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Re: Show HN: Dead simple photo sharing

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Post by irrationaljared »

k-mcgrady wrote: post #30

Looks good. Only critique I would have: You say no registration required but next the create album button are sign in and register buttons. I'm sure there would be some users who think they need to register/sign in before clicking the create album button. I also don't see on the home page what I would get if I did register (even though it's not required).

I can see how that might be confusing. I'll have to give that some thought.

You don't really get much through registration right now other than a simple way to keep track of the photo albums you've created...

Re: Show HN: Dead simple photo sharing

#32

Post by gmisra »

irrationaljared wrote: post #28
larrybrid wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a user who would also want this feature, I would say it is because you sometimes want to see full detail. If, for example, someone sends you a link to a painting or some old coins you might be buying or whatever.

Fair enough. Feature added. There's now a link next to the "Download Photo" button called "View Original" when you click to view the larger photos. Update Unfortunately on Chrome this link doesn't work because the photo is stored in a way that tells Chrome to automatically download the photo. I'll have to dig in to figure out if there is a way to force the photo to be displayed instead of automatically downloaded.

Are your originals actually the original files? Some people have strong opinions about data leakage via EXIF metadata, specifically location and sometimes date/time. Do you strip that information out during upload/resizing?

Overall, it looks great. My family would definitely use it, for similar reasons to yours. Nice work!

Re: Show HN: Dead simple photo sharing

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Post by k-mcgrady »

irrationaljared wrote: post #31
k-mcgrady wrote: post #30

Looks good. Only critique I would have: You say no registration required but next the create album button are sign in and register buttons. I'm sure there would be some users who think they need to register/sign in before clicking the create album button. I also don't see on the home page what I would get if I did register (even though it's not required).

I can see how that might be confusing. I'll have to give that some thought. You don't really get much through registration right now other than a simple way to keep track of the photo albums you've created...

>> "You don't really get much through registration right now other than a simple way to keep track of the photo albums you've created..."

That's what I would have guessed. I don't think it's that big of a deal but it might be confusing to some users, especially if you are targeting less tech savvy people looking an easy way to share.

Re: Show HN: Dead simple photo sharing

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Post by irrationaljared »

evertonfuller wrote: post #33

What happens if I claim an album that isn't mine?

Claiming an album simply adds the album to your "My Account" page for easy access. It would be very hard to claim an album that wasn't yours without knowing the url which is randomly generated so it's very difficult to guess...

Re: Show HN: Dead simple photo sharing

#37

Post by irrationaljared »

gmisra wrote: post #32
irrationaljared wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fair enough. Feature added. There's now a link next to the "Download Photo" button called "View Original" when you click to view the larger photos. Update Unfortunately on Chrome this link doesn't work because the photo is stored in a way that tells Chrome to automatically download the photo. I'll have to dig in to figure out if there is a way to force the photo to be displayed instead of automatically downloaded.

Are your originals actually the original files? Some people have strong opinions about data leakage via EXIF metadata, specifically location and sometimes date/time. Do you strip that information out during upload/resizing? Overall, it looks great. My family would definitely use it, for similar reasons to yours. Nice work!

The original photos are processed for more efficient storage, so I believe that all EXIF data is stripped out, but I'll have to check to make sure.

Re: Show HN: Dead simple photo sharing

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Post by oops »

irrationaljared wrote: post #28
larrybrid wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a user who would also want this feature, I would say it is because you sometimes want to see full detail. If, for example, someone sends you a link to a painting or some old coins you might be buying or whatever.

Fair enough. Feature added. There's now a link next to the "Download Photo" button called "View Original" when you click to view the larger photos. Update Unfortunately on Chrome this link doesn't work because the photo is stored in a way that tells Chrome to automatically download the photo. I'll have to dig in to figure out if there is a way to force the photo to be displayed instead of automatically downloaded.

The code/library/service responsible for storing the original file on S3 is most likely setting "response-content-disposition" to "attachment" when it stores the file on S3. That tells S3 to deliver the file with "Content-disposition: attachment" in the HTTP headers which is what causes browsers to save to disk instead of display.

You want "Content-disposition: inline" or no content-disposition header.

Re: Show HN: Dead simple photo sharing

#40

Post by irrationaljared »

irrationaljared wrote: post #28
larrybrid wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a user who would also want this feature, I would say it is because you sometimes want to see full detail. If, for example, someone sends you a link to a painting or some old coins you might be buying or whatever.

Fair enough. Feature added. There's now a link next to the "Download Photo" button called "View Original" when you click to view the larger photos. Update Unfortunately on Chrome this link doesn't work because the photo is stored in a way that tells Chrome to automatically download the photo. I'll have to dig in to figure out if there is a way to force the photo to be displayed instead of automatically downloaded.

I was able to fix this. You should be able to view the photos via the link now, but if anyone has trouble with it please let me know.
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