HackRSS - browse HN posts visually • Hacker News Board

Re: HackRSS - browse HN posts visually

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Post by url2png » Wed, Jun 15, 2011, 3:00 PM UTC

kilian wrote: post #9

I think url2png is really cool, but I was a bit pissed when from one day to the next they went to a subscription model and added sign-up links to all screenshots. Their fair right, of course, but no fun if you just started using it.

Just send us an email, we'll help you out.

Re: HackRSS - browse HN posts visually

#12

Post by url2png » Wed, Jun 15, 2011, 3:01 PM UTC

ducuboy wrote: post #8

Could not fork. The repository's default branch is empty.

Somebody let the cat out of the bag a bit early. Watch the repo and you'll be notified when we commit v1.

Re: HackRSS - browse HN posts visually

#13

Post by doki_pen » Wed, Jun 15, 2011, 3:04 PM UTC

A little competition for http://hn.embed.ly? Heh. We think rich data makes much better previews then screenshots. What does HN think about this site vs. hn.embed.ly?

Re: HackRSS - browse HN posts visually

#14

Post by _ankit_ » Wed, Jun 15, 2011, 3:05 PM UTC

How is this useful? I agree with bgraves, it is more of a proof-of-concept of url2png.

Re: HackRSS - browse HN posts visually

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Post by chippy » Wed, Jun 15, 2011, 3:10 PM UTC

xtacy wrote: post #6

Excellent! And I love the browsing and picture in picture recursion: HackRSS -> HackRSS :-)

all I can see is a gray box for the hackrss screenshot

Re: HackRSS - browse HN posts visually

#16

Post by url2png » Wed, Jun 15, 2011, 3:14 PM UTC

petercooper wrote: post #5

I usually enjoy visual browsers like this, but here the previews are too small for it to click for me. Just to provide a counterexample, this one is pretty cool and along similar lines: http://news.peepcode.com/

Ask and ye shall receive bigger screenshots.

Re: HackRSS - browse HN posts visually

#17

Post by mopatches » Wed, Jun 15, 2011, 3:14 PM UTC

Here's a search experience for you, same idea: http://hnsearch.heroku.com/ :)

Re: HackRSS - browse HN posts visually

#18

Post by jinushaun » Wed, Jun 15, 2011, 3:16 PM UTC

Visually appealing, but needs longer titles and link to HN comments. I usually find the comments more enjoyable to read than the source articles.

Re: HackRSS - browse HN posts visually

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Post by Hovertruck » Wed, Jun 15, 2011, 3:32 PM UTC

doki_pen wrote: post #13

A little competition for http://hn.embed.ly ? Heh. We think rich data makes much better previews then screenshots. What does HN think about this site vs. hn.embed.ly?

I think this would benefit greatly from some sort of collapse feature. The nice thing about browsing titles-only ("vanilla") HN is that things that I don't want to read take up very minimal screen space. With this, I had to work too hard to scroll past this entry: http://i.imgur.com/Z9t67.png

Re: HackRSS - browse HN posts visually

#20

Post by url2png » Wed, Jun 15, 2011, 3:33 PM UTC

doki_pen wrote: post #13

A little competition for http://hn.embed.ly ? Heh. We think rich data makes much better previews then screenshots. What does HN think about this site vs. hn.embed.ly?

It takes all types to make the world go round. Lets do lunch.