Photo Picker+
Dev tools
mobile sdk
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
12 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 0 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score +0.50.
Idea: 9 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Solves cross-service photo integration pain for developers.
From 3 comments
This looks fantastic! Integrating different services is usually such a pain. Been waiting for something like this for a long time.
shravan on HNThis is really neat. As a dev not having to keep updating my app for different apis is a real plus point.
siddhaarth on HNyou guys just made cross service image integration Simple. Cool!
bhaveshdhupar on HN
Clean, well-executed design.
From 2 comments
Nice and useful concept executed beautifully.
sazwqa on HNnice concept guyz and well executed too .. a smart and easy way to do things
nikhilgupta on HN
Objections
Dependence on the external Chute hosted service is worrying.
From 2 comments
Agreed. Love the idea but having another external dependency is worrying. I'd rather something akin to OmniAuth
frankdenbow on HNI really love the idea of it and appreciate your effort that went into creating this SDK, however, forcing my users to hand over their FB/Instagram/Flickr/Picasa handles to a 3rd…
rguldener on HN
Sending users' photo service credentials to a third party raises privacy concerns.
From 1 comment
I really love the idea of it and appreciate your effort that went into creating this SDK, however, forcing my users to hand over their FB/Instagram/Flickr/Picasa handles to a 3rd…
rguldener on HN
Icons on the site lack labels and are unclear.
From 2 comments
On the site itself, you need some words for those "Supported services" icons. I know the first is Facebook; the second I think is Flickr; the third is Picasa; I have no clue what…
CWuestefeld on HNIn support of original post, I did not know what it was either. A simple tooltip or hover could have solved. Even if it was a title tag filled out for the image. Just saying that…
ncavig on HN
Requests
Support for selecting multiple images and video.
From 1 comment
Couple questions: How are you making money off this (that is, will you be making money off my users)? Obviously you've put a lot of work into it, and it looks really great. Also,…
daviddaniel on HN
Support for more services such as Media RSS.
From 1 comment
Does "any of their favorite photo services" mean it can pick from Media RSS?
brlewis on HN
Get apps like Instagram to adopt it.
From 3 comments
It would be great if apps like instagram used this...I'd love to add filters to my existing facebook and flickr photos.
bitsweet on HNas a developer I think this is awesome! It would be awesome if apps like instagram, Path used this
malcomdear on HNthis looks great - i hope a lot of services adopt it
K97oh01 on HN
Questions
Can the library be used without the Chute service?
From 1 comment
As an app developer, I'd love to not write custom code for each photo sharing service. This seems to require using the chute hosted platform, though. Can the library be used…
scottostler on HN
How does the maker make money from users?
From 1 comment
Couple questions: How are you making money off this (that is, will you be making money off my users)? Obviously you've put a lot of work into it, and it looks really great. Also,…
daviddaniel on HN
Can it upload to services as well as select from them?
From 1 comment
This looks really great, thank you for sharing it. One question, do you think you'll eventually extend the API to allow for uploading to these services as well?
beaker on HN
Alternatives named
OmniAuth was suggested as a model for a self-hosted approach.
From 1 comment
Agreed. Love the idea but having another external dependency is worrying. I'd rather something akin to OmniAuth
frankdenbow on HN