fixmyspeakers
Hardware
phone speaker water ejection web app
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
3 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Idea: 2 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Really cool idea
From 1 comment
NSFH warning! Take the title literally. I interpreted the title as "Webapp that creates natural water sound using your phone", so I clicked the play button without realizing this…
anonytrary on HN
Pretty cool, simple to use in the browser
From 2 comments
The best part is that its not even an app. Just go to the link on your phone and press that button. Simple as.
shash7 on HNPretty cool! Might be worth explicitly mentioning that the volume needs to be all the way up for best effect.
throwanem on HN
Objections
Title was misleading, the sound is not a water sound
From 1 comment
NSFH warning! Take the title literally. I interpreted the title as "Webapp that creates natural water sound using your phone", so I clicked the play button without realizing this…
anonytrary on HN
Browser crashed after pressing the button
From 1 comment
I pressed the button, it beeped a couple of times, and then while I was scrolling Firefox crashed. First time it happened on my phone!
jgtrosh on HN
Requests
Warn users about the loud sound and mention volume must be up
From 2 comments
Pretty cool! Might be worth explicitly mentioning that the volume needs to be all the way up for best effect.
throwanem on HNMy bad. I should have put some type of warning
josephmxm on HN
Questions
What frequency is the tone and why this one
From 1 comment
What’s the frequency Kenneth! I’d love to know more about why this tone and not another. Is a resonance thing? Max energy possible thing? Anything special about the shape of the…
quickthrower2 on HN
Alternatives named
Apple Shortcuts Water Eject
From 1 comment
On iOS there are these Shortcuts you can install in the integrated automation app: "Water Eject is a simple, yet powerful Siri Shortcut built for iOS and designed to protect your…
rjzzleep on HN
Blower iOS app
From 1 comment
Back in the days of first iPhone apps, there was an app for that. I don't recall the name of that app; but it may be this `Blower`. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/blower/id335862325
ashazar on HN
Cat S60 phone with similar feature
From 1 comment
Cat S60 had this before the apple watch did.
birdman3131 on HN