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Re: Heard of Google Instant? Well, I built YouTube Instant.

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Post by robbirob » Fri, Sep 10, 2010, 11:58 AM UTC

nhebb wrote: post #3

lovskogen wrote: post #2

I typed in "marissa mayer laugh".

I tried that. I only got as far as "marissa " and didn't really feel a need to go further. (Note the trailing space)

I see.

Re: Heard of Google Instant? Well, I built YouTube Instant.

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Post by al_james » Fri, Sep 10, 2010, 12:00 PM UTC

Cool. Would be better if it had a list of thumbnails to choose a different video.

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Post by dreadlabs » Fri, Sep 10, 2010, 12:15 PM UTC

redcap wrote: post #18

Feature request: a way to get to the original video so I can share it. Got an awesome video for "doctor who", but I can't find it on youtube.com

Click the Youtube watermark on the right bottom corner of the video. :)

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Post by citricsquid » Fri, Sep 10, 2010, 12:57 PM UTC

redcap wrote: post #18

Feature request: a way to get to the original video so I can share it. Got an awesome video for "doctor who", but I can't find it on youtube.com

click the "youtube" logo on the bottom right

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Post by RossM » Fri, Sep 10, 2010, 1:09 PM UTC

india wrote: post #13

Why the shortened url? I thought HN had them banned for submissions. Full url: http://feross.net/instant/

Seems it's Facebook's shortening url, perhaps for tracking?

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Post by tibbon » Fri, Sep 10, 2010, 1:15 PM UTC

I'd love to see every 5th response Rick Roll the user, but that's just me.

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Post by justinxreese » Fri, Sep 10, 2010, 1:18 PM UTC

This is incredible

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Post by baby » Fri, Sep 10, 2010, 1:28 PM UTC

Bookmarked. Nice project.

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Post by mattmcegg » Fri, Sep 10, 2010, 2:22 PM UTC

awesome! as some have suggested..."next video" would be nice, and the title and description so i know what im watching.

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Post by andrewparker » Fri, Sep 10, 2010, 2:35 PM UTC

Entlin wrote: post #17

Wow, what a brilliant concept. Needs a keyboard shortcut for "give me another one with the same query", though. Then it would be both media bliss and a wonderful way to chill out.

By viewing the source code you can see that the author intends to add a "More Videos" features, but it's currently commented out. http://feross.net/instant/instant.js

I'd personally recommend not finishing this "More Videos" feature. I think the simplicity of just 1 video per search is awesome and creates beautiful serendipity. But, I know such a suggestion is very subjective.