[HN Gopher] Hypertext TV
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Hypertext TV
Author : coloneltcb
Score : 216 points
Date : 2025-04-18 23:29 UTC (23 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (hypertext.tv)
(TXT) w3m dump (hypertext.tv)
| sabslikesobs wrote:
| 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 wrote:
| very smooth on mobile. wish it had some soft sound effects to
| match the vibe
| aiiizzz wrote:
| Very laggy for me.
| hcarvalhoalves wrote:
| Yeah, I miss buttons and VFD displays.
| skydhash wrote:
| 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.
| reaperducer wrote:
| _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.
| medhir wrote:
| 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 wrote:
| make the internet weird again. 10/10 rating
| jachee wrote:
| <notes_emoji> _Let's go back to a website!_
| spencerflem wrote:
| homestar runner just had a video on this :)
| jbaber wrote:
| They didn't invent the phrase for the cartoon?
| helaoban wrote:
| this is so cool
| russellbeattie wrote:
| 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.
| ktpsns wrote:
| And yet the word has a definition
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext and is studied since
| decades in science, long predating the world wide Web.
| vivzkestrel wrote:
| 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
| immibis wrote:
| Fun fact: it's one of the tiny island's biggest exports
| input_sh wrote:
| 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 wrote:
| 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 wrote:
| I don't understand how that's related
| tkzed49 wrote:
| if you go too deep it starts to blow up!
|
| https://hypertext.tv/test/hypertext.tv/test/hypertext.tv/tes...
| kaichanvong wrote:
| "it starts to", wut?, it actually looks reporting hyperlinking-
| URL issue, maybe recursion U.R.L. (within that U.R.I.)
| dmje wrote:
| This is so great. The design ethic is exquisite. Love it.
| fouronnes3 wrote:
| Changes channel faster than a modern tv
| StefanBatory wrote:
| 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
| zenkey wrote:
| Really cool. And no ads!
| rchaud wrote:
| "This is a startup opportunity" /s
| sabellito wrote:
| Unusable on Firefox sadly, was getting maybe 5 fps.
| tyteen4a03 wrote:
| Fine on my macOS Firefox.
| alternatex wrote:
| Isn't that just WebKit?
| Kwpolska wrote:
| No, macOS has real browsers, you're thinking of iOS.
| rchaud wrote:
| Confirmed, FF on MacOS Sonoma with all the usual extensions.
| Gualdrapo wrote:
| Weird enough it seems to work pretty well on Firefox mobile
| lightlyused wrote:
| Fine here. FF on Linux
| sabellito wrote:
| Indeed when opening it in a fresh ff profile it loaded just
| fine.
|
| To redeem myself a bit, spent the last 20 min disabling
| extensions to find out the culprit, but even with all of them
| disabled it's still unusable on my default profile. Then spent
| some time in about:config (and the normal settings like
| hardware acceleration), but coulnd't find anything obvious.
| vijaybritto wrote:
| This is just beautiful artistry. I absolutely love it! Only thing
| missing is the click/clack sounds on those buttons
| 1317 wrote:
| thought this was going to be about things like
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_Broadcast_Broadband_TV
| (hypertext on tv)
| westurner wrote:
| Same. Thanks; TIL about HbbTV: Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_Broadcast_Broadband_TV
|
| Had been wondering how to add a game clock below the TV that
| syncs acceptably; a third screen:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30890265
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