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Re:'Flat design'-inspired Google Maps using the API by cleverjake on Sunday April 28, 2013 @10:43AM (#5621369)
This is hacker news. People hack to hack. I don't understand your question.
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Re:'Flat design'-inspired Google Maps using the API by afandian on Sunday April 28, 2013 @10:47AM (#5621385)
Well, it could be a clever parody. I initially thought it was, as this is also the place people post that kind of material.

It could be a hack just for fun. People post that kind of thing here too.

It could be a proof of concept statement about how amazing flat UI colours are. People post that kind of thing here.

Either way it would be nice to have a sentence of commentary.

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Re:'Flat design'-inspired Google Maps using the API by muratmutlu on Sunday April 28, 2013 @10:52AM (#5621402)
I posted it after I found it on Dribbble and thought it was interesting.

It looks like it was made in response to a shot someone posted on Dribbble http://dribbble.com/shots/1044275-Flat-Map

It was rebounded and coded up, that happens quite a lot on Dribbble when devs see a design they like and have a go at putting it into css/html etc

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Re:'Flat design'-inspired Google Maps using the API by hkmurakami on Sunday April 28, 2013 @05:29PM (#5622856)
Perhaps the tone could be a bit friendlier, but I think the questions themselves are justified, since I sometimes don't immediately "get" Show:HN projects. My first reaction might be that something is "just cool", but I'm not sure if I'm just not getting some useful practical aspect of a website, so imo (if the tone is chosen correctly) confirming whether a site actually has a practical motivation seems okay to me.
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Re:'Flat design'-inspired Google Maps using the API by mkoble11 on Sunday April 28, 2013 @10:53AM (#5621407)
This is hacker news. People hack to hack. I don't understand your question.

Thank you sir....I wish I could upvote this 1000x.

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Re:'Flat design'-inspired Google Maps using the API by afandian on Sunday April 28, 2013 @12:14PM (#5621701)
That's no reason stop thinking critically. There's a serious and interesting conversation to be had here.
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Re:'Flat design'-inspired Google Maps using the API by eric_bullington on Sunday April 28, 2013 @11:24AM (#5621519)
Thank you for summing up my feelings on this matter so much more eloquently and succinctly than I would have.
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