ABCD Animal Book
Learning and science
children's alphabet book
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
7 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.28.
Idea: 4 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Cute and charming design for kids
From 3 comments
Super cute! I wonder if there is a more common animal with "I" then the iguana...
flyfast on HNThis is awesome. Exactly what I need for my baby.. :D
qhoc on HNThis is very sweet, and also quite appealing even if we ignore the technological feat. I'm sure many parents will love it, great work!
carlesfe on HN
Well crafted and consistent across devices
From 2 comments
Awesome! Very well-crafted and ultra consistent among all devices!
timosz on HNNiiiice. Very well done !! :)
har777 on HN
Useful for parents reading to babies
From 2 comments
As a new father, I really love this; thank you for your effort. My wife and I have been gathering lots of books to read to our baby and this will be an awesome addition!
derpydev on HNThis is awesome. Exactly what I need for my baby.. :D
qhoc on HN
Objections
Fonts are hard to read and not suited to learning letters
From 2 comments
Very cool! Well done! My only suggestion would be to replace the font used for the letters with something more generic. As it is now, some of the letters don't really look the…
ataylor32 on HNThe fonts might be very pretty but are they fit for purpose? The flashcards I can remember always seemed to use totally sensible fonts with not even the slightest whiff of…
Theodores on HN
Animal choices could include more common animals
From 1 comment
Super cute! I wonder if there is a more common animal with "I" then the iguana...
flyfast on HN
Requests
Suggest a monetized app version
From 1 comment
Nice, any reason you haven't launched it as an App and tried to make some money? :)
iqonik on HN
Readable source for the flip book effect
From 1 comment
Hey, great work! I'm interested in how you did that flip book effect and unfortunately the JavaScript code looks minified and is very hard to read. Did you use a library or did…
b15h0p on HN
Questions
How the flip book effect was built and whether a library was used
From 1 comment
Hey, great work! I'm interested in how you did that flip book effect and unfortunately the JavaScript code looks minified and is very hard to read. Did you use a library or did…
b15h0p on HN
Alternatives named
turn.js flip book library
From 2 comments
Quick google finds: http://www.turnjs.com/ (not what OP uses probably)
zuck9 on HNYeah, I know that one. It's discontinued, though - I'm actually looking for a replacement for this exact library. Been thinking about writing my own implementation but was hoping…
b15h0p on HN
bookiza
From 1 comment
Seems to be in https://github.com/bookiza/bookiza
brendanr on HN