, in which case having to scroll to the bottom is cumbersome.
#1891·Dennis HackethalOP, 6 months agoI could turn the ‘Revise…’ button into an icon button that lives next to the collapse icon button. It could just have a pencil for an icon.
That way, the button wouldn’t need to be hidden anymore.
That would mean the revise button would be at the top of the idea. But presumably, people would typically want to revise an idea after they finish reading it. Meaning after they reach the bottom.
#1888·Dennis HackethalOP, 6 months agoThe ‘Revise…’ button is hidden when the comment form is open. It makes sense to hide it because it doesn’t belong in that context. But once hidden, the user has no quick way to revise an idea. Maybe the first thing they want to do after opening
ideas#showis not comment but revise.
I could turn the ‘Revise…’ button into an icon button that lives next to the collapse icon button. It could just have a pencil for an icon.
That way, the button wouldn’t need to be hidden anymore.
Should I be showing the comment form by default on ideas#show?
Should I be showing the comment form by default on ideas#show?
To avoid scrolling past content, I could remove the autofocus on the textarea unless a certain query parameter is given.
#1886·Dennis HackethalOP, 6 months agoShould I be showing the comment form by default on
ideas#show?
The ‘Revise…’ button is hidden when the comment form is open. It makes sense to hide it because it doesn’t belong in that context. But once hidden, the user has no quick way to revise an idea. Maybe the first thing they want to do after opening ideas#show is not comment but revise.
#1886·Dennis HackethalOP, 6 months agoShould I be showing the comment form by default on
ideas#show?
Then the autofocus on the textarea would force a scroll basically to the bottom of the page. For sufficiently long ideas, that means scrolling past content the user wants to see.