Show HN: I built a VS Code Theme Creator – easily make VS Code themes in browser

Re:Show HN: I built a VS Code Theme Creator – easily make VS... by msoad on Thursday March 25, 2021 @10:08AM (#26580478)

This is cool! I really enjoyed playing around. Some feedback:

1. Do not ask for signup before making a theme. There is so much power in allowing users play around without friction. You will get signups from users that are interested.

2. Make the editor preview itself a selection tool for various colors and other items. That would make it a whole lot easier to use

3. Allow grouping of colors. Some colors are always set to the same value. Allow setting the colors individually too. But users often want harmony.

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Re:Show HN: I built a VS Code Theme Creator – easily make VS... by abledon on Thursday March 25, 2021 @10:11AM (#26580500)

yeah, after looking around some demo themes, was about to make a theme, got blocked by signup and closed tab

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Re:Show HN: I built a VS Code Theme Creator – easily make VS... by chii on Thursday March 25, 2021 @08:41PM (#26587570)

the smart way to do it is to allow you to make a theme, but to save it/share it, you need to sign up.

If the theme is just a throwaway, people won't sign up, but if the theme is really good and the person wants to save it, it makes the signing up easier to swallow (since you get value from saving it).

Otherwise, you end up with crappy noise in the sign up because people would just make a fake account to try it out.

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Re:Show HN: I built a VS Code Theme Creator – easily make VS... by bartread on Thursday March 25, 2021 @06:50PM (#26586626)

Me too: I am unpleased by forced sign-up before I've had chance to try the thing I'm signing up for, so I didn't get beyond browsing demos. Some of them did look nice, but nah.

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Re:Show HN: I built a VS Code Theme Creator – easily make VS... by misterbwong on Thursday March 25, 2021 @12:02PM (#26581928)

Also, do at least some light curation (votes/ranking/popularity). Hitting a page full of Untitled themes that all look similar isn't good for browsing.

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Re:Show HN: I built a VS Code Theme Creator – easily make VS... by miketromba on Thursday March 25, 2021 @12:31PM (#26582282)

For sure, I would like to get a HN-type 'hot' algorithm with upvotes powering the list in the near future.

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Re:Show HN: I built a VS Code Theme Creator – easily make VS... by jongalloway2 on Thursday March 25, 2021 @11:40PM (#26588529)

Save Theme should prompt to name if it's Untitled.

It's not super obvious that every theme is created as Untitled and rename icon only shows when you hover over the title.

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Re:Show HN: I built a VS Code Theme Creator – easily make VS... by miketromba on Thursday March 25, 2021 @10:19AM (#26580601)

Thank you, these are great - I agree with all them. Going to add these to my list!

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Re:Show HN: I built a VS Code Theme Creator – easily make VS... by harrierpigeon on Thursday March 25, 2021 @12:20PM (#26582153)

I think the worst part for me was that when I went to sign in to GitHub the only thing it asked me for was my private email address. Dude, what?

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Re:Show HN: I built a VS Code Theme Creator – easily make VS... by nness on Thursday March 25, 2021 @11:18AM (#26581313)

Same, closed tab the moment I saw a sign-in screen.

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