PinView
Consumer and social
social media viewer
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
3 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 2 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Design: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Nice visual way to browse Facebook; fun concept and execution
From 4 comments
As someone who is pretty much totally checked out of Facebook and logs in maybe once a month, this might actually get me to check out my timeline more. I love browsing it…
flyosity on HNIt's a really nice way to represent your Facebook Timeline. The key would be on "how to arrange the pins" - based on time OR based on popularity factors like comments,likes etc.
denzil_correa on HNThis isn't working for me in Safari. It does work in Chrome, however, and it looks good!
methoddk on HNWell done. One more way to realize everyone in my social circle is boring, but well done.
noinput on HN
Objections
Text-heavy posts render poorly in the pin layout
From 3 comments
I like the idea but I don't think it works well as an alternative to the current Facebook display. For me my timeline is very much based on time, so when someone has a status…
citricsquid on HNCool concept and execution, but my Facebook timeline is very text driven— which makes the PinView render not very readable.
GuiA on HNno infinite scroll! hard to make this view look good with things other than photos, but looks pretty good
zachallia on HN
Does not work well in Safari
From 1 comment
This isn't working for me in Safari. It does work in Chrome, however, and it looks good!
methoddk on HN
Requires Facebook sign-in permissions and gives no preview
From 1 comment
Hahaha sign in with Facebook details and no preview or description what so ever - no thanks.
iambot on HN
Requests
Show activity name above images for readability
From 1 comment
I'll put the name of the activity on top of the image. e.g, "Jane shared this picture" before the picture. Make it more 'readable'in my opinion. Perfect as a tablet app. not sure…
OoTheNigerian on HN
Support sorting by time or popularity
From 1 comment
It's a really nice way to represent your Facebook Timeline. The key would be on "how to arrange the pins" - based on time OR based on popularity factors like comments,likes etc.
denzil_correa on HN
Fix comments cut off in lightbox
From 1 comment
On chrome, if there is a post with a bunch of comments at the bottom of the screen, I click on it and the post appears in the lightbox, but the comments get cut off (I can't…
gee_totes on HN
Questions
Will the implementation details be shared?
From 2 comments
Hey do you guys plan on sharing how you did this? I'm particulary interested in those tweaks you mentioned about to make the stream work. I have some ideas for my news feed but…
why-el on HNI'm interested in the how as well but because I'm interested in applying it to different data.
dazzla on HN
Alternatives named
Friendsheet
From 1 comment
http://friendsheet.com
paradox95 on HN