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630 points sendilkumarn | 1 comments | 24 Mar 22 16:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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dend ◴[24 Mar 22 17:58 UTC] No.30793342[source]▶
This is an interesting take on documentation - mainly because I fail to see the value proposition in paying for the functionality provided.

Speaking from my own experience:

- Notifications. I am not sure that I've ever needed to know when a doc is updated, because if there is anything radical coming on the market (or in a spec proposal), there are other avenues to find out about it.

- Collections. That is already a functionality in the browser that is not locked into just one documentation site.

- Offline mode. There is Zeal[0] if you like client-side software and devdocs.io[1] if you like browser mode.

Combine all that with the fact that it's just for MDN, and the appeal kind of disappears. YMMV, of course.

[0]: https://zealdocs.org/

[1]: https://devdocs.io/

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bluedays ◴[24 Mar 22 21:20 UTC] No.30795480[source]▶
Think of it as an easy way to donate to Mozilla
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1. acdha ◴[24 Mar 22 21:34 UTC] No.30795605[source]▶
Or, better, for your employer to do so. It’s really hard to get permission to donate money at many large organizations but if the CIO kicks in $20k/year for support, training, etc. the accounting department won’t even blink.