grimmfang

Amnesia was a great inclusion but I was surprised to not see Portal 2. Also Fortnite but not PUBG?

Exactly, I'm surprised this post is even being upvoted here on HN. It sounds like NYT did their job, and did it well (considering so many people got pissed off).

We can not tolerate tiptoeing around subjects simply because someone's "faith" might be offended.

This comment shouldn't be downvoted. This is the correct term.

I've tested it some and it appears to work great. Will be adding this to a number of my projects. I greatly appreciate the work you guys have put in.

The Free Software Foundation needs some donations right now. I hope they get a little help.

Your post is terribly misinformed.

Firstly, I don't know how you conclude Safari has the majority of market share on Mac.

> Chrome is convenient, but I'm not about to start using Opera or Safari because Google is making a better browser.

Chrome uses far more battery and processing power to achieve the same task as Safari. Safari animates content smoother and scrolls pages smoother. I would conclude Safari is currently the best web browser, despite it being slightly behind Chrome in standards support.

> ignoring standards like "filter: blur()"

This is false.

> implementing their own "backdrop-filter" that no other browser uses

This is false. Backdrop filter support is planned in all browsers except Edge currently. You can enable it with a Chrome flag. I should also mention it is a huge advancement for creating blurs on the web.

> Chrome and Firefox are the leaders in feature advancement

I don't see how you can consider Firefox a leader anymore. That browser is a mess, hopefully they make a comeback.

Should one consider them self skilled if they can complete all of these projects with some amount of ease?

My personal favorite is the Amazon "Swindle"

Surprised to see such a glaring grammar mistake on the homepage. Business' should be business's.

Don't forget the incident where Punk Buster banned anyone with a certain string in memory...

Yes, YC should have sent you a email with your final submission.

Jw how much monthly revenue did you have?

What he defines as "expensive" is ~$1-2 a month when all the websites are hosted on the same box.

My understanding of his argument is that CMS software traps the nonprofit while quite the opposite is true. CMS software actually gives a nontechnical user many more options to get work done on their site outside of the programmer community. Anyone can hire a cheap Wordpress guy.

This whole idea that we are trapping anyone or locking them into some expensive solution is laughable. One of our customers who is 70+ years old owns a nonprofit doing 1MM+ revenue/yr. He's been paying $5000 a month for their Wordpress site hosting. That means when he switched to us he saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in the grand scheme. This is an extreme case but many of our users have been overpaying for things they really don't need.

I just don't understand how anyone can criticize what we are doing as harming nonprofits. He's living in a fantasy if he thinks the average nonprofit can even understand what "static site" means.

I'm really shocked at these types of comments (which I'll note have only appeared from HN) but it's worth addressing.

Nonprofits have limited resources and thus need to be able to update their own website with a tool like Wordpress or another CMS. Static templates are sometimes okay but are not an end-all solution. So far in our first three weeks since launch we have had 25 applicants - half of which require a feature that requires hosting, such as forums.

We're completely made up of students around the world trying to give extremely non-technical people a nice website for their cause. To claim "perhaps we can make an agency like Changeforge that is not doing harm to nonprofits" is blatant trolling, and in my opinion not worthy of HN.

To stomp out ANY concern anyone may have about Changeforge, and at risk of muddling our mission, I have modified our mission statement to be "We're on a mission to give every nonprofit a great website - for $150" which is now front and center on our homepage.

EDIT: I've asked HN support to alter this post's title.

I think there's a better way to handle this. We remove the fee and simply ask each organization that gets a site for a donation. They will not be required to pay but we will encourage them to, larger donations could make up for those who don't pay.

Thanks for the feedback, I'm making the changes now.

We thought hard about this and in the end decided it's in the best interest of the nonprofits to host and manage their content for them. The $150 fee covers our expenses and alleviates the need for monthly payments.

Also it's worth mentioning that once a nonprofit has paid for something, albeit a very small fee, it makes them far more willing to put effort into giving us feedback.

Think of it as getting a free car but you still need to pay for the gas. Having a slogan of "$150 websites for nonprofits" dilutes the clarity of our mission and makes it look like we are profiting.

Hey everyone, founder of Changeforge here.

This is a follow up to this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11142402

We received such a positive reaction we decided to take it to the next level and setup a full blown organization. I want to give thanks to the Hackathon Hacker Facebook groups that have been an immense help in spreading the word, providing feedback, and encouraging hackers to volunteer for our organization.

I'm excited to hear everyones thoughts!

I've emailed you.

Hey everyone, I've gotten some great feedback already, but it would be awesome if a few more nonprofits were interested.

If you know of any organizations that are making a impact but could use an improved website please pass along my contact info to them!

I've created a Google Forms form where you can send me information directly. http://goo.gl/forms/EK08ILOhzv

Have a great day!

Please send me an email at saurek115 @ googles email service. I would love to help you with a site.

Would love to see what you are offering, I can drive many NPs to your business.

US based.

Thanks for the comment.

Thanks boules, I will probably stick with static pages as I don't mind doing a little bit of maintenance in the future. I did actually consider something like compute engine, Firebase, or maybe Heroku.

Check out Magic Keys https://www.gearmusicplayer.com/extras.html

I just tried it out, it's nice to have all the videos two clicks from my home screen! Thanks :)

What an incredible app. Just bought it!

They offer a service where they man your support for you.