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Re: Ask HN: Review my application (2nd try).

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Post by dasht » Thu, Nov 26, 2009, 5:02 AM UTC

rokhayakebe wrote: post #5

dasht wrote: post #3

I can't tell what your app promises to do for me from any of the information on the front page. I can't tell what problem it tries to solve. I can't tell what would actually happen if I uploaded a file. All I know is that you want me to give you some file and it has something to do with sharing. Only, you're a third party I've never met so, why the heck would you want a copy of my file?

Well, now that you put it like that :). Thank you. The first thing any front should do is to tell visitors what the site is about. Maybe I should be more detailed. Will do. Thanks again.

I'm pleased to have been helpful and, of course, wish you extravagant luck. One of my pet peeves about web sites in general, related to your state: every damn commercial site everywhere should have a darn "about" link so interested potentials can begin to puzzle out who they potentially dealing with.

Re: Ask HN: Review my application (2nd try).

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Post by bricestacey » Thu, Nov 26, 2009, 5:27 AM UTC

1. create an onclick for the share text-box so that it auto-selects the contents making right-click for copy easier. Don't bother with auto-copying the text. Many browsers don't support that function anyway.

2. the Manage link didn't work for me.

3. the delete button loads the doc viewer again with an error message that it's no longer available - You should only make it show the "this has been deleted" message, not the viewer.

4. Your app seems pretty pointless. You're better off directing people to docs.google.com and teaching them how to use it instead.

5. You'll probably run into a brick wall (disk limitations at Google) well before you reach any sort of critical mass. So, again, I don't see why you're doing this.

Re: Ask HN: Review my application (2nd try).

#23

Post by zroseman » Thu, Nov 26, 2009, 6:02 AM UTC

Drop.io already exists. And it's way, way, way more robust than this.

Re: Ask HN: Review my application (2nd try).

#24

Post by neurotech1 » Thu, Nov 26, 2009, 6:24 AM UTC

rokhayakebe wrote: post #20

city41 wrote: post #19

I just uploaded a pptx created with PowerPoint 2010 beta and all I got was "This document type is not supported". You will definitely need to support pptx if you don't already, and make sure you work with Office 2010, otherwise you're losing a huge chunk of potential users.

Thank you city41. I am simply using the Google Doc Viewer embed feature, hence I can only support the document they support. But I will try and find a work around. Thanks again.

I have used Google Doc viewer (embedded version) in another project and it is far more limited than the Doc viewer that is part of GMail, which may result in hitting a brick wall development wise.

Edit: Are you using the proper embeded version or a hack of Google Docs - its prompting me to login from an iframe.. this is a definite! problem. Email me for advice neurofog gmail com if you want the details.

Re: Ask HN: Review my application (2nd try).

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Post by Frazzydee » Thu, Nov 26, 2009, 7:29 AM UTC

rokhayakebe wrote: post #15

Frazzydee wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most PDFs I want to share are taken from an online source, so I'd just link to that source. When it isn't, it's usually a document that I'm sharing with a couple people (I would email it). I don't remember the last time that I needed to share a document publicly that I didn't just find online. Since this is such a rare occasion, I probably wouldn't remember this site and just use something more general like dropbox.…

Thanks Frazzydee for all the feedback. All taken into consideration. And thanks for catching the grammatical error.

No problem..I actually felt really guilty after writing that for having nothing but negative things to say :(

Wish you all the best with it!

Re: Ask HN: Review my application (2nd try).

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Post by Frazzydee » Thu, Nov 26, 2009, 7:31 AM UTC

rokhayakebe wrote: post #17

rokhayakebe wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry, I can't tell you that.

Cscotta, Thanks for feedback. I have to create more error messages. Also I frankly did not think it was necessary to give a shout out to Apple. Nevertheless, the background will be gone as soon as I do a simple design. Thanks again for trying the app and for sharing.

I think it would be copyright infringement regardless of whether or not you attribute the source.

Re: Ask HN: Review my application (2nd try).

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Post by pbhjpbhj » Fri, Nov 27, 2009, 3:21 AM UTC

Frazzydee wrote: post #26

rokhayakebe wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cscotta, Thanks for feedback. I have to create more error messages. Also I frankly did not think it was necessary to give a shout out to Apple. Nevertheless, the background will be gone as soon as I do a simple design. Thanks again for trying the app and for sharing.

I think it would be copyright infringement regardless of whether or not you attribute the source.

True, you'd need permission from the rights holder to use the image.

Do a Google search for desktop wallpaper using the advanced CC options or use a background from KDE or such that is FOSS licensed, eg from http://kde-look.org/index.php?xsortmode=down&page=0&...