Hypertext TV

(hypertext.tv)

216 points | by coloneltcb 1 day ago

15 comments

  • sabslikesobs 1 day 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 1 day ago
      very smooth on mobile. wish it had some soft sound effects to match the vibe
      • aiiizzz 10 hours ago
        Very laggy for me.
  • vivzkestrel 20 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 15 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 12 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 12 hours ago
          I don’t understand how that’s related
    • immibis 17 hours ago
      Fun fact: it's one of the tiny island's biggest exports
  • 1317 10 hours ago
    thought this was going to be about things like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_Broadcast_Broadband_TV (hypertext on tv)
  • tkzed49 19 hours ago
    • kaichanvong 11 hours ago
      "it starts to", wut?, it actually looks reporting hyperlinking–URL issue, maybe recursion U.R.L. (within that U.R.I.)
  • simplecto 1 day ago
    make the internet weird again. 10/10 rating
    • jachee 21 hours ago
      <notes_emoji> Let’s go back to a website!
      • spencerflem 20 hours ago
        homestar runner just had a video on this :)
        • jbaber 6 hours ago
          They didn't invent the phrase for the cartoon?
  • medhir 1 day 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 :)

  • hcarvalhoalves 1 day ago
    Yeah, I miss buttons and VFD displays.
    • skydhash 23 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.
    • reaperducer 11 hours 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.

  • russellbeattie 1 day 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.
  • sabellito 15 hours ago
    Unusable on Firefox sadly, was getting maybe 5 fps.
    • sabellito 6 hours ago
      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.

    • Gualdrapo 14 hours ago
      Weird enough it seems to work pretty well on Firefox mobile
    • tyteen4a03 14 hours ago
      Fine on my macOS Firefox.
      • rchaud 8 hours ago
        Confirmed, FF on MacOS Sonoma with all the usual extensions.
      • alternatex 11 hours ago
        Isn't that just WebKit?
        • Kwpolska 11 hours ago
          No, macOS has real browsers, you're thinking of iOS.
    • lightlyused 9 hours ago
      Fine here. FF on Linux
  • vijaybritto 13 hours ago
    This is just beautiful artistry. I absolutely love it! Only thing missing is the click/clack sounds on those buttons
  • fouronnes3 18 hours ago
    Changes channel faster than a modern tv
  • zenkey 15 hours ago
    Really cool. And no ads!
    • rchaud 8 hours ago
      "This is a startup opportunity" /s
  • StefanBatory 17 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 18 hours ago
    This is so great. The design ethic is exquisite. Love it.
  • helaoban 1 day ago
    this is so cool