Mothereffinanimatedgif
Creative
animated gif maker
SHOW HN2012
Mothereffinanimatedgif
Client-side drag-and-drop tool to create animated GIFs from imagesAI
mothereffinganimatedgif.comHow HN took it
8 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 10 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.
Execution: 6 for, 5 againstDesign: 0 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive build speed in 24 hours
From 3 comments
The 24-hour conception to launch is more impressive than the end-result, which is still pretty damned impressive.
stefankendall on HNSame here, a small demo or a gallery of sorts would help a lot here. Impressive that you did this in 24 hours, good job!
wouterinho on HNSeriously, that's awesome.
zsherman on HN
Well executed client-side tool
From 2 comments
Incredible, I literally started making a client-side gif animator like this on Wednesday. I'm kinda glad I didn't try to finish the whole thing yet, as this is very well done. I…
runaway on HNpretty neat -- way to step up 'team behind lazyweb-request#53' tested it out with whatever I had handy: Mother Effing Mountain Lion http://i.imgur.com/oRFRA.gif
ChrisArchitect on HN
Objections
Unclear whether images are uploaded; no offline indication on page
From 2 comments
I can't know that the files aren't transferred somewhere without thoroughly inspecting the source and it isn't obvious from the page that this is an offline app. Thanks for the…
VMG on HNAh, yeah, so now it's totally safe because it says so right there on the page. The points raised in higher-up comments are still relevant... It's impossible to know for sure…
brk on HN
Safari not supported due to FileReader
From 2 comments
Why is Safari not supported?
jmah on HNno FileReader support in Safari 5.1, which is used to enable the drag 'n drop image reading. A "Nightly WebKit" build (which is basically Nightly Safari) works though. Behind the…
paulirish on HN
Drag and drop is awkward without a file picker
From 2 comments
I find it annoying as well, because I use a tiling window manager, which makes opening a file manager just to drag & drop annoying - not a whole lot more, but just enough that…
chimeracoder on HNI never really thought to do that, so thanks for pointing it out. It may come in handy one day if I absolutely must use one of those services. But in general, that's still…
chimeracoder on HN
Transparent GIFs stack incorrectly
From 1 comment
Very cool. But you need to fix it for transparent gifs; they just stack on top of each other and need to clear the previous.
rbrcurtis on HN
Requests
Add demos or a gallery
From 3 comments
Whenever I have to drop images on a webpage see something happen, I close the tab. I don't have a bunch of images lying around that have the right size and that I'd feel…
VMG on HNSame here, a small demo or a gallery of sorts would help a lot here. Impressive that you did this in 24 hours, good job!
wouterinho on HNI can't know that the files aren't transferred somewhere without thoroughly inspecting the source and it isn't obvious from the page that this is an offline app. Thanks for the…
VMG on HN
Add a file selection option
From 1 comment
I find it annoying as well, because I use a tiling window manager, which makes opening a file manager just to drag & drop annoying - not a whole lot more, but just enough that…
chimeracoder on HN
Support Opera and Firefox
From 2 comments
No Opera support :(
manveru on HNHow about Firefox 9.0.1? It works for me in Chromium, but in Firefox the dropped image doesn't even appear on the deck.
literalusername on HN
Questions
Why is Safari not supported?
From 1 comment
Why is Safari not supported?
jmah on HN
Alternatives named
Imgur
From 1 comment
I find it annoying as well, because I use a tiling window manager, which makes opening a file manager just to drag & drop annoying - not a whole lot more, but just enough that…
chimeracoder on HN