Sequoia To Color Labs: Not Since Google Have We Seen This • Hacker News Board

Re: Sequoia To Color Labs: Not Since Google Have We Seen This

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Post by jakkinabox » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 12:23 AM UTC

jonmc12 wrote: post #30

Has anyone else tried using the android app? Its at 1.5 stars on the market, and on my device (G2), it did not work at all. It appears no QA was done on a number of device types. I'm really surprised that Color is using Sequoia's brand for PR on WSJ, Techcrunch without ensuring that what users see on Android is not just plain awful. I was / am really excited for this product, but this seems like a botched launch to m…

I can't find it in the market. I tried searching "color" and "color labs". Is it available outside the USA?

Re: Sequoia To Color Labs: Not Since Google Have We Seen This

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Post by jmathai » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 12:32 AM UTC

sylvinus wrote: post #38

jmathai wrote: post #19

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Cuil.

This is a serious contender in the shortest joke contest :)

Damnit, I should have left out the period.

Re: Sequoia To Color Labs: Not Since Google Have We Seen This

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Post by fizx » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 4:05 AM UTC

bdotdub wrote: post #37

fizx wrote: post #34

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It's reasonably likely that a good portion of the 1 star reviews aren't opinions of the app, but are rather expressions of disapproval of the funding/ecosystem/bubble situation.

Have you used the app? It a terrible first experience. I used it last night and had no one around me. In New York City. During dinner time. Most people probably open the app, don't get it / don't see people on it, and never open the app again

I have used the app. I saw pictures from ~6-7 of my friends at a happy hour party I was at. Then, just now, I reopened the app and saw some funny yet interesting pictures of neighbors cooking.

Maybe it's just cause I live in SF.

Re: Sequoia To Color Labs: Not Since Google Have We Seen This

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Post by dominostars » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 6:19 AM UTC

dzlobin wrote: post #58

dominostars wrote: post #53

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> if I'm 150' from someone, why not just walk over to them, snap a group photo, and post it to my Twitter/Facebook/Whatever What if you're all at a concert taking pictures of the band and crowd? Or you're at the beach and many people are taking pictures of the same beautiful sunset? You now have access to multiple photos without having had to coordinate with the strangers around you. It actually seems like a somewhat…

>My guess is a lot of angry geeks, since they're all who know about it so far. Actually I think it's the fact that the app seems to be a buggy POS according to a large number if people. I think there are a lot of people in the startup/geek world who aren't happy with the extremely high valuation and the all the hoopla around them, but I doubt they would sabotage their app rating intentionally.

Supposedly a lot of the bugs are for somewhat older iOS versions, so I wasn't seeing them. I figured the "buggy POS" stuff was overhyped, which it seems to not be.

However, I think most of the people who know about Color are hackers and startup junkies, who all seem to have a negative inclination towards using it. So it still wouldn't surprise me if the bad reviews were overwhelming from that crowd.