Hurricane Tweets
Consumer and social
live event feed
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
4 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 7 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score -0.12.
Design: 0 for, 6 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Interesting and unique way of following the hurricane
From 1 comment
Hey it seems like everyone here is critiquing the app, UX, etc, and not focusing on the actual content of your post. I just wanted to say thanks for pointing this out. Really…
eunoia on HN
Impressive that it was built and deployed during a hackathon
From 1 comment
I saw this live at the hackathon today! Very impressed that you got it all integrated and deployed and on the front page of hacker news before judging.
TrinaryWorksToo on HN
Objections
Hard to read; tweets displayed poorly and styling is plain
From 2 comments
Neat! But this is near impossible to read. Perhaps add new tweets to the bottom and have a toggle to "scroll with tweets" or something?
cdubzzz on HNAgreed. Looks awful. Get some Bootstrap on there at least. The media object in Bootstrap 4 Beta will probably be suitable for this:…
benbristow on HN
Tweet URLs were not clickable
From 2 comments
As another user said, please make the URLs links.
vanderreeah on HNIt also would be great if URLs were links.
ajmurmann on HN
Hard to click tweets while auto-scrolling
From 1 comment
It would be neat if the tweets paused when you hovered your mouse over them. I struggled for a bit to click on one of them.
xur17 on HN
Requests
Make URLs clickable
From 2 comments
As another user said, please make the URLs links.
vanderreeah on HNIt also would be great if URLs were links.
ajmurmann on HN
Add a pause or hover-to-pause for scrolling
From 2 comments
It would be neat if the tweets paused when you hovered your mouse over them. I struggled for a bit to click on one of them.
xur17 on HNThanks for the suggestion! New data is now at the bottom and it auto-scrolls, with a pause button.
tectonic on HN
Show photos more prominently
From 1 comment
I almost went to this hackathon! Even bought a ticket and all, then decided I need rest more than a hackathon. This is a great idea. Love it! One suggestion I’d have is to make…
Swizec on HN
Apply Bootstrap or better styling
From 1 comment
Agreed. Looks awful. Get some Bootstrap on there at least. The media object in Bootstrap 4 Beta will probably be suitable for this:…
benbristow on HN
Questions
Which hackathon was this built at
From 1 comment
Which hackathon was this?
erikig on HN
Alternatives named
Snap Map
From 1 comment
Full disclosure: I'm a PM at Snap, Inc. Best coverage is on Snap Map. Zoom to the Keys and the west coast of Florida and check out the first hand accounts.
todd_sherman on HN
r/TropicalWeather live feed on Reddit
From 1 comment
Best coverage is the /r/TropicalWeather live feed on Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/live/zkadef2ttzql/ https://www.pscp.tv/Jeff_Piotrowski/ (Storm chaser of Blue Shed fame)
toomuchtodo on HN
Windy live windmap
From 1 comment
or a live windmap, if you prefer: https://www.windy.com/?26.407,-82.222,7 also submitted it a bit ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15213499
leeoniya on HN