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SHOW HN2013
161points
116comments
#100of 1,739 in 2013
Top 6%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
16 positive, 68 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 14 critical, out of 99 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Execution: 2 for, 9 againstIdea: 5 for, 2 againstDesign: 4 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
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What people liked
Clean, well-designed interface
From 3 comments
This works very nicely. This is probably the most refined and well designed Chrome extension I've ever seen. Great job! You may want to gray/hide 'Clear all' when nothing new is…
chime on HNWow, this is a slick interface. I love the Windows Metro look and feel. Great job with this, I'm excited to use this and not have to worry about keeping a bunch of tabs open! How…
bluetidepro on HNColor me impressed gentlemen. A useful idea with great execution. Now how about: 1) Ability to sleep/snooze on notifications. The use case would be when we are working in the…
wamatt on HN
Useful idea with good execution
From 2 comments
Color me impressed gentlemen. A useful idea with great execution. Now how about: 1) Ability to sleep/snooze on notifications. The use case would be when we are working in the…
wamatt on HNLooks pretty amazing so far. I've gone through a couple Google mail extensions, and using Chrome for Linux and Chromium for Linux with my google sync setup, I've had trouble…
will_work4tears on HN
Objections
Chrome only
From 3 comments
Exclusively for Google Chro(Ctrl+W). (But I liked the screenshot).
martius on HNWhy Chrome only? This looks like something that could work just as well on Firefox
bmuon on HNThis looks fantastic. Just one bit. Are you proudly developing this only for Chrome, or is that just a support limitation right now? I ask this because you didn't write something…
dylangs1030 on HN
Gmail pinging may get accounts blocked
From 2 comments
This works very nicely. This is probably the most refined and well designed Chrome extension I've ever seen. Great job! You may want to gray/hide 'Clear all' when nothing new is…
chime on HNAnother thing you may want to do is stop pinging Gmail if it returns a couple of failures. I noticed that when Gmail signed off automatically for any reason, any additional pings…
chime on HN
Notifications are distracting
From 2 comments
For people who don't want to be productive ever again. Sorry, I shouldn't be so negative, it looks like a great app. I just know that's the effect it would have on me.
notatoad on HNColor me impressed gentlemen. A useful idea with great execution. Now how about: 1) Ability to sleep/snooze on notifications. The use case would be when we are working in the…
wamatt on HN
Requests
Firefox and Safari support
From 3 comments
This looks fantastic. Just one bit. Are you proudly developing this only for Chrome, or is that just a support limitation right now? I ask this because you didn't write something…
dylangs1030 on HNWhy Chrome only? This looks like something that could work just as well on Firefox
bmuon on HNHaha, that's alright. We're considering support for Firefox and Safari soon depending on the initial response. Thanks!
fananta on HN
Multiple Gmail accounts
From 2 comments
Always the simple products that come through. Quick question: I'm logged into multiple Gmail accounts - will it grab from both, or just the active account?
edparry on HNWe're looking at adding some of the most requested services (like multiple Gmail accounts) first. We'll definitely add any requests to our backlog, so I'll put your requests on…
fananta on HN
Pause or pooled notifications
From 3 comments
This looks really cool, but one thing I'd love to see/know before I install. Do you send me a notification whenever something happens, or can you pool them together and only…
Swizec on HNColor me impressed gentlemen. A useful idea with great execution. Now how about: 1) Ability to sleep/snooze on notifications. The use case would be when we are working in the…
wamatt on HNRight now we send a notification as soon as it happens. We're looking at implementing a pause mode, so you wouldn't get interrupted by notifications when you need to focus.…
gurumx on HN
More services such as Bitbucket, Yahoo Mail, Exchange OWA
From 3 comments
Any plans to add other "social" source code hosting services?
cheez on HNThis is so awesome. Any chance of yahoo mail?
binarymax on HNcan I have Microsoft Exchange OWA integration?
the1 on HN
Questions
How is usage counted without a server?
From 2 comments
Congrats on the initial success! If you are completely client side, how are you tracking the total number of notifications served? I would assume you would have to send some data…
aam1r on HNJust curious: if there is no server-side stuff how would you know you have served over 100k notifications?
floydpink on HN
Is the code open source?
From 1 comment
Is it open source? Can I see the code? Edit: Specifically I want to validate the claim "all my data stays on my browser"
factorialboy on HN
How often does it check for notifications?
From 1 comment
Wow, this is a slick interface. I love the Windows Metro look and feel. Great job with this, I'm excited to use this and not have to worry about keeping a bunch of tabs open! How…
bluetidepro on HN
Alternatives named
One Number Chrome extension
From 1 comment
I've been trying to find a replacement for One Number, a Chrome extension that notifies for Gmail, Google Reader, and Google Voice. Google Voice notifications aren't a big deal…
Zarel on HN
Google Reader notifier Chrome app
From 1 comment
One feature that I can see possibly being valuable here is the ability to filer, prioritize, or otherwise throttle the notifications. An example would be my usage of Google…
k3n on HN
Friendfeed
From 1 comment
Reminds me of Friendfeed. Few quick mashups could do the same in the good ol' Web 2.0 way.
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