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Posted by bnc319 2 days ago

Why our website looks like an operating system(posthog.com)
674 points | 476 commentspage 11
notnmeyer 1 day ago|
i miss the old web where websites were fun, so this is kind of neat. on the other hand i’m not a huge fan of sites so loaded with js that performance is abysmal.
SilverElfin 1 day ago||
Can’t I just open tabs and move them around myself?
jackvalentine 2 days ago||
My bank 20 years ago had an “OS like” online banking system. I remember it fondly!
ronsor 2 days ago|
You wouldn't happen to have any (redacted) screenshots, by chance?
jackvalentine 2 days ago||
I've occasionally looked, but I can't find it. If you can do better...!

St George Bank, Australia circa 2005

xkbarkar 2 days ago||
First ( and maybe only time ) I approve of usage of cookie bannner.

Chuckles…

Garlef 2 days ago||
Neat.

But the text on the sidebar moves by a few px when you hover the mouse over it.

Very annoying.

65 2 days ago||
The slight x overflow on the content container on mobile is maddening.
subtlesoftware 2 days ago||
An operating system UI solves a specific problem: presenting all of your files and applications in a GUI that's flexible enough to support a wide range of fundamental activities.

A company landing page basically has two jobs: (1) sell the product and (2) let existing users access the product.

Applying the OS UI to a company landing page applies the wrong tool to the wrong problem.

The author writes:

> You can multitask, open a few articles simultaneously, and move them around as you please.

> You can be reading the latest newsletter from Product for Engineers while watching a demo video in the corner and also playing Hedgehog Mode, the game.

My browser has tabs – I can open multiple blog posts and read them separately. I don't want to read them while playing a random novelty video game on a SaaS company website.

I commend the author of this website because it is cool and well-designed, but this is not an effective product.

The caveat to this is that the design is thought-provoking. So maybe Posthog gets some buzz and leads because of the discussion among technical people about its new website.

rat_on_the_run 1 day ago||
This website looks terrible on mobile. It shows a horizontal scroll bar any time I do a vertical scroll and there's no space for horizontal scroll in the first place. It has very large floating header and footer such that the actual content occupies little space. The footer is "ask AI" and I expected to be able to close it. When I select some text, the floating menu appears above the header and not at the place I long pressed.

While writing this comment, the website went to a screen saver state, displaying meaningless animations. I also want less white space but this website is not doing that. I honestly don't want to visit that website for a second time.

gedy 2 days ago||
I'd love it if you could release this as a Gnome theme!
dzonga 1 day ago|
nothing is loading but oh well. they do have one of the best open source django apps out there though
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