Repository navigation
fix(ui): make the site's copy read more naturally - #70
Merged
Merged
Conversation
A lot of the user-facing text read like the engineering notes behind it:
"recorded on a protocol whose distance scale this project had not
established at the time, so summing it would invent a number", "is
exactly what a retry must never become", "a guess is not something to
aim at a treadmill". The facts were right, but people had to translate
the wording before they could use it.
This rewrites that copy in plain, conversational English across the
landing intro, the four static pages (compatible treadmills, without the
app, troubleshooting, protocol notes), and the app's own screens, dialogs,
empty states and status messages. Contractions, shorter sentences, and
"you" where the old text was impersonal.
What was deliberately left alone:
- The binding parts of the Legal page (terms, warranty, liability,
privacy). Rewording those changes what they say, and would need the
"last updated" date bumped. Only its closing line changed.
- Status messages the connection tests match on. Where a message was
reworded, the phrases the tests look for ("refused each one", "looks
asleep", "press + or −", "has not confirmed", ...) are kept word for
word.
- The facts. Every claim still says the same thing: what's excluded
from totals and why, what the app does and doesn't do for safety,
and which browsers work.
The static intro in index.html and the in-app Disclaimer are kept in
step, as the intro's comment requires. The README screenshots are
regenerated with tools/screenshots.sh because the Today screen's visible
copy changed. The old ones also predated the blueprint drawing on the
fun-fact card.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017ccS9aFrUGiiz6Pg8FZBJe
|
The latest updates on your projects. Learn more about Vercel for GitHub.
|
This branch was successfully deployed
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
A lot of the user-facing text read like the engineering notes behind it. For example: "recorded on a protocol whose distance scale this project had not established at the time, so summing it would invent a number", "is exactly what a retry must never become" and "a guess is not something to aim at a treadmill". The facts were right, but people had to translate the wording before they could use it.
This PR rewrites that copy in plain, conversational English. It uses contractions and shorter sentences, and says "you" where the old text was impersonal.
What changed
index.html) and the in-app footer disclaimer. These two are kept in step, as the intro's comment requires.tools/screenshots.sh, because the Today screen's visible copy changed. The old ones also predated the blueprint drawing on the fun-fact card.Deliberately left alone
UPDATED. Only the page's closing line changed.Verification
npm run check,oxlint: cleannpm test: 320 + 146 passingnpm run build: succeeds🤖 Generated with Claude Code
https://claude.ai/code/session_017ccS9aFrUGiiz6Pg8FZBJe
Generated by Claude Code