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Re: Show HN: “OK Google” – Explore Google Now voice commands

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Post by xeromal »

LastZactionHero wrote: post #110
Klathmon wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you actually have a problem that any of those are causing? I mean the site comes in at around 500kb transferred. That's not small, but it's also not obscenely large. A single large-ish image can easily blow that out of the water. Yeah, it could afford to lose some weight in the javascript (although looking at it now, i'm not sure they can. much of the size of the javascript is string literals for all of the option…

At the time of this comment, looks like the site's been hugged to death. So without knowing what's on it, maybe a smaller size could have kept it from falling over.

You could load static html and have it on google drive without a huge of death. :P

Re: Show HN: “OK Google” – Explore Google Now voice commands

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Post by spankalee »

Donzo wrote: post #27

I used to love using the "remind me to" command. It was a fast and convenient way to set alarms. Recently, when I attempted to use it on iOS, I was hit with an alert that "reminders have been moved to the Calendar app," where it is far less convenient to set up a reminder. Instead of just setting the alarm with my voice and then confirming it, I have to use a click wheel to set the time, and it takes like three more…

Shouldn't reminders be in the calendar app? I hated having event-type things spread around in multiple apps, when I have a personal event-database already. I really liked the change.

I don't use iOS, so maybe it's different there, but other than storing the data in Calendar, I didn't notice much a change in how reminders are set from voice.

Disclaimer: I work for Google

Re: Show HN: “OK Google” – Explore Google Now voice commands

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Post by Donzo »

spankalee wrote: post #112
Donzo wrote: post #27

I used to love using the "remind me to" command. It was a fast and convenient way to set alarms. Recently, when I attempted to use it on iOS, I was hit with an alert that "reminders have been moved to the Calendar app," where it is far less convenient to set up a reminder. Instead of just setting the alarm with my voice and then confirming it, I have to use a click wheel to set the time, and it takes like three more…

Shouldn't reminders be in the calendar app? I hated having event-type things spread around in multiple apps, when I have a personal event-database already. I really liked the change. I don't use iOS, so maybe it's different there, but other than storing the data in Calendar, I didn't notice much a change in how reminders are set from voice. Disclaimer: I work for Google

Maybe they should be in the Calendar app. But here's the thing: I don't use the Calendar app. I use an analog calendar, the kind that hangs on the kitchen wall. My wife and I can share this calendar seamlessly. It works great for us.

In addition to the analog calendar on my kitchen wall, I also use the Google App for iOS. I came from Android, and it was really nice having some of the functionality that I once had on my HTC phone on my iPhone. One of the features that I was trained to use, that I really enjoyed, was the ability to set reminders from the Google App. I just said, "Remind to X at N." These reminders could be location based, such as "Remind me to get bread when I'm at Target." That was awesome.

Now, I just get this warning to move to the Calendar App, where I have none of this functionality.

See: http://doncodes.com/remind-me-to-get-bread.jpg

So, I'm fine with the Calendar App having reminders. Sounds like a good thing. But why break a feature that I love to force me into an app that I have but will never use?

Re: Show HN: “OK Google” – Explore Google Now voice commands

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Post by brokenmachine »

LastZactionHero wrote: post #110
Klathmon wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you actually have a problem that any of those are causing? I mean the site comes in at around 500kb transferred. That's not small, but it's also not obscenely large. A single large-ish image can easily blow that out of the water. Yeah, it could afford to lose some weight in the javascript (although looking at it now, i'm not sure they can. much of the size of the javascript is string literals for all of the option…

At the time of this comment, looks like the site's been hugged to death. So without knowing what's on it, maybe a smaller size could have kept it from falling over.

I can't wait until the web becomes decentralized so there is no Slashdot/Hacker News effect anymore. The more popular a site, the more people mirroring is a much more sane setup than the current silos.

Re: Show HN: “OK Google” – Explore Google Now voice commands

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Post by ivanca »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #103
ericflo wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also: html, css, js, tcp, ip, electricity, and language.

> electricity Since we're going there - bloating your website for no reason whatsoever wastes electricity. Not just for the mobile users who may be annoyed by fast-draining battery; also in general, you're literally wasting coal. It's worth at least keeping in mind when deciding to include that another JS framework to save yourself 10 minutes of typing.

I know, people should use IPs instead of fancy domain names, DNS is just electricity wasting.

Re: Show HN: “OK Google” – Explore Google Now voice commands

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Post by brokenmachine »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #103
ericflo wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also: html, css, js, tcp, ip, electricity, and language.

> electricity Since we're going there - bloating your website for no reason whatsoever wastes electricity. Not just for the mobile users who may be annoyed by fast-draining battery; also in general, you're literally wasting coal. It's worth at least keeping in mind when deciding to include that another JS framework to save yourself 10 minutes of typing.

You honestly worry about how much extra coal your website will consume with an extra JS framework?

I tend to think of CPU time as an almost inexhaustible resource for a website. It needs to be responsive, but the difference between the user's machine being at 5% or 10% CPU doesn't matter.

Re: Show HN: “OK Google” – Explore Google Now voice commands

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Post by brokenmachine »

unfamiliar wrote: post #67
izacus wrote: post #10

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"Speaking naturally" to Google Now for me means it's just going to google random stuff instead of doing actions. Even things like "Play next song" will make it google that term instead of switching songs.

"Play next song" is not speaking naturally.

Woosh. Missed the point entirely.

Re: Show HN: “OK Google” – Explore Google Now voice commands

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Post by brokenmachine »

1812Overture wrote: post #91

OK Google OK Google OK Google OK Google Navigate to nearest Target No goddamnit arg! back back OK Google OK Google OK Google Navigate to nearest Target Fuck! [Repeat]

Literally laughed out loud at this one, spot on.

Voice commands sound great in theory but the worst part is that you have to press the hardware back button to fix it when it (invariably) stuffs up. It's an absolute showstopper when trying to use it in the car.

Re: Show HN: “OK Google” – Explore Google Now voice commands

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Post by gvurrdon »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #105
gvurrdon wrote: post #97

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I find that sometimes, after the "OK Google, send a text to $PERSON" my watch will ask whether it should be to their mobile, work or home landline. A way to set it to only send text messages to mobiles would make sense but I can't find any way of doing that.

You probably need to go to Contacts and long-press on the proper number, and use "set as default" (or something similar) option.

I have in fact set it as default, but the watch still likes to ask "which number".
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