HelpRange
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document analytics
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score -0.18.
Docs: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 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 idea with a good implementation
From 1 comment
Interesting idea, and the implementation looks good. However, is a document heatmap actually an effective indicator of where my attention is? My mouse does not usually follow my…
snazz on HN
Could be indicative at the page level
From 1 comment
It may be indicative at the page level at least. Cool idea.
TuringNYC on HN
Objections
Mouse position may not indicate where attention is, since many people leave the mouse still
From 2 comments
Interesting idea, and the implementation looks good. However, is a document heatmap actually an effective indicator of where my attention is? My mouse does not usually follow my…
snazz on HNOn webpages I often highlight text as I read it. It helps to keep track in case I get distracted for a second. But I almost never do for PDFs as selection is frequently quite…
magicalhippo on HN
Testimonial on the site appears written by the maker
From 2 comments
I find it kind of humorous that your testimonial appears to be written by you.
saagarjha on HNYeah, I get that; it’s just that testimonials are usually written by users of the software, right?
saagarjha on HN
Site image may raise trademark issues without an endorsement disclaimer
From 1 comment
>https://www.helprange.com/static/images/final_menu_bars.png IANAL, but this image you have is probably dicey when it comes to trademark use. At the very least there should be a…
gruez on HN
Price is too high for students
From 1 comment
Probably would use it. However, I'm just a student and definitely cannot afford $45/month. Looks like I'll just have to hope many people look at my Arxiv papers :).
sdan on HN
Questions
What are the use cases for a PDF attention heatmap?
From 1 comment
On webpages I often highlight text as I read it. It helps to keep track in case I get distracted for a second. But I almost never do for PDFs as selection is frequently quite…
magicalhippo on HN