Instafilm

Productivity

video bookmarking

SHOW HN2011

87points
51comments
#133of 1,097 in 2011
Top 13%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

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 HN
    • Awesome 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 HN
    • 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 HN
  • Simple, elegant design

    From 2 comments
    • Great app. Very simple, with one focus. Elegant design too. Hope this takes off!
      bvi on HN
    • 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 HN

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 HN
    • 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
  • 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 HN
    • 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 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 HN
    • I 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 HN
    • Great 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 HN
    • 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 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 HN
    • I 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 HN
    • That'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 HN
    • I 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 HN
    • That's a pretty interesting management experiment. By the way, have you seen vhx.tv?
      fascinated on HN
  • Squrl

    From 2 comments
  • Wacchen

    From 2 comments
    • I've used http://wacchen.com/
      johns on HN
    • But, 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

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