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How HN took it
2 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.
Design: 1 for, 1 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.
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What HN said
What people liked
Landing page praised as great
From 1 comment
I love the landing page! Great job!
kinduff on HN
Congrats on launch
From 1 comment
Congrats on the launch. These points are purely my opinion, I'm a nobody, take it with a grain of salt. 1. I understand the need to push for a scheduled demo, but revealing your…
kinduff on HN
Objections
Raw MediaRecorder output without transcoding is poor quality and may not play on all browsers
From 1 comment
This is super cool! We built something in the same vein but using Mux as a way to dog food our products[1]. This is certainly doing more product-wise, though in terms of being…
mmcclure on HN
Landing page is unclear about what the product is and hides the record button
From 1 comment
Congrats on the launch. These points are purely my opinion, I'm a nobody, take it with a grain of salt. 1. I understand the need to push for a scheduled demo, but revealing your…
kinduff on HN
Sign-up flow conflicts with claim that no account is needed
From 1 comment
Congrats on the launch. These points are purely my opinion, I'm a nobody, take it with a grain of salt. 1. I understand the need to push for a scheduled demo, but revealing your…
kinduff on HN
Requests
Add a demo video to the landing page
From 1 comment
Hi kinduff, thanks for your feedback! 1. Yeah, I also noticed it's easier to explain the product using a video demo. I will add a recorded demo to the landing page!…
marconlp on HN
Fit content vertically, e.g. video player and post-recording confirmation
From 1 comment
Congrats on the launch. These points are purely my opinion, I'm a nobody, take it with a grain of salt. 1. I understand the need to push for a scheduled demo, but revealing your…
kinduff on HN
Show payment methods earlier
From 1 comment
Congrats on the launch. These points are purely my opinion, I'm a nobody, take it with a grain of salt. 1. I understand the need to push for a scheduled demo, but revealing your…
kinduff on HN
Questions
Why open source instead of SaaS competing with Loom?
From 1 comment
Why did you decide to develop as open source instead as a SaaS and compete with Loom?
marcopicentini on HN
Is there value over native screen recording and sharing?
From 1 comment
I've kind of wondered what the value proposition is of Loom as a business. On mac I get native screen recording and can just toss the video straight into any chat app or any…
brailsafe on HN
Alternatives named
Loom
From 2 comments
I've kind of wondered what the value proposition is of Loom as a business. On mac I get native screen recording and can just toss the video straight into any chat app or any…
brailsafe on HNCongrats on the launch. These points are purely my opinion, I'm a nobody, take it with a grain of salt. 1. I understand the need to push for a scheduled demo, but revealing your…
kinduff on HN
stream.new
From 1 comment
This is super cool! We built something in the same vein but using Mux as a way to dog food our products[1]. This is certainly doing more product-wise, though in terms of being…
mmcclure on HN