Re:AdoptAHacker invites you to visit NYC
by alexyim on Monday September 13, 2010 @01:09AM
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Clever way to emphasize the need for hackers
Huh. Blind hackers need not apply?
Re:AdoptAHacker invites you to visit NYC
by MediaSquirrel on Monday September 13, 2010 @12:54AM
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They built the site in a day. Cut the dudes some slack.
Are you saying that they couldn't add text to the page (outside of images) in a day?
Re:AdoptAHacker invites you to visit NYC
by phrasemix on Monday September 13, 2010 @10:33AM
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I was part of the team that put this together at Startup Weekend in NY. We were all about getting this up and out into the world before the end of the weekend. Putting up mostly static images allowed us to not worry about any CSS bullshit and focus all our efforts on the copy, design, and minimum viable functionality for the site.
There is no text int he source. Every word is part of an image. Each option in the menu at the top is an image of text. The whole "Dear Hackers" pretty thing is an image. Then the "Get Started!" button is another image. Then the "Ambassadors From" section is one big image that includes both the heading and the logos. Then the "Success Stories" section is also one image, including the heading and all of that text.