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Comment here, reply to this tweet (https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002Fpolygenapp\u002Fstatus\u002F560846810735206400 ) or let me know in any way…",{"value":58,"source":59,"evidence":60},"Free with ads; in-app purchase removes ads","commenter",[61,65],{"id":62,"by":63,"text":64},"8968962","georgechen","You can support the developer via In-app purchase to get rid of those ads you know.",{"id":66,"by":67,"text":68},"8969845","juliendorra","The ad made me buy the in-app purchase instantly, even before trying (it's placed nearly in the way of the action button). So in my case, the ad worked as a immediate trigger to…",[70,77,83],{"value":71,"source":72,"evidence":73},"Android app via Crosswalk","maker",[74],{"id":75,"by":11,"text":76},"8969189","There's a bug in Crosswalk which causes crashes on LG G3 (https:\u002F\u002Flists.crosswalk-project.org\u002Fpipermail\u002Fcrosswalk-help\u002F2014-October\u002F000506.html,…",{"value":78,"source":72,"evidence":79},"JSFeat YAPE06 corner detection",[80],{"id":81,"by":11,"text":82},"8968113","For abstract patterns, points are chosen \"randomly\" (grid with randomised offsets). For photo-based ones, I'm using JSFeat's YAPE06…",{"value":84,"source":72,"evidence":85},"iron wallaby delaunay triangulation",[86],{"id":87,"by":11,"text":88},"8967250","I've tried d3.js, but decided to go with iron wallaby's delaunay (https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fironwallaby\u002Fdelaunay) implementation for performance reasons. 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I have no experience with android development and don't know how the force close…",{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},[117,133,144],{"value":118,"source":59,"evidence":119},"Crashes on several Android phones",[120,124,128,129],{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"8967724","o0-0o","Crashes constantly using a google galaxy Nexus. I would love to have it work though.",{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"8967961","k__","Crashes when choosing a picture on Ascend Mate. The back-button gets hidden per default and when used he doesn't go back to the main menu but leaves the app.",{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"8969057","AndrewHampton","It looks very nice, but it's crashing on my LG G3 as soon as it loads. I see a white background and red\u002Fpink banner at the top for about 3 seconds, then it auto-closes. I'll keep…",{"value":134,"source":59,"evidence":135},"Ads are obtrusive",[136,140],{"id":137,"by":138,"text":139},"8968141","davidrusu","looks like it could be interesting but very obnoxious ads",{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},"8967563","WhitneyLand","It's nice, good work. I wonder if you might be better off without the ads though. Not much revenue, and without them you can possibly build a bigger user base as a reputation…",{"value":145,"source":59,"evidence":146},"Mobile only, no desktop version",[147],{"id":148,"by":149,"text":150},"8967224","KnightHawk3","Why did you decide to make this mobile only? Personally I would use it the most from my computer, considered a port ;)",[152,156,163],{"value":153,"source":72,"evidence":154},"Desktop version",[155],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},{"value":157,"source":59,"evidence":158},"Photoshop or GIMP filter",[159],{"id":160,"by":161,"text":162},"8972311","normloman","1996-2004 | Gradients and bevels on everything. 2005-2010 | Concentric vector circles on everything. 2011-Present | Gradients with triangles on everything. In all seriousness,…",{"value":164,"source":59,"evidence":165},"Print selling option",[166],{"id":167,"by":168,"text":169},"8967905","rebel","Pretty cool app! If you're interested in adding an option to sell prints, I'd love to help. 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