Annotate PG
Productivity
inline annotation
SHOW HN2013
41points
27comments
#607of 1,739 in 2013
Top 35%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
2 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 8 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score -0.24.
Design: 1 for, 7 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting idea and a good concept
From 3 comments
Interesting idea. Probably would be a stronger demo if you pre-populated it with some actually worthwhile comments. Really don't like the pagination. Scrolling is how this is…
rdl on HNGreat concept, I noticed Medium.com is doing something very similar in their stories now. See: https://medium.com/i-m-h-o/265cc8a17432 They don't cover the text up, but push it…
crisnoble on HNIt reminds me of Django book's early days when it was being written (http://www.djangobook.com). Each paragraph could be commented upon and it led to a really fantastic…
xtacy on HN
Objections
Pagination is slow, unpredictable and unwanted; scrolling expected
From 4 comments
Interesting idea. Probably would be a stronger demo if you pre-populated it with some actually worthwhile comments. Really don't like the pagination. Scrolling is how this is…
rdl on HNThis would be nice if not for the pagination. It's slow, unpredictable, and unnecessary. For another approach to annotation, check out fixjam.com. I never took this past the…
bdr on HN> This would be nice if not for the pagination I came here to say that. The web already has a way of dealing with the situation where the text doesn't fit on the screen: it's…
cabalamat on HNEchoing other comments about the scrolling, but wanted to add that I'm not strictly against the pagination. For me, it's simply that the trigger is both unpredictable and way too…
mh- on HN
Comment overlay covers the article text
From 3 comments
Normally I don't comment (at all) on posts like this, but this is just bad. The comments overlay cover up the very text that you're suppose to be reading. This disrupts the…
mediumdeviation on HNI agree with rdl, I think classical scrolling would work better here. Also, could you make the app utilize the full width of the browser window? The comment box obscures the text…
mkilling on HNIt's a cool concept, but I can see everyone comparing it to RapGenius (several people in the thread already have). RapGenius has a bunch of features that seem to be missing here,…
alanctgardner2 on HN
Sidebar or push-aside layouts work better than covering text
From 3 comments
I actually prefer the Medium's implementation of sidebar annotations/comments. For example: https://medium.com/design-ux/926eb80d64e3 At least, the content isn't blocked when the…
siong1987 on HNGreat concept, I noticed Medium.com is doing something very similar in their stories now. See: https://medium.com/i-m-h-o/265cc8a17432 They don't cover the text up, but push it…
crisnoble on HNIt's a cool concept, but I can see everyone comparing it to RapGenius (several people in the thread already have). RapGenius has a bunch of features that seem to be missing here,…
alanctgardner2 on HN
Requests
Use scrolling instead of pagination
From 2 comments
Interesting idea. Probably would be a stronger demo if you pre-populated it with some actually worthwhile comments. Really don't like the pagination. Scrolling is how this is…
rdl on HN> This would be nice if not for the pagination I came here to say that. The web already has a way of dealing with the situation where the text doesn't fit on the screen: it's…
cabalamat on HN
Use full browser width rather than covering text
From 1 comment
I agree with rdl, I think classical scrolling would work better here. Also, could you make the app utilize the full width of the browser window? The comment box obscures the text…
mkilling on HN
Allow annotating partial sentences
From 1 comment
You need to cater to people who doesn't want to share the full sentence. Allowing for inline editing in the overlay section might be great, or allow for selection of a partial…
rtexal on HN
Questions
How does it differ from RapGenius?
From 2 comments
Just out of curiosity, how do you differentiate with http://rapgenius.com ?
Hitchhiker on HNIt's a cool concept, but I can see everyone comparing it to RapGenius (several people in the thread already have). RapGenius has a bunch of features that seem to be missing here,…
alanctgardner2 on HN
What is the use case, is it an alternative to Disqus for blogs?
From 1 comment
Is this not how Medium comments work? And the pagination is a bit annoying. That aside, What's the use case of this app? Is it like an alternative to disqus for my blog?
Felix21 on HN
Alternatives named
RapGenius
From 2 comments
Just out of curiosity, how do you differentiate with http://rapgenius.com ?
Hitchhiker on HNIt's a cool concept, but I can see everyone comparing it to RapGenius (several people in the thread already have). RapGenius has a bunch of features that seem to be missing here,…
alanctgardner2 on HN
Medium inline comments
From 3 comments
I actually prefer the Medium's implementation of sidebar annotations/comments. For example: https://medium.com/design-ux/926eb80d64e3 At least, the content isn't blocked when the…
siong1987 on HNIs this not how Medium comments work? And the pagination is a bit annoying. That aside, What's the use case of this app? Is it like an alternative to disqus for my blog?
Felix21 on HNGreat concept, I noticed Medium.com is doing something very similar in their stories now. See: https://medium.com/i-m-h-o/265cc8a17432 They don't cover the text up, but push it…
crisnoble on HN
Hypothesis
From 1 comment
You guys should check out https://test.hypothes.is. Non profit open source project that does this for the entire web. Here's the github: https://github.com/hypothesis/h Randall,…
woah on HN
Fixjam
From 1 comment
This would be nice if not for the pagination. It's slow, unpredictable, and unnecessary. For another approach to annotation, check out fixjam.com. I never took this past the…
bdr on HN