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by parktheredcar 2770 days ago
I actually like the fresh approach to telling a story they're experimenting with, but they do have some bugs. Specifically that pop-over dialog you're talking about - if you set the window to half-size, a close button appears that apparently is getting lost in the responsive layout breakpoints. Pressing Escape will also close it.

If the site owner ends up visiting - please consider using some form of javascript routing or html5 history tied in to any full-page repaints to allow for backing out and using native browser functionality! Interesting page that I'll be checking back to later at any rate.

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I am the founder of History Lapse. I have fixed the bugs, now the modal/gallery that pops up has the "close" icon visible. I'm working daily on adding new content and improving the layout presentation. Regarding the "fresh approach to telling the story" here is our whitepaper that explains why History Lapse could be a great tool: https://en.historylapse.org/whitepaper
...or maybe just put p-tags and img-tags right next to each other, which works perfectly fine in any browser ever.