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Slowy app, Real-world connection simulator and bandwidth limiter

Shown by potomak on Nov 30, 2011. Click the card to turn it over.

104points

32comments

#98of 1,097 in 2011

Top 9%of 2011 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

1 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 9 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score -0.41.

Idea: 0 for, 8 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 against

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Clean page design
From 1 comment
- I really liked the design of this page. The gray/white/red color scheme was right for this product IMO.
  phzbOx on HN
Per-port throttling is a difference from the built-in tool
From 1 comment
- The per-port throttling is different, the rest is quite similar ( that's what I get from reading the page ).
  derwildemomo on HN

Already built into OS X as Network Link Conditioner
From 3 comments
- Umm... Lion does this out of the box w/ XCode: http://mattgemmell.com/2011/07/25/network-link-conditioner-in-lion/ It's called the "network conditioner" and it does lag, packet…
  ComputerGuru on HN
- So how is it different from /Applications/Utilities/Network Link Conditioner ?
  Void_ on HN
- Seems to be a trend to wrap a lesser known commandline tool in a cocoa app and knock it out for a couple of quid to arts graduates. Someone did a cocoa version of guard recently.…
  JonnieCache on HN
No upload rate limiting
From 1 comment
- It doesn't limit upload rate. Thats too bad.
  martindj on HN
No download button or pricing on the site
From 1 comment
- The website has some layout problems when viewed from the iPhone, and, more importantly, it appears to only have a description, but no Download button or a pricing information.
  eps on HN

Linux or Windows version
From 1 comment
- I'd like to have something like this for Linux. Anyone got any tips how to set something like this up? Command line and kernel option hacking preferred to GUI gadgets. I would…
  exDM69 on HN
Post Mac App Store stats
From 1 comment
- Please consider posting some mac app store stats after some time, thanks!
  karolist on HN

How does it differ from Network Link Conditioner
From 1 comment
- So how is it different from /Applications/Utilities/Network Link Conditioner ?
  Void_ on HN

Apple Network Link Conditioner
From 2 comments
- Umm... Lion does this out of the box w/ XCode: http://mattgemmell.com/2011/07/25/network-link-conditioner-in-lion/ It's called the "network conditioner" and it does lag, packet…
  ComputerGuru on HN
- So how is it different from /Applications/Utilities/Network Link Conditioner ?
  Void_ on HN
Charles proxy
From 1 comment
- I use Charles (http://charlesproxy.com) for this sort of thing - offers a few more features than Slowly Available on Windows / OS X / Linux One the downside it needs Java!
  youngtaff on HN
Speedlimit
From 1 comment
- See also Speedlimit: http://mschrag.github.com/ Does the same thing and is free!
  steemcb on HN
NetLimiter
From 1 comment
- For Windows I would recommend NetLimiter[1]. Really nice way to check speeds and connections as well as remote controlling the bandwidth on other computers (with a NetLimiter…
  TobbenTM on HN
tc and netem on Linux
From 2 comments
- tc
  nodata on HN
- Sure. You can add jitter, packet loss, duplication, corruption, shaping, reordering, prioritisation. This page has examples:…
  obtu on HN