Quotably
Consumer and social
quote discovery
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
18 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 7 critical, out of 41 comments about the project. Thread score +0.35.
Design: 11 for, 3 againstIdea: 4 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple, elegant design
From 4 comments
I don't always find weekend project to be as fancy but this one is exception. Good job, I really like its simplicity!
vandershraaf on HNAbsolutely beautiful. Great job
ecubed on HNNicely done. Simple neat idea and the execution is perfect. :)
chinmoy on HNI love simple and elegant apps like this! Kudos and I wish you to keep it growing! Shared...
vividmind on HN
Good idea and execution
From 2 comments
Nicely done. Simple neat idea and the execution is perfect. :)
chinmoy on HN'"Quotably" shares the most highlighted quotes from the Amazon Kindle' ^ excellent tag line. Explains exactly what I'm looking at. Good job. Nice idea.
user24 on HN
Objections
Background image too large and slow to load
From 2 comments
Nice app and concept...the most-highlighted passages feature of Amazon is definitely something worth mining. My first reaction: Is it really necessary to load a 2.33MB background…
danso on HNYes, it does make the concept suffer because the concept is the power of the (crowd-sourced) quote. The slow-loading background is a strong visual distraction from that,…
danso on HN
Forward/back navigation loads random quotes
From 2 comments
I really like the design and the interface, nice work. One thing I found a little confusing is that if you go "back" and then "forward", the "forward" action seems to load a…
wldlyinaccurate on HNThere was a great quote, I clicked left, and it went to the previous quote, then right, and it went to a new quote with the one I liked gone. Maybe a grooveshark or youtube-like…
adrianwaj on HN
Too many religious quotes
From 1 comment
The app is really cool, there's lots of room for design flair with this. I was a little disheartened to see so many religious quotes, the same book (persuit of god) came up three…
hnriot on HN
Book title hard to read below quote
From 2 comments
1. There actually is a title and author, it's just in blue below the box and hard to read.
austenallred on HNBeautiful design. To my eye (and my personal taste), the book image should be valign=top. With the longer quotes, the book image at the middle looks strange. Also, again with the…
kafkaesque on HN
Requests
Browse by book or genre categories
From 3 comments
Really cool idea (and nice design). I know it was a weekend project so I bet most of my feedback are things you've already considered, but here it is: 1) It's a little hard to…
patrickambron on HNThat's a nice app you have come up with. I like it. Here are some suggestions to create a better experience: 1. Use of arrow keys to navigate between the quotes will deliver a…
vrishabh on HNThis is great. I hope you get some sort of referral payment for linking back to books for purchase on Amazon. A site like this could inspire a lot of people to buy a lot of new…
alainbryden on HN
Dynamic loading without page refresh
From 2 comments
Really cool idea (and nice design). I know it was a weekend project so I bet most of my feedback are things you've already considered, but here it is: 1) It's a little hard to…
patrickambron on HNThat's a nice app you have come up with. I like it. Here are some suggestions to create a better experience: 1. Use of arrow keys to navigate between the quotes will deliver a…
vrishabh on HN
Easier sharing buttons inside the quote box
From 1 comment
Really cool idea (and nice design). I know it was a weekend project so I bet most of my feedback are things you've already considered, but here it is: 1) It's a little hard to…
patrickambron on HN
RSS feed or embeddable widgets
From 2 comments
I think you should keep it in, instead of filtering it out. It will make the site feel more authentic, and the out-of-place quotes can become viral (in the sense of "no publicity…
coverband on HNThis is great. I hope you get some sort of referral payment for linking back to books for purchase on Amazon. A site like this could inspire a lot of people to buy a lot of new…
alainbryden on HN
Questions
Is affiliate revenue being earned and how much
From 2 comments
I'd like to see a blog post in a month to show how much affiliate revenue you've made from this.
unreal37 on HNDefinitely interested to read this as well! Funny, this has more of a business model than say (gasp) Instagram.
mbesto on HN
What technology is behind it
From 1 comment
It is a very nice site, clean and elegant. Can you share the technology behind this?
praveenhm on HN
Alternatives named
kindle.amazon.com most popular highlights
From 1 comment
https://kindle.amazon.com/most_popular - simple interface, aggregated view with different filters.
unclegene on HN
quote.fm and quotevault.org
From 1 comment
Why not also add a plugin that can collect quotes from web-pages with a right-click? I think that's what quote.fm and quotevault.org sort of already do. But you could make a kind…
adrianwaj on HN
Wisbit
From 1 comment
Something similar with an interesting mashing feature: http://wisbit.akeelali.com/
hackly on HN