Hi, this is a project I've been working on for about 2 months. I am definitely not a designer, so I tried to keep the GUI to minimum and really make the presentation about photos and as fluid as possible.
Any feedback welcome! :)
Show HN: Dofsome.com - Chrome-less photo hosting
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Re: Show HN: Dofsome.com - Chrome-less photo hosting
#2Nice interface.
When you click on a picture, the slideshow should be paused by default. I found it annoying when the picture I was checking changed automatically.
I did not see the pause button at first sight, you should make it bigger and put it bottom center, and by default it should be a "play slideshow" button.
Re: Show HN: Dofsome.com - Chrome-less photo hosting
#3Nice interface. When you click on a picture, the slideshow should be paused by default. I found it annoying when the picture I was checking changed automatically. I did not see the pause button at first sight, you should make it bigger and put it bottom center, and by default it should be a "play slideshow" button.
Thanks! Good point about the slideshow. I asked a couple people and the opinions were about 50:50. Will gather some more feedback on this one :)
Re: Show HN: Dofsome.com - Chrome-less photo hosting
#4Er, I'd say that "Chrome-less" is a better description. You do have a GUI, it's just its chrome that is mostly invisible.
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#5Er, I'd say that "Chrome-less" is a better description. You do have a GUI, it's just its chrome that is mostly invisible.
Good point, fixed the title!
I am used to explaining to non-computer people and they have no idea what chrome is and GUI = buttons basically for them. :)
Re: Show HN: Dofsome.com - Chrome-less photo hosting
#6"Because I want to share photos across all my online and offline personas - not tie them down to a single social network or app."
I'm personally happy to know that this is the underlying sentiment, and I'd guess that the photo community feels the same way.
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#7Nice interface. When you click on a picture, the slideshow should be paused by default. I found it annoying when the picture I was checking changed automatically. I did not see the pause button at first sight, you should make it bigger and put it bottom center, and by default it should be a "play slideshow" button.
When I clicked on a few pictures, they expanded, which I expected. Later (in Berlin) I clicked on a picture and got a slideshow. I much prefer seeing all the pictures and clicking on the ones I want to zoom in on. It is indeed a great interface. My vote is a "play slideshow" button; otherwise, make zooming in on the pic the behavior when a pic is clicked.
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#8Initial thoughts:
- "Dofsome... How am I supposed to pronounce that?" After a minute of hypotheses, I realized that it's a clever mashup of DOF (Depth of Field, i.e. photography jargon) and Awesome. I wonder how many people will figure that out. Maybe give a pronunciation hint somewhere, e.g. (pronounced DOFF-some). (Doff some? Doff some what? Some clothing? Is this an intentional double entendre?)
- The key feature, the full-width gallery of thumbnails, seems like a feature that would be easy for others to replicate. Google+ albums are already similar but with chrome around them. Squarespace has some templates with similar look; their hosting also starts at $8/month, but they offer way more than photo galleries/portfolios.
- I'm also reminded of Jux (jux.com) which is a beautiful idea. If you haven't explored their demos, please do! I'd happily pay for a Jux-based website, but they decided to be free, and so I won't go anywhere near them; why would I host my photos on a service that has no way to keep running long-term?
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#9My initial response was that I would use it but I'm price sensitive thanks to 500px accounts ($20 & $50 yr).
Flickr also includes video so that might be something to iterate.
Maybe you could offer subdomain for that price?
Excellent design. I prefer the static display as default over the slideshow. I want to appreciate the image quality not use it as a digital frame.
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#10The video quality is not sharp and it's got ads from YouTube so it doesn't look professional. Other than that, congrats!