« BackHypertext TVhypertext.tvSubmitted by coloneltcb 16 hours ago
  • sabslikesobs 16 hours ago

    Not only is this a wonderful idea, the skeuomorphic design looks awesome and it works well on mobile. Wow!

    Note also that the source can be found through the menu button, which leads to https://github.com/evadecker/hypertext.tv.

    • nickthegreek 15 hours ago

      very smooth on mobile. wish it had some soft sound effects to match the vibe

      • aiiizzz 3 minutes ago

        Very laggy for me.

    • 1317 27 minutes ago

      thought this was going to be about things like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_Broadcast_Broadband_TV (hypertext on tv)

      • tkzed49 9 hours ago
        • kaichanvong an hour ago

          "it starts to", wut?, it actually looks reporting hyperlinking–URL issue, maybe recursion U.R.L. (within that U.R.I.)

        • vivzkestrel 10 hours ago

          fun fact: .tv domain name represents the island of tuvalu in the pacific. everytime you register a domain name here, ICANN pays them an annual sum for upkeep

          • input_sh 5 hours ago

            Dang, what's next? .me being owned by Montenegro? .ai by Anguilla? .fm by Micronesia!?

            Jokes aside, every two-letter domain belongs to a "country" (using that term very broadly), some countries just got luckier than others.

            • vivzkestrel 2 hours ago

              maybe not as lucky in the case of tuvalu as it is estimated that the island is going to sink completely in a few decades

              • qqcqq 2 hours ago

                I don’t understand how that’s related

            • immibis 7 hours ago

              Fun fact: it's one of the tiny island's biggest exports

            • medhir 16 hours ago

              omg, this was made at sfpc! spent some time there in 2016, love to see things being made there still.

              the crt shader aesthetic is really cool. will try and make a pr of my own sometime :)

              • simplecto 15 hours ago

                make the internet weird again. 10/10 rating

                • jachee 11 hours ago

                  <notes_emoji> Let’s go back to a website!

                  • spencerflem 10 hours ago

                    homestar runner just had a video on this :)

                • hcarvalhoalves 16 hours ago

                  Yeah, I miss buttons and VFD displays.

                  • reaperducer an hour ago

                    Yeah, I miss buttons and VFD displays.

                    I miss the clarity and aesthetics of VFDs, but I don't miss actual VFDs.

                    My KitchenAid oven and microwave both have VFD displays. They have degraded to the point of being almost unusable in just eight years.

                    • skydhash 13 hours ago

                      I have an AVR and both it and its button is a pleasure to use. By comparison, the Apple TV is non existent physically and the remote is beautiful to look at and awful to use.

                    • vijaybritto 3 hours ago

                      This is just beautiful artistry. I absolutely love it! Only thing missing is the click/clack sounds on those buttons

                      • sabellito 5 hours ago

                        Unusable on Firefox sadly, was getting maybe 5 fps.

                        • Gualdrapo 4 hours ago

                          Weird enough it seems to work pretty well on Firefox mobile

                          • tyteen4a03 4 hours ago

                            Fine on my macOS Firefox.

                            • alternatex an hour ago

                              Isn't that just WebKit?

                              • Kwpolska an hour ago

                                No, macOS has real browsers, you're thinking of iOS.

                          • russellbeattie 15 hours ago

                            Nice! The word "hypertext" still evokes a sense of wonder and futurism to me, no matter how old the term is. I own hypertext.plus. Someday I'll have to make a list of all the active hypertext.* websites and register another one as a sort of meta-hypertext site listing them all.

                          • zenkey 5 hours ago

                            Really cool. And no ads!

                            • fouronnes3 8 hours ago

                              Changes channel faster than a modern tv

                              • StefanBatory 7 hours ago

                                I remember seeing similar idea in the past on HN - a website serving a few channels, that were the same for everyone browsing at the time. Is it a similar thing? It strikes some memories, but it's hazy for me :(

                                Also - amazing job with the design

                                • dmje 8 hours ago

                                  This is so great. The design ethic is exquisite. Love it.

                                  • helaoban 15 hours ago

                                    this is so cool