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SHOW HN2011

21points
11comments
#482of 1,097 in 2011
Top 44%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.

Idea: 2 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

  • Video of the testing process is an interesting idea

    From 1 comment
    • The first thing that comes to mind is uTest (http://www.utest.com/). It does the similar type of crowdsourcing, but the quality of the testers we experienced were pretty horrible…
      ydant on HN
  • Android fragmentation creates a market

    From 1 comment
    • As long as everyone complains about Android fragmentation, I think you will have a market. If I was you I would improve the video.
      base on HN

Objections

  • Commenter questions whether praise comments are genuine

    From 1 comment
    • Who are pt-ziegen and blord? They appear to have come out of the woodwork to give you effusive praise.
      sc68cal on HN
  • Tester quality may be inconsistent, as with uTest

    From 1 comment
    • The first thing that comes to mind is uTest (http://www.utest.com/). It does the similar type of crowdsourcing, but the quality of the testers we experienced were pretty horrible…
      ydant on HN

Requests

  • Structured functionality test with user-provided checklist and devices

    From 1 comment
    • The video shows someone testing the user experience but what about a structured functionality test amongst a set of devices. If I were using the service I would like to provide a…
      abijlani on HN
  • Test complex NDK apps such as VLC across devices

    From 1 comment
    • This looks really nice. I don't really care about the videos, in fact, but just knowing if a complex NDK app (VLC, for me) runs on different devices (and Android version) would…
      jbk on HN

Questions

  • Who are the commenters pt-ziegen and blord

    From 1 comment
    • Who are pt-ziegen and blord? They appear to have come out of the woodwork to give you effusive praise.
      sc68cal on HN

Alternatives named

  • uTest

    From 1 comment
    • The first thing that comes to mind is uTest (http://www.utest.com/). It does the similar type of crowdsourcing, but the quality of the testers we experienced were pretty horrible…
      ydant on HN
  • DeviceReady

    From 1 comment
    • Sounds like you want DeviceReady http://www.deviceready.com/
      pilom on HN

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