I am nearing launch for my web app and it is currently in Private Beta. I would like to request HN to give it a try and provide some feedback.
Here is the link: http://aiphotosearch.com
Ask HN: Can you try my web app beta and give me some feedback?
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Re: Ask HN: Can you try my web app beta and give me some feedback?
#2(clickable link: http://aiphotosearch.com)
If you give us a demo page to try without signing up (at a private URL and with a clear time limit if you want), you are going to get a lot more feedback. Or at least show what we are going to get inside. And don't ask for a twitter account during signup.
Re: Ask HN: Can you try my web app beta and give me some feedback?
#3(clickable link: http://aiphotosearch.com ) If you give us a demo page to try without signing up (at a private URL and with a clear time limit if you want), you are going to get a lot more feedback. Or at least show what we are going to get inside. And don't ask for a twitter account during signup.
Thank you for the feedback! Just removed the twitter handle field in the form. The email is just to send a private invitation - within a minute.
Re: Ask HN: Can you try my web app beta and give me some feedback?
#4You are wasting your precious chance on the front page of HN, especially when you're asking for help.
I'm guessing the bounce rate is like 99% right now.
If I were you, I would just let people access it if they came from HN referer
Re: Ask HN: Can you try my web app beta and give me some feedback?
#5Why oh why would you put it behind an email wall? Why would you need my email to show me "what I assume" is image search.
My feedback. Ok, I can search for stock photos. But can't I already do that? There are lots of stock photo searches. But this one uses AI. So what?
Ok, let's see how your solution is better than anybody else. Oh, I can't you want my email, and I'm not really that bothered.
Re: Ask HN: Can you try my web app beta and give me some feedback?
#6Why oh why would you put it behind an email wall? Why would you need my email to show me "what I assume" is image search. My feedback. Ok, I can search for stock photos. But can't I already do that? There are lots of stock photo searches. But this one uses AI. So what? Ok, let's see how your solution is better than anybody else. Oh, I can't you want my email, and I'm not really that bothered.
tldr; I solved a problem that I had. Would love to get HN community's feedback.
Appreciate your feedback. I have not launched the app yet, it is in private beta. This is a hackers community. I am looking for fellow hackers willing to go through the e-mail wall to try what I have built and provide feedback.
There are lots of stock photo searches. But this one uses AI. So what? I have been buying stock photos a lot these past year. Every time, I have spent a lot of time (and the time value of money) finding the photo that I like. If you value your time at $100 per hour, the real cost of the stock photo that took you 30 minutes to find is the stock photo cost + $50.
Re: Ask HN: Can you try my web app beta and give me some feedback?
#7you can just type a fake email and get to the actual site.
1. change the title, it's still "My ASP.NET Application"\
2. It works OK (searching for 'pizza' shows some photos) and the design is pretty nice. I think you could improve it by reducing the number of different fonts you're using.
Re: Ask HN: Can you try my web app beta and give me some feedback?
#8you can just type a fake email and get to the actual site. 1. change the title, it's still "My ASP.NET Application"\ 2. It works OK (searching for 'pizza' shows some photos) and the design is pretty nice. I think you could improve it by reducing the number of different fonts you're using.
1. Fixed the title
2. Initial result is regular image search, you get results based on your keywords. From then onwards, you can like the photos you somewhat like and click Refine Results. The AI algorithm analyzes the photos you have liked vs. the others and brings results based on that. You are basically training your model on the fly.
3. Good observation on too many fonts, will work on it
Re: Ask HN: Can you try my web app beta and give me some feedback?
#9A similar app can be built using google image search api ? how does it differentiate in feature set ?
Re: Ask HN: Can you try my web app beta and give me some feedback?
#10A similar app can be built using google image search api ? how does it differentiate in feature set ?
Lets say you are looking for a stock photo of a dog to use in your landing page like this one: http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-110687501/stock-photo-dog-ab...
Google Image Search API does not let you search multiple Stock Photo providers for photos. We are using APIs from multiple vendors to fetch the stock photos.
Secondly, our AI is geared towards stock photos. You can start searching for "dog" in aiphotosearch.com, then like a couple of photos that are closest to the one you are looking for and then refine results. We train a model that "understands" what you liked vs discarded and uses that to bring more results.