Creepyface
Dev tools
javascript library
SHOW HN2019
81points
36comments
#588of 2,195 in 2019
Top 27%of 2019 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
2 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score -0.31.
Performance: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 0 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun, playful effect
From 2 comments
Instant upvote for the maine coon.
xyzal on HNReminds me of how the heads in the The Sims pie menus look around to follow the cursor as you point at different menu items! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-exdu4ETscs >The…
DonHopkins on HN
Objections
Data collection of user images is opt-out and hidden
From 3 comments
I really dislike that you're hiding the data collection behind a link most people wouldn't ever click. "Use them for research We want to train an AI that can generate a…
hypfer on HNThe privacy friendly default is opt in. Opt out is a trap.
MisterTea on HNThat phrasing too. "Find interesting" is so incredibly not the same as "give you rights to my data and likeness".
oliwarner on HN
Site loads slowly due to many requests
From 2 comments
I would strongly suggest serving this landing page via http/2.0 - your 504 requests over http/1.1 are currently taking 3.5 minutes for me to load 2MB of data.…
Libbum on HNFrom what I see in my viewport, no it's not reasonable. Using 500 requests for this because http2 exists is like stating it's ok electron apps eat 1 Go of ram because we have big…
BiteCode_dev on HN
Effect is trivial, little more than swapping images
From 3 comments
What is this supposed to do? I looked at the pointer and I looked away from the pointer and couldn't tell the difference. Does it need a webcam to work?
collyw on HNThat's what I thought it would be by the abstract, but it seems like it just swaps out one of nine or so images depending on where your cursor is, rather than actually…
microcolonel on HNWhy is this on the front page of HN? This is, like, 15 minutes of work...
bradhe on HN
Requests
Make image data collection opt-in
From 2 comments
I really dislike that you're hiding the data collection behind a link most people wouldn't ever click. "Use them for research We want to train an AI that can generate a…
hypfer on HNI think you're right. I tried to be as transparent as possible but it is true that making it opt in would be the fairest. I just didn't want to bother users. Although to be…
4lejandrito on HN
Use GIF or video to reduce data
From 2 comments
I would suggest you create a GIF from all the images and move GIF back and forth with cursor movement. This would save a lot of data since each photo has almost 95% content common.
kburman on HNYou can't control a GIF that way in the browser. You'd need a video tag.
tambourine_man on HN
Questions
What does it do and does it need a webcam
From 1 comment
What is this supposed to do? I looked at the pointer and I looked away from the pointer and couldn't tell the difference. Does it need a webcam to work?
collyw on HN
Why is it ideal for resumes or team sites
From 1 comment
I'm curious about the tagline "Ideal for resumes or team sites". Why is this ideal for these use cases, and how would it be implemented, and what is the benefit?
doctorRetro on HN
Alternatives named
xeyes
From 2 comments
xeyes 2.0 For those who don't know xeyes. Same thing, little X window widget that looked at the mouse pointer.
jsymolon on HNXeyes was inspired by the original NeWS "Big Brother" eye.ps script written in PostScript by Jeremy Huxtable, which were actually in round windows of course, as eyeballs should…
DonHopkins on HN
The Sims pie menus
From 1 comment
Reminds me of how the heads in the The Sims pie menus look around to follow the cursor as you point at different menu items! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-exdu4ETscs >The…
DonHopkins on HN
MonaEyes
From 1 comment
Xeyes was inspired by the original NeWS "Big Brother" eye.ps script written in PostScript by Jeremy Huxtable, which were actually in round windows of course, as eyeballs should…
DonHopkins on HN