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Creative
gif creation
SHOW HN2017
115points
25comments
#377of 2,242 in 2017
Top 17%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
4 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score -0.17.
Privacy: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 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
Cool, useful idea
From 3 comments
Cool idea! I think it's very useful for people who want to share slides but don't want to share the entire pptx file. I wanted to make a GIF of another user's Google Slide, but…
polygot on HNCool idea, I can see how it is useful. Doesn't have to be only for Twitter, if you get gif file, you can use of wherever (e.g. Product Hunt).
aennyta on HNThis is really, really nice from what I could tell from the video. I could see this being very useful!
AlphaWeaver on HN
Objections
Requests full Google Drive access via the file picker
From 2 comments
Nice idea. but i people would not want to give you permission to see their google drive files - may be add another option like, have people make their slide public and use that…
mkrishnan on HNUnfortunately, that's how the Google File picker works. It needs permission to read files from Google Drive even if you are looking for a specific Mime Type (Google Slides in…
amitagarwal on HN
GIF is a poor format compared with WebM
From 2 comments
Why GIF ? Why not webm ? I understand that GIF is popular and works on all platforms, but it's such a waste of resources, has bad image quality and so on.
inDigiNeous on HN+1 for webm
patcon on HN
WebM unsupported in Safari and iOS
From 2 comments
No support in Safari https://caniuse.com/#feat=webm
amitagarwal on HNWebm is not supported out of the box for ios. Neither is WEBP (sure about webp, not sure about webm).
tehlike on HN
Requests
Support public slide URLs without Drive permission
From 3 comments
Nice idea. but i people would not want to give you permission to see their google drive files - may be add another option like, have people make their slide public and use that…
mkrishnan on HN+1
patcon on HNThis Wars my exact thought as well.
hultner on HN
Add a shareable link for processed slides
From 1 comment
This is great! I really appreciate it! I can see this being REALLY useful for people giving presentations, to help viewers share favourite content without being distracted with…
patcon on HN
Support PowerPoint files
From 1 comment
Here's the source code (PowerPoint compatibility will be added soon, but Google Slides works): https://github.com/Decagon/muto
polygot on HN
Questions
Why GIF rather than WebM
From 1 comment
Why GIF ? Why not webm ? I understand that GIF is popular and works on all platforms, but it's such a waste of resources, has bad image quality and so on.
inDigiNeous on HN
Is there a GitHub issue tracker
From 1 comment
This is great! I really appreciate it! I can see this being REALLY useful for people giving presentations, to help viewers share favourite content without being distracted with…
patcon on HN