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Re: Show HN: Storystreamer – Snap/Instagram Stories UI Inspired News Reader

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Post by hckr_news »

This is a pretty cool website. Reminds of Tiktok with the seemless continuously loading videos, in this case being news articles or other interesting videos. I really like the tv show/movie trailers subsection. Few things to point out: (1) one thing I would do for the news articles is slow down the timer. Perhaps 20-30 seconds. (2) Also image backgrounds and video quality can look off sometimes. (3) The back and forth arrows blend into white or noisy background images -- can the arrow colors change dynamically.

Re: Show HN: Storystreamer – Snap/Instagram Stories UI Inspired News Reader

#14

Post by hckr_news »

atakiel wrote: post #10
dgski wrote: post #2

I've always been a big fan of the Snapchat/Instagram Story UI format but I wasn't the biggest fan of the content on those applications. At the same time I wanted a single place where I could get up to speed on various topics. I ended up combining the ideas. This works exactly as Snapchats 'Discover' Section. There is a collection of 'streams' of various topics (news, gaming, nature, etc.) You click a stream, and you…

I think bloomberg's tictoc, in it's earlier incarnation, was doing something very similar. It seems to be now renamed, redesigned and merged with some other project. Their version was heavily based on video. I might remember it wrong, but I think video was also their core problem. I tried it once but didn't really get it, as I hadn't used Snapchat nor Instagram. Because Tictoc was a sort of old school, video first so…

TikTok places far more emphasis on video and visual consumption and less of reading or text.

Re: Show HN: Storystreamer – Snap/Instagram Stories UI Inspired News Reader

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Post by donclark »

rohan1024 wrote: post #6
dgellow wrote: post #5

Wow, that goes way too fast! You could maybe pause if the user keep their finger pressed, or increase the time between stories?

or give us the option to set time

This. Most UIs need more detailed controls for the user. Everyone is different. One size or setting does not fit all.

Re: Show HN: Storystreamer – Snap/Instagram Stories UI Inspired News Reader

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Post by atakiel »

hckr_news wrote: post #14
atakiel wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think bloomberg's tictoc, in it's earlier incarnation, was doing something very similar. It seems to be now renamed, redesigned and merged with some other project. Their version was heavily based on video. I might remember it wrong, but I think video was also their core problem. I tried it once but didn't really get it, as I hadn't used Snapchat nor Instagram. Because Tictoc was a sort of old school, video first so…

TikTok places far more emphasis on video and visual consumption and less of reading or text.

It's a different product, with a slight difference in spelling.

Tictoc used to be a visual news feed created by Bloomsberg, aimed for millenials. It came out around the same time or just before Tiktok landed in west.

Re: Show HN: Storystreamer – Snap/Instagram Stories UI Inspired News Reader

#19

Post by dgski »

atakiel wrote: post #8

Not a bad idea, and implementation is solid mvp. Some thoughts: 1) Given that you have clear categories available, it might be worth it to show the name of the category on the reel as well. Sometimes headlines are very broad, and they might not clearly imply the category. I tried a few categories, and in the end forgot which one I was currently watching. -> By showing category indicator you would give additional cont…

Hey thanks for your feedback!

I ended up pushing an update with both your ideas.

Re: Show HN: Storystreamer – Snap/Instagram Stories UI Inspired News Reader

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Post by dgski »

hckr_news wrote: post #13

This is a pretty cool website. Reminds of Tiktok with the seemless continuously loading videos, in this case being news articles or other interesting videos. I really like the tv show/movie trailers subsection. Few things to point out: (1) one thing I would do for the news articles is slow down the timer. Perhaps 20-30 seconds. (2) Also image backgrounds and video quality can look off sometimes. (3) The back and fort…

Good points!

I added a feature which lets you pause the auto skip by holding the progress bar in the bottom right corner. Should give you more time to finish reading.

I also added some contrast to some up UI elements. I do want the prev and next to fade into the picture though.

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