Numbrs
Dev tools
calculator app
SHOW HN2012
5points
6comments
#1,541of 1,677 in 2012
Top 92%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
Idea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Looks cool and has potential
From 1 comment
Really cool! Are you thinking of adding new features because you could add sine (and sine-1), cosine(cos -1), square root, tangent (tan -1). This could have a lot of potential.
netbyte on HN
Objections
Too few features; the maker removed trig and root functions to keep it simple
From 1 comment
I'm glad you think it's cool! I had it priced at a buck but didn't get any downloads, so I decided I'll just use it as an experiment to see how the gestures and accelerometer…
alex_g on HN
Requests
Add sine, cosine, tangent, square root and inverse functions
From 1 comment
Really cool! Are you thinking of adding new features because you could add sine (and sine-1), cosine(cos -1), square root, tangent (tan -1). This could have a lot of potential.
netbyte on HN
Save the last result so repeated operations can be chained
From 1 comment
I would save the last computed value so that you can repeatedly do a function. i.e. 10*5 = 50 = 250 = 1250 = and so on.
sgtfuzz on HN
Loan calculator that solves for any missing field
From 1 comment
This may be the wrong time/place to mention it, but I was looking for an online calculator some weeks ago and could not find something that met my needs. I wanted a calculator…
Mz on HN
Alternatives named
No savings calculator found that solves for a missing field
From 1 comment
If it exists, I could not find it. Looking forward to the personal email advising me of your launch. :-)
Mz on HN