SeeYourVisitors
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SeeYourVisitors
A tool that lets you visualize how people use your website in realtime
seeyourvisitors.com69points
45comments
#447of 2,272 in 2014
Top 20%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
1 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 20 critical, out of 29 comments about the project. Thread score -0.56.
Performance: 0 for, 13 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea and useful concept for site owners
From 2 comments
Sounds like a great idea. However, I would expect an example/demo to see what the visualization would look like before I give you my email address.
an4rchy on HNGreat tool. We're using http://www.inspectlet.com/ for this at the moment, and it's fantastic. You might want to catch up with those guys; they've been running in this space for…
tonyhb on HN
Objections
Demo crashes or freezes browsers with high CPU use
From 6 comments
Caused my browser to completely freeze shortly after loading the page and seeing what looked like some interaction heatmaps appear. I'm using Firefox 31.0 x64 on Debian 7…
davb on HNIs there a public demo available? This sounds like an interesting tool, but I do not want to signup and add an unknown snippet into production just to get a better understanding…
e1g on HNFirefox on Ubuntu: 100% CPU usage and need to kill the browser.
spacefight on HNBorked my browser. :( I imagine it's keeping track of too many things at too many short intervals? Nice idea though, I would like to use this but if my users have this problem I…
sergiotapia on HNCaused my Firefox to hang until I somehow managed to close your site's tab. Please disable that demo, it's ridiculous. My hardware is not exactly cutting edge, but I can fire up…
thegeomaster on HNCrashed latest firefox on OSX Mavericks.
user24 on HN
Demo requires email signup before viewing
From 3 comments
Sounds like a great idea. However, I would expect an example/demo to see what the visualization would look like before I give you my email address.
an4rchy on HNYou mean it's on the landing page? I don't see any demo. I agree, you should give the user at least a preview before asking for their email.
hpvic03 on HNThe demo requires you to enter your email address. Why do you want my email address? I just want to see your product in action.
mercnet on HN
Script fails over HTTPS and has cross-domain errors
From 2 comments
I tried this with https and it uses http to load the script contents, which causes some warnings and didn't work for me. Worked fine on http, though.
goshx on HNLooks like you have cross domain issues with your client side script. From Chrome: Uncaught SecurityError: Blocked a frame with origin "http://seeyourvisitors.appspot.com" from…
uptownhr on HN
Mouse movement is a weak proxy for eye movement
From 1 comment
Does anybody know of studies correlating eye movement with mouse position? All these tools sort of pretend to be revealing eye movement but I find that I personally keep the…
kristiandupont on HN
Requests
Public demo or video without signup
From 2 comments
Is there a public demo available? This sounds like an interesting tool, but I do not want to signup and add an unknown snippet into production just to get a better understanding…
e1g on HNIs there a sample I can view without registering? A video perhaps? I often use http://mouseflow.com for my clients in the first week after launch (note: mouseflow has major…
notlisted on HN
Fix the performance issues before launch
From 1 comment
Caused my Firefox to hang until I somehow managed to close your site's tab. Please disable that demo, it's ridiculous. My hardware is not exactly cutting edge, but I can fire up…
thegeomaster on HN
Questions
Is there historical data or only live data?
From 1 comment
Is there access to historical data or only live data?
audiodesigndan on HN
Why does the demo require an email address?
From 1 comment
The demo requires you to enter your email address. Why do you want my email address? I just want to see your product in action.
mercnet on HN
Alternatives named
Inspectlet
From 1 comment
Great tool. We're using http://www.inspectlet.com/ for this at the moment, and it's fantastic. You might want to catch up with those guys; they've been running in this space for…
tonyhb on HN
Mouseflow
From 1 comment
Is there a sample I can view without registering? A video perhaps? I often use http://mouseflow.com for my clients in the first week after launch (note: mouseflow has major…
notlisted on HN
Yandex Metrika
From 1 comment
The "Google analytics from Yandex" does it pretty good as well. https://metrika.yandex.com/
MInner on HN