Hypertext TV

(hypertext.tv)

212 points | by coloneltcb 20 hours ago ago

35 comments

  • sabslikesobs 20 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 19 hours ago

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

      • aiiizzz 4 hours ago

        Very laggy for me.

  • 1317 5 hours ago

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

  • vivzkestrel 14 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 9 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 6 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 6 hours ago

          I don’t understand how that’s related

    • immibis 11 hours ago

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

  • tkzed49 13 hours ago
    • kaichanvong 6 hours ago

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

  • medhir 20 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 20 hours ago

    make the internet weird again. 10/10 rating

    • jachee 15 hours ago

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

      • spencerflem 14 hours ago

        homestar runner just had a video on this :)

  • hcarvalhoalves 20 hours ago

    Yeah, I miss buttons and VFD displays.

    • skydhash 18 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 5 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 19 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.

  • sabellito 9 hours ago

    Unusable on Firefox sadly, was getting maybe 5 fps.

    • Gualdrapo 9 hours ago

      Weird enough it seems to work pretty well on Firefox mobile

    • tyteen4a03 9 hours ago

      Fine on my macOS Firefox.

      • rchaud 2 hours ago

        Confirmed, FF on MacOS Sonoma with all the usual extensions.

      • alternatex 5 hours ago

        Isn't that just WebKit?

        • Kwpolska 5 hours ago

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

    • lightlyused 3 hours ago

      Fine here. FF on Linux

  • vijaybritto 7 hours ago

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

  • fouronnes3 12 hours ago

    Changes channel faster than a modern tv

  • zenkey 9 hours ago

    Really cool. And no ads!

    • rchaud 2 hours ago

      "This is a startup opportunity" /s

  • StefanBatory 11 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 12 hours ago

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

  • helaoban 19 hours ago

    this is so cool