Postmates First 1000
Web and SaaS
delivery service data visualization
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
6 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.16.
Design: 4 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 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
Visually impressive design and animation
From 4 comments
That is one hell of a sexy (and dynamic) infographic (and page). Congrats on launch. Pat your designer(s) and frontend devs on the back for a job well done.
jqueryin on HNCongrats on hitting the milestone! The UI is really wicked. Props to the designers. Mind sharing the technology behind it? All in HTML5?!
hsshah on HNLove the animation. Congrats guys.
bretthardin on HNVery pretty.
thomasgerbe on HN
Clean native JavaScript implementation
From 2 comments
Congrats! Note to self: great visualization; very good javascript; what would I do to get those guys on my team ... Note to bastian: you may consider adding viewport statistics…
zeratul on HNHey there, I developed the site but we have our amazing head of design, Skyler, to thank for the beautiful layout. The First1000 site is entirely native javascript/html5/css3. No…
samstr on HN
Objections
Numbers too big relative to descriptive text
From 1 comment
I felt like the numbers were too big compared to the text describing them. I agree that it looks impressive; but I wouldn't say it was as easy to consume the data it is trying to…
badclient on HN
Site broken on HTTPS certificate and Firefox on Windows
From 2 comments
https://1000.postmates.com/ doesn't show the right page, 443 seems to be not properly configured for this domain.
stwe on HNHi Bastian, I love the concept but don't see pricing on the site? Any details on how much this will cost me? Do you have size limits? Note also, the linked article doesn't look…
brador on HN
Average speed of 43 minutes for 5.7 miles questioned
From 1 comment
5.7 miles in a city that is 7x7 miles? Also, 43 minutes to go 5.7 miles? Is that round trip?
pyoung on HN
Requests
Clearer pricing information
From 1 comment
Hi Bastian, I love the concept but don't see pricing on the site? Any details on how much this will cost me? Do you have size limits? Note also, the linked article doesn't look…
brador on HN
More detail on packaging and delivery time flexibility
From 1 comment
Hi Bastian. Postmates looks very cool, but the site seems a bit sparse with details (I did find the help page, but it was very hard). For example, if I wanted an item delivered,…
eridius on HN
Questions
How much does delivery cost and are there size limits?
From 1 comment
Hi Bastian, I love the concept but don't see pricing on the site? Any details on how much this will cost me? Do you have size limits? Note also, the linked article doesn't look…
brador on HN
Why build own courier company instead of using existing couriers?
From 1 comment
Why create your own courier company? Why not leverage and consolidate others. For example, http://www.phantomcouriers.com/ Phantom Couriers is the Web 1.0 version of Postmates up…
tyrelb on HN
Alternatives named
Phantom Couriers
From 1 comment
Why create your own courier company? Why not leverage and consolidate others. For example, http://www.phantomcouriers.com/ Phantom Couriers is the Web 1.0 version of Postmates up…
tyrelb on HN