Mapster
Consumer and social
local business search
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Execution: 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
Objections
Unclear what the product does and what value it provides
From 3 comments
Re-editing the address after providing one doesn't work. Hitting enter or clicking the search button doesn't work in this case either. Using an intersection like "California and…
heretohelp on HNHow is this better than the yelp search functionality (other than the fact that I'm not a fan of Yelp's UI)?
FelixP on HNWhat's the point? Mapster uses the Google Places API or am I wrong? I'm missing some cool benefits.
hilti on HN
Address re-editing and search submission are broken
From 1 comment
Re-editing the address after providing one doesn't work. Hitting enter or clicking the search button doesn't work in this case either. Using an intersection like "California and…
heretohelp on HN
Pin click leads to a URL containing undefined
From 1 comment
Re-editing the address after providing one doesn't work. Hitting enter or clicking the search button doesn't work in this case either. Using an intersection like "California and…
heretohelp on HN
Location feature does nothing after permission is granted
From 1 comment
Re-editing the address after providing one doesn't work. Hitting enter or clicking the search button doesn't work in this case either. Using an intersection like "California and…
heretohelp on HN
Unclear source and meaning of ratings
From 1 comment
Re-editing the address after providing one doesn't work. Hitting enter or clicking the search button doesn't work in this case either. Using an intersection like "California and…
heretohelp on HN
Requests
Explain what the app is for and its benefits over existing search
From 2 comments
How is this better than the yelp search functionality (other than the fact that I'm not a fan of Yelp's UI)?
FelixP on HNWhat's the point? Mapster uses the Google Places API or am I wrong? I'm missing some cool benefits.
hilti on HN
Questions
How is this better than Yelp search?
From 1 comment
How is this better than the yelp search functionality (other than the fact that I'm not a fan of Yelp's UI)?
FelixP on HN
Where do the ratings come from?
From 1 comment
Re-editing the address after providing one doesn't work. Hitting enter or clicking the search button doesn't work in this case either. Using an intersection like "California and…
heretohelp on HN
Alternatives named
Yelp search
From 1 comment
How is this better than the yelp search functionality (other than the fact that I'm not a fan of Yelp's UI)?
FelixP on HN
Google Places
From 1 comment
What's the point? Mapster uses the Google Places API or am I wrong? I'm missing some cool benefits.
hilti on HN