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We have a real-time API and we're not afraid to use it. Are you?

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Re: We have a real-time API and we're not afraid to use it. Are you?

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Post by citricsquid »

pivotal wrote: post #20

Neat idea, although I think you need to make it a bit clearer what the product is on that page. I had to click a few times to get the executive summary. That being said, I'm a bit grumpy I didn't try to develop a similar idea I had a while ago.

The idea isn't a new one, there are other companies doing this (geckoboard is the most popular one that I can recall) -- ducksboard are just doing it differently.

Re: We have a real-time API and we're not afraid to use it. Are you?

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Post by dangrossman »

joshu wrote: post #7

Anyone have any thoughts on how to do the display side of this in VERY low power? Are there cheap android tablets or whatever that might be suitable? I want to do something like this but don't need to consume tons of watts...

A cheapy crappy Android tablet for around $200 can display a webpage like that. Personally, I run my dashboard on a Logitech Revue (Google TV, $99 retail, but mine was free) and my lowest power spare monitor using an HDMI->DVI adapter.

The Logitech box uses ~12 watts of power, which is more than my TonidoPlug (3-7 watts) but is more convenient to connect to a display.

Re: We have a real-time API and we're not afraid to use it. Are you?

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Post by joelhaasnoot »

Contest is a great idea, but doing a contest for a closed beta product is not exactly my piece of pie. Too many hurdles to jump to see if this is going to be what I want to use in the first place. No word on pricing on your launch page either, except for "buying widgets"

Re: We have a real-time API and we're not afraid to use it. Are you?

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Post by thorin_2 »

None of the widgets worked for me in the demo. After researching WebSockets I figured it out: WS aren't supported by IE (or so it appears, using IE9 with all default settings). see them when using my Chrome browser. Seems like IE users are still a pretty big market though, so not sure how this will succeed without support for IE.

Re: We have a real-time API and we're not afraid to use it. Are you?

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Post by Tichy »

joshu wrote: post #7

Anyone have any thoughts on how to do the display side of this in VERY low power? Are there cheap android tablets or whatever that might be suitable? I want to do something like this but don't need to consume tons of watts...

Maybe there are e-ink devices that support Javascript on web sites? That would probably be among the most low-powered options.

The Kindle supposedly supports apps that could probably also be used, but I think the SDK is still not open to everbody :-(

Re: We have a real-time API and we're not afraid to use it. Are you?

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Post by aitorciki »

thorin_2 wrote: post #25

None of the widgets worked for me in the demo. After researching WebSockets I figured it out: WS aren't supported by IE (or so it appears, using IE9 with all default settings). see them when using my Chrome browser. Seems like IE users are still a pretty big market though, so not sure how this will succeed without support for IE.

Hm, we fallback to a Flash implementation of the WebSocket protocol when using a non-compatible browser, IE9 included.

Could it be that you don't have a Flash-enabled IE?

Re: We have a real-time API and we're not afraid to use it. Are you?

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Post by aitorciki »

pivotal wrote: post #20

Neat idea, although I think you need to make it a bit clearer what the product is on that page. I had to click a few times to get the executive summary. That being said, I'm a bit grumpy I didn't try to develop a similar idea I had a while ago.

A new homepage is coming. We'll try to make it clearer this time.

Re: We have a real-time API and we're not afraid to use it. Are you?

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Post by dmarinoc »

8ig8 wrote: post #27

So Ducksboard is free? Are there any details about future plans to charge for services? I hate signing up for services when there is no indication about the future.

It's free during the beta... and someday we'll start charging. There's nothing more I can say you now except:

- We are validating the pricing, and it will cost like any other SaaS (different plans segmented on features and affordable [monthly fee like 1-2 hours of typical salary outside SiliconValley :D]

- If you are in the Hackathon, we will forget to send you any invoice during some months ;)

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