hnpickup
Web and SaaS
hacker news timing tool
SHOW HN2011
269points
46comments
#17of 1,097 in 2011
Top 2%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
8 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 10 critical, out of 37 comments about the project. Thread score -0.10.
Idea: 5 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 5 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 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
Nice visualization and useful for launch planning
From 3 comments
It's a nice visualization. One more suggestion: Do label the time zone. even if it correctly detects the user's time zone, that's unexpected on the internet. Plus you don't label…
pgroves on HNthats pretty cool, as far as using/hackin HN for the best possible result (if thats what one is aiming for). One this that got me though, in terms of usablity, is that me being…
iambot on HNI've always just checked the age of the story at the bottom of the new page, but this is a big step forward. Nice work.
JonnieCache on HN
Objections
Graph text and layout are hard to read and clicking the graph is not discoverable
From 4 comments
The text on the graph is hardly readable on Windows/Chrome
tszming on HNThanks.. I saw that mentioned in another comment as well. When I first went to the site I didn't see any affordances indicating that that graph was clickable.
lpolovets on HNCool! Can you put the graph and the text on a single page, and make them both bigger?
svmegatron on HNOn my Nexus S I couldn't scroll at all in either direction, and the right side of the graph was cut off. Slightly relevant data point of approximated anecdotal evidence: I…
FaceKicker on HN
Axes, time zone and sliders are unlabelled
From 4 comments
Cool idea, although it might turn into a Catch-22: once people know what the best times to submit are, those will no longer be the best times to submit. =) You should label and…
lpolovets on HNVery interesting! However, I can't find any indication of what time zone you're displaying. Is it my time zone, GMT+0, or something else?
wukkuan on HNGraph nanny says "Label your axes, damnit!"
revorad on HNIt's a nice visualization. One more suggestion: Do label the time zone. even if it correctly detects the user's time zone, that's unexpected on the internet. Plus you don't label…
pgroves on HN
Gravity-based timing advice may be skewed by the self-referential nature of the tool
From 2 comments
This doesn't make any sense. We can upvote a story 1,000s of times but eventually gravity will win and it will fall to the bottom of the front page. And when it does, it will…
phil on HNCool idea. Theres a possible significant blindspot. The best time to submit a story appears to be 8:30 pm, but that may be because a higher number of stories that were popular…
danso on HN
Requests
Label the axes and time zone
From 3 comments
Graph nanny says "Label your axes, damnit!"
revorad on HNIt's a nice visualization. One more suggestion: Do label the time zone. even if it correctly detects the user's time zone, that's unexpected on the internet. Plus you don't label…
pgroves on HNWhat timezone is this?
sycren on HN
Make the graph and text bigger and fit on one page
From 2 comments
Cool! Can you put the graph and the text on a single page, and make them both bigger?
svmegatron on HNyeah - that was way too small for me. I had to zoom a lot. For a small project like this it's sort of a "who cares" decision, but I'd hate for that size to be a design "norm".
AlexC04 on HN
Show the current time as a vertical line on the graph
From 1 comment
Even better, draw a vertical line on the x-offset location of the graph that represents the current time. That will let everyone calibrate to their own time zone intuitively.
Matt_Cutts on HN
Make the chart work better on mobile
From 1 comment
On my Nexus S I couldn't scroll at all in either direction, and the right side of the graph was cut off. Slightly relevant data point of approximated anecdotal evidence: I…
FaceKicker on HN
Questions
What time zone is displayed?
From 3 comments
Very interesting! However, I can't find any indication of what time zone you're displaying. Is it my time zone, GMT+0, or something else?
wukkuan on HNWhat timezone is this?
sycren on HNthats pretty cool, as far as using/hackin HN for the best possible result (if thats what one is aiming for). One this that got me though, in terms of usablity, is that me being…
iambot on HN
Who made it?
From 2 comments
Brilliant work, dont suppose you'd reveal (if you have one), your @twitter handle?
iambot on HNCould the author identify him/herself? I think this is brilliant, and would like to web-stalk/follow whom ever created this. In a purely selfish-selfimprovement manner. :)
iambot on HN
Alternatives named
hckrnews.com
From 1 comment
are you aware of http://hckrnews.com/ ?
tingletech on HN
rrrewind.com
From 1 comment
Not sure how close this is, but there is also: http://rrrewind.com/
Mz on HN