Instafilm
Productivity
video bookmarking
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
5 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 7 mixed, 8 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.
Idea: 3 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 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
Time slider for how much time you have is a good feature
From 3 comments
I like the how-much-time-do-you-have slider. But why would I use this over YouTube own "watch later"?
thinker on HNAwesome stuff. It's like my own personal, curated video channel! In your slider bar for how much time you have, I would recommend having some dynamic text above the dot…
orky56 on HNI too like the feature, but the language, "How much time do you have?", confused me until I actually had saved a few videos. Something along the lines of "Show me videos longer…
rjb on HN
Simple, elegant design
Objections
Only supports Vimeo and YouTube
From 1 comment
Thanks! I suggest you'd use this because it supports more sites than just YouTube (and, if you ask me, because the UI is better too ;). Right now we only support Vimeo and…
mahipal on HN
No offline caching, unlike Instapaper
From 2 comments
I've been wishing for something like this for a while. ...except that I'd need it to be able to queue up things that I can watch later on a mobile device, possibly while offline.…
caseyf on HNGreat idea, often have this problem also especially with more people linking video on twitter, Techcrunch TV etc. Will check it out but will it cache the video on my iPhone and…
rakkhi on HN
No native mobile app yet
From 2 comments
Great idea. To me, it's useless without an iPhone/iPad app though, looking forward to that.
pyninja on HNI was just about to make something like this for myself. Thanks for making it! Looking forward to an iPad app. One quick bit of feedback: I notice when I'm logged in and try to…
jsb on HN
Unclear slider label and hidden videos
From 2 comments
I too like the feature, but the language, "How much time do you have?", confused me until I actually had saved a few videos. Something along the lines of "Show me videos longer…
rjb on HNI didn't realise I had to scroll this up to see videos I had sent, and so I thought it was broken. From a usability point of view, starting the bar at the right hand side,…
beseku on HN
Requests
Native iPad/iPhone app
From 2 comments
I was just about to make something like this for myself. Thanks for making it! Looking forward to an iPad app. One quick bit of feedback: I notice when I'm logged in and try to…
jsb on HNGreat idea. To me, it's useless without an iPhone/iPad app though, looking forward to that.
pyninja on HN
Offline caching
From 2 comments
Great idea, often have this problem also especially with more people linking video on twitter, Techcrunch TV etc. Will check it out but will it cache the video on my iPhone and…
rakkhi on HNI've been wishing for something like this for a while. ...except that I'd need it to be able to queue up things that I can watch later on a mobile device, possibly while offline.…
caseyf on HN
Support more sites such as TED and Mixergy
From 2 comments
I was just about to make something like this for myself. Thanks for making it! Looking forward to an iPad app. One quick bit of feedback: I notice when I'm logged in and try to…
jsb on HNI had this built to scratch my own itch: I would always find videos that I wanted to watch and bookmark them. And then I'd lose them in a sea of bookmarks. Whenever I wanted to…
mahipal on HN
Facebook login
From 2 comments
Consider adding a ``Login with Facebook'' button. While I personally hate the login everywhere with Facebook idea, it can be pretty useful. Most of my friends are discouraged by…
chrishenn on HNThat's a very good point. I'm going to move fbConnect way up the list. Thanks for the tip.
mahipal on HN
Pinboard integration
From 1 comment
This isn't a new idea, but an implementation sticky enough for me to use has proven elusive. Instapaper-like offline caching may be important, or maybe integration with Reeder,…
gerwitz on HN
Questions
Why use this over YouTube's own watch later?
From 1 comment
I like the how-much-time-do-you-have slider. But why would I use this over YouTube own "watch later"?
thinker on HN
Will it cache videos for offline viewing?
From 1 comment
Great idea, often have this problem also especially with more people linking video on twitter, Techcrunch TV etc. Will check it out but will it cache the video on my iPhone and…
rakkhi on HN
Alternatives named
Radbox
From 2 comments
I've been using Radbox ( http://radbox.me ) for a few months, much better, far more video sources, works on my Android phone, lets me create playlists. What's new?
Inspirit on HNI have used radbox.me earlier to bookmark videos and it works fine.
plsp on HN
VHX
From 2 comments
Another similar website was just launched: VHX (http://vhx.tv). It's currently in a closed beta, but they're slowly sending out invites. I've been using it for a few weeks now…
thisisblurry on HNThat's a pretty interesting management experiment. By the way, have you seen vhx.tv?
fascinated on HN
Squrl
From 2 comments
I use http://www.squrl.com/ for this
hackerku on HNSimilar: http://www.squrl.com/
tuhin on HN
Wacchen
From 2 comments
I've used http://wacchen.com/
johns on HNBut, do you say it's like instapaper for videos On your website. http://wacchen.com says it right on the box.
voidfiles on HN
Rewindle
From 1 comment
I've used http://rewindle.com/ in the past for this.
chime on HN