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SHOW HN2012

111points
34comments
#187of 1,677 in 2012
Top 12%of 2012 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

6 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 22 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.

Idea: 2 for, 3 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 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.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Looks nice and well done

    From 2 comments
    • you dishing out any more codes? if not that's cool. The app looks very well done!
      BaconJuice on HN
    • It looks nice at a glance, but it's really hard to make out any details in those screenshots. Any chance you can up the size of the images in the carousel (preferably to full…
      Aqua_Geek on HN
  • Impressive for a first app

    From 1 comment

Objections

  • GitHub already has an iPhone app and website

    From 3 comments
    • Posted ^^this before I was reminded that Github released their own iPhone-only issues app. Thanks for giving the iPad some love though!
      thetron on HN
    • I think you might be missing a profitable niche. Github already has a great website and a github:issues iPhone app. Github customers are overserved. On the other hand, companies…
      jwr on HN
    • There already is a Github Desktop client... it's your browser.
      lee on HN
  • Screenshots hard to see

    From 1 comment
    • It looks nice at a glance, but it's really hard to make out any details in those screenshots. Any chance you can up the size of the images in the carousel (preferably to full…
      Aqua_Geek on HN
  • Sales video loads too slowly

    From 1 comment
    • Video took too long to load, so i closed the window. Your sales page should load within a few seconds max.
      n9com on HN

Requests

  • iPhone version

    From 2 comments
    • Looks very nice - purchased! I know some of my iPadless colleagues would love an iPhone version. Any plans to add universal support? Or even a separate version?
      thetron on HN
    • I would prefer both a Mac version and an iPhone version better than the iPad app.
      armandososa on HN
  • Mac app

    From 2 comments
    • A Mac app with notifications for new issues would be awesome. We use pull requests extensively at work, and it's annoying to have to periodically keep refreshing the webpage to…
      Aqua_Geek on HN
    • +1 for the OS X app. I definitely know less git-savvy types that loathe having to use the Github just to access the issue tracker.
      thetron on HN
  • Android version

    From 1 comment
  • GitHub Enterprise support

    From 1 comment

Questions

  • Development time and learning resources

    From 1 comment
    • Cool app! How much time did it take you to develop? Why you did not do combined iPhone/iPad app? Based on your experience, is it more effective to develop combined app or…
      daemon13 on HN
  • Whether Enterprise GitHub is supported

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • Official GitHub iPhone app

    From 2 comments
    • Posted ^^this before I was reminded that Github released their own iPhone-only issues app. Thanks for giving the iPad some love though!
      thetron on HN
    • I think you might be missing a profitable niche. Github already has a great website and a github:issues iPhone app. Github customers are overserved. On the other hand, companies…
      jwr on HN
  • FogBugz

    From 1 comment
    • I think you might be missing a profitable niche. Github already has a great website and a github:issues iPhone app. Github customers are overserved. On the other hand, companies…
      jwr on HN
  • transmission.io

    From 1 comment

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