Show HN: Sideshow, a minimalistic dashboard-as-a-service

#1

Post by mieky » Mon, Nov 09, 2015, 6:48 AM UTC

Show HN: Sideshow, a minimalistic dashboard-as-a-service
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Re: Show HN: Sideshow, a minimalistic dashboard-as-a-service

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Post by debarshri » Mon, Nov 09, 2015, 10:33 AM UTC

At my work we use combination of certain chrome extensions to achieve these functionalities. I wonder if this can help us in anyway

Re: Show HN: Sideshow, a minimalistic dashboard-as-a-service

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Post by mieky » Mon, Nov 09, 2015, 12:02 PM UTC

debarshri wrote: post #2

At my work we use combination of certain chrome extensions to achieve these functionalities. I wonder if this can help us in anyway

I actually made this because we needed such a simple web page cycler for our office kitchen display. Out of curiosity, what kind of extensions do you use?

Re: Show HN: Sideshow, a minimalistic dashboard-as-a-service

#4

Post by kirushik » Mon, Nov 09, 2015, 12:11 PM UTC

Seems to be clashing names with another notable project called Sideshow, javascript library for interactive tours: https://github.com/fortesinformatica/Sideshow

Re: Show HN: Sideshow, a minimalistic dashboard-as-a-service

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Post by beaker52 » Mon, Nov 09, 2015, 1:23 PM UTC

mieky wrote: post #3

debarshri wrote: post #2

At my work we use combination of certain chrome extensions to achieve these functionalities. I wonder if this can help us in anyway

I actually made this because we needed such a simple web page cycler for our office kitchen display. Out of curiosity, what kind of extensions do you use?

I've used TabCarousel which rotates tabs and refreshes at intervals.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tabcarousel/ddldim...

Re: Show HN: Sideshow, a minimalistic dashboard-as-a-service

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Post by what-no-tests » Mon, Nov 09, 2015, 6:12 PM UTC

LOL WUT.

Seriously - what is the purpose of this?

Re: Show HN: Sideshow, a minimalistic dashboard-as-a-service

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Post by fps » Mon, Nov 09, 2015, 6:42 PM UTC

mieky wrote: post #3

debarshri wrote: post #2

At my work we use combination of certain chrome extensions to achieve these functionalities. I wonder if this can help us in anyway

I actually made this because we needed such a simple web page cycler for our office kitchen display. Out of curiosity, what kind of extensions do you use?

The "Revolver" plugin for chrome does something very similar.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/revolver-tabs/dlkn...

Re: Show HN: Sideshow, a minimalistic dashboard-as-a-service

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 7:41 AM UTC

mieky wrote: post #3

debarshri wrote: post #2

At my work we use combination of certain chrome extensions to achieve these functionalities. I wonder if this can help us in anyway

I actually made this because we needed such a simple web page cycler for our office kitchen display. Out of curiosity, what kind of extensions do you use?

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Re: Show HN: Sideshow, a minimalistic dashboard-as-a-service

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Post by mieky » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 7:42 AM UTC

kirushik wrote: post #4

Seems to be clashing names with another notable project called Sideshow, javascript library for interactive tours: https://github.com/fortesinformatica/Sideshow

Thanks for the heads-up!