watchlater
Consumer and social
video saving app
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
4 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.10.
Idea: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 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
Commenters are excited and eager to buy it
From 3 comments
Just bought it, can't wait. I've been waiting for something like this for a long time. I love the IAP option to cache videos for offline viewing. You get X minutes to start, then…
pchristensen on HNAwesome app! Waited for it since the iPad launch last year.
luckfamousa on HNGood job, although I really would like to see this for Android!
snnd on HN
Offline caching and transcoding are appreciated
From 1 comment
Just bought it, can't wait. I've been waiting for something like this for a long time. I love the IAP option to cache videos for offline viewing. You get X minutes to start, then…
pchristensen on HN
Objections
Unclear whether videos are cached for offline viewing
From 1 comment
How does bookmarking items save them for me? The copy on your website says watch videos anywhere, anytime - so if I go to a youtube video that's a half hour long and bookmark it,…
Dornkirk on HN
Caching YouTube videos may get the app pulled from the App Store
From 1 comment
If you are caching youtube videos, which looks like something http://www.filsh.net/ does be prepared to be pulled from the app store. Apps have tried and have been pulled before.
voidfiles on HN
Expected videos to download for offline viewing, not just bookmarks
From 1 comment
damn... I thugh it would download the video on my iPad so I can watch them "later" like readitlater does... :(
knes on HN
Requests
Android version
From 1 comment
Good job, although I really would like to see this for Android!
snnd on HN
Support for mixergy
From 1 comment
Looks good and I just signed up. Is there a list of the 20+video platforms available somewhere? Also, is there a chance you'll support mixergy (both free and paid accounts) in…
kroger on HN
List of supported video platforms
From 1 comment
Looks good and I just signed up. Is there a list of the 20+video platforms available somewhere? Also, is there a chance you'll support mixergy (both free and paid accounts) in…
kroger on HN
Questions
How does bookmarking save videos for offline viewing
From 1 comment
How does bookmarking items save them for me? The copy on your website says watch videos anywhere, anytime - so if I go to a youtube video that's a half hour long and bookmark it,…
Dornkirk on HN
Which platforms are supported
From 1 comment
Looks very nice. What platforms are currently supported?
janmonschke on HN
Alternatives named
vhx.tv
From 1 comment
Seems like this is gonna be fun competitive space. I've seen http://vhx.tv, http://shelby.tv, and now WatchLater. Am I missing anything?
gordonc on HN
shelby.tv
From 1 comment
Seems like this is gonna be fun competitive space. I've seen http://vhx.tv, http://shelby.tv, and now WatchLater. Am I missing anything?
gordonc on HN
radbox.me
From 1 comment
http://radbox.me
aerotrain on HN
squrl.com
From 1 comment
http://squrl.com It's iPad app is also free.
lardissone on HN
Vimeo and YouTube Watch Later features
From 2 comments
Strange that you feature a Vimeo video in your description, which has it's own "Watch Later" feature.
app on HNThat watch later works only on vimeo. YouTube has one too. Videos are everywhere though, and users watch videos from many places. Personally, that makes the one service watch…
voidfiles on HN