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SHOW HN2012

64points
42comments
#363of 1,677 in 2012
Top 22%of 2012 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

11 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 3 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score +0.29.

Execution: 4 for, 1 againstDesign: 4 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 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

  • Clean, simple, beautiful interface

    From 4 comments
    • Gorgeous UI! This is an interesting case because I've always wondered how users interact with drag and drop ui in the browsers. Are users accustomed to the concept or does it…
      arkitaip on HN
    • The interface is beautiful, good job. It would be brilliant if you could now extend the simple interface to some additional features like cropping, rotating, maybe even some…
      leejw00t354 on HN
    • This is truly a beautiful web app. Very nice work.
      fudged71 on HN
    • This is nicely done! The interface is dead-simple, and well-built. Good work.
      alexobenauer on HN
  • Works well and is simple to use

    From 3 comments
    • Very neat interface. App just works.
      Chirag on HN
    • Nice webapp. It is dead simple to use and works very well. Being able to crop the image before uploading is a great plus.
      js4all on HN
    • Super slick, love the design. Uploading a few test images was painless and the workflow was straightforward. Great work!
      tmchow on HN

Objections

  • Clipboard paste and drag-and-drop from other sites do not work in some browsers

    From 3 comments
    • I like the UI and it seems pretty nice. But under Firefox the image does not upload at first (stays a 00%). I first have to cancel and reclick Upload for it to work. When I'm on…
      koopajah on HN
    • Pretty damn cool. On Firefox, though, I can't drag and drop an image straight from another webpage, or choose "Copy Image" in FF then paste - in both cases it says either "not an…
      thenomad on HN
    • Does it work in Safari in the Mac? I tested it there but no joy (Safari 6 on 10.8) I've been struggling with Safari myself - it only allows you to catch paste events if the user…
      OliverM on HN
  • No way to delete uploaded images

    From 2 comments
    • I like the UI and it seems pretty nice. But under Firefox the image does not upload at first (stays a 00%). I first have to cancel and reclick Upload for it to work. When I'm on…
      koopajah on HN
    • So where do the images go - sorry to ask a dumb question but if I want to delete the uploaded snap, is it possible ? If you can enable batch upload that'll be fantastic. Kudos to…
      deepGem on HN

Requests

  • Clickable link or button to open the generated image URL

    From 2 comments
    • I like the UI and it seems pretty nice. But under Firefox the image does not upload at first (stays a 00%). I first have to cancel and reclick Upload for it to work. When I'm on…
      koopajah on HN
    • Strangely the bug does not seem to appear anymore sorry I cannot give you more info on this now. A clickable link or maybe a button with an image representing "Go to" action!…
      koopajah on HN
  • Batch upload

    From 1 comment
    • So where do the images go - sorry to ask a dumb question but if I want to delete the uploaded snap, is it possible ? If you can enable batch upload that'll be fantastic. Kudos to…
      deepGem on HN
  • Show the raw image URL right after upload

    From 1 comment
    • Show the raw URL immediately after upload. Nobody wants a link where you get to see stuff other than the image just uploaded.
      recroad on HN

Questions

  • Where are images stored and for how long

    From 2 comments
    • I like the UI and it seems pretty nice. But under Firefox the image does not upload at first (stays a 00%). I first have to cancel and reclick Upload for it to work. When I'm on…
      koopajah on HN
    • So where do the images go - sorry to ask a dumb question but if I want to delete the uploaded snap, is it possible ? If you can enable batch upload that'll be fantastic. Kudos to…
      deepGem on HN

Alternatives named

  • Dropbox for sharing files by link

    From 1 comment
    • Your first use case seems perfect for Dropbox... just share a link to the specific files in question. The second use case, I'm unaware of anything that legally provides that…
      btown on HN
  • Amazon S3 for storing images

    From 1 comment
    • Your first use case seems perfect for Dropbox... just share a link to the specific files in question. The second use case, I'm unaware of anything that legally provides that…
      btown on HN
  • Corkboard.me

    From 1 comment
  • imageshar.es

    From 1 comment
    • I built this too, but with sweet user accounts: http://imageshar.es/ I, however, did not spend much time on the UI. :)
      ctide on HN

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