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Re: Show HN: Pinterest for text

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Post by levng » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 4:23 PM UTC

jordn wrote: post #14

levng wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks Daniel - so it didn't work out with Amazon? The Kindle annotation system is also part of the inspiration behind QuoteRed actually. I find it pretty useful myself.

is there a way to access from my laptop those kindle snippets to put them on the site?

Not at the moment, but it's something we're keen to include. Importing from a text file seems a bit tedious, and asking people to log in with their Amazon credentials is a definite no-no. Any ideas on how best to do it?

Re: Show HN: Pinterest for text

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Post by joyeuse6701 » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 4:24 PM UTC

levng wrote: post #16

joyeuse6701 wrote: post #12

Since you're sort of competing against the vibrancy of photos, why not consider allowing typography choices?

I like that! Any typefaces you would propose in particular? Not sure if you noticed, but we've used two typefaces on the current version of the site: Adobe Caslon Pro and Proxima Nova.

Design/typography isn't my thing. I couldn't tell you much about them, but I would imagine you'd like to have some sort of interesting collage of quotes where the typefaces complimented each other. That's probably the most important aspect, typefaces that wouldn't clash.

I'll have to defer you to someone else who knows more about these things, but you should definitely ask around!

Re: Show HN: Pinterest for text

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Post by levng » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 4:26 PM UTC

joyeuse6701 wrote: post #22

levng wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like that! Any typefaces you would propose in particular? Not sure if you noticed, but we've used two typefaces on the current version of the site: Adobe Caslon Pro and Proxima Nova.

Design/typography isn't my thing. I couldn't tell you much about them, but I would imagine you'd like to have some sort of interesting collage of quotes where the typefaces complimented each other. That's probably the most important aspect, typefaces that wouldn't clash. I'll have to defer you to someone else who knows more about these things, but you should definitely ask around!

We did think of having a tiles view and overlaying the quotes over images. Knowing which images to combine quotes with may be an issue!

Re: Show HN: Pinterest for text

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Post by booruguru » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 4:27 PM UTC

I would suggest using a sans-serif font for the quotables while also tightening the width a little bit so you can increase impact and readability. Also, you might also want to put a light border around the quotes...perhaps with a drop shadow (much like embedded Tweets).

Re: Show HN: Pinterest for text

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Post by levng » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 4:28 PM UTC

BryantD wrote: post #4

This is pretty cool. I'd like to be able to log in with something other than Facebook, but I like the idea of being able to save text snippets.

Sure thing - we're looking to integrate Twitter log in (we think that the QuoteRed userbase would somewhat overlap with Twitter's), and of course a plain login with a vanilla email/password combo. To come!

Re: Show HN: Pinterest for text

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Post by bambax » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 4:29 PM UTC

This looks excellent and well executed.

It's disappointing that the only login option is via Facebook, but it's cool that one can also try the service without login in at all.

Although after one adds the bookmarklet to one's bookmark bar and comes back to the site, we are caught in an endless loop of step-1-2-3 where we are indefinitely asked to add the bookmarklet again...?

Re: Show HN: Pinterest for text

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Post by criley » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 4:35 PM UTC

I like the idea but I dislike the design of the quotes themselves. All the same type and all the same size, the only differentiation being color. Even the format seems "weak" in that there are no lines or anchors for my eye to follow and every "quote" appears slightly differently.

The design turned me off, and I think you can accomplish a much better looking and easily digestible product from text!

Re: Show HN: Pinterest for text

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Post by levng » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 4:38 PM UTC

bambax wrote: post #26

This looks excellent and well executed. It's disappointing that the only login option is via Facebook, but it's cool that one can also try the service without login in at all. Although after one adds the bookmarklet to one's bookmark bar and comes back to the site, we are caught in an endless loop of step-1-2-3 where we are indefinitely asked to add the bookmarklet again...?

Looking into this right now - in Step 3, did you highlight the quote and click the "Quote It" button? Thanks for letting us know about this.

Re: Show HN: Pinterest for text

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Post by levng » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 4:43 PM UTC

olso4052 wrote: post #19

I like the idea. I'll be honest, half the emails in my inbox are from myself, either with links or quotes or ideas, whatever. Now, does EverNote offer something like this, or do they do full webpages only? Integration is definitely key. I really like how you have the option to Tweet a saved quote on your app.

Thanks! Evernote do let you save different text snippets and links but they are more geared toward "private". On QuoteRed, everything is public. We may add a private board or two later.

Re: Show HN: Pinterest for text

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Post by bambax » Tue, Apr 16, 2013, 4:49 PM UTC

levng wrote: post #28

bambax wrote: post #26

This looks excellent and well executed. It's disappointing that the only login option is via Facebook, but it's cool that one can also try the service without login in at all. Although after one adds the bookmarklet to one's bookmark bar and comes back to the site, we are caught in an endless loop of step-1-2-3 where we are indefinitely asked to add the bookmarklet again...?

Looking into this right now - in Step 3, did you highlight the quote and click the "Quote It" button? Thanks for letting us know about this.

> in Step 3, did you highlight the quote and click the "Quote It" button?

Ah! No, I didn't. I since created a quote and that broke the loop; now when I reach the website I access the list of my quotes.

Sorry for the false alarm (although step 3 is maybe a little obscure?)