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Thanks, we've got similar feedback previously, but decided to stick with the name as it was memorable. I do realize that this is something that could put people off though.
psh, who cares MongoDB has the full-blown Mongo in there and they're doing fine.
'MongoOut' would be fine
'MongOut' is not.
Awesome work! -- I've also built something that is, awkwardly, nearly exactly the same. Check out http://imgist.com
Another challenge was elegantly showing the UI elements without in any way distracting from the image -- I think by fading them out after a couple seconds of mouse inactivty, we accomplished that pretty well. Left/right keys are obviously the best way to do things, but we also wanted "point and click" users to get it right away as well, so we allowed for that in the UI. I think mongout's way of doing it is pretty elegant though, with the picture of the arrow keys.
Things I still intend to iron out are the ability to mix and match arbitrary subreddits and non-reddit sources, and an integration with facebook accounts.
This has been my main side project for the past year, and I'd love to chat about any and all aspects of it :)
Seriously, nice job, very cool.
It's probably worth noting that in other parts of the English speaking world, the word "mong" is derogatory and offensive. I'm not sure if "MongOut" is a derivative of MongoDB, but if you're aiming at a maintream global audience you might want to consider the sensitivities.
Thanks, we've got similar feedback previously, but decided to stick with the name as it was memorable. I do realize that this is something that could put people off though.
Yahoo pipes[2] turns the subreddit's top stories .json representation into an RSS feed, and then Twitterfeed[3] posts that RSS feed to a custom twitter account which I can then follow on Flipboard.
I got this setup from http://miguelrios.org/reddit-in-flipboard/ and a handy trick is to combine subreddits. So for example I have the 'SFW Porn Network' reddits all combined using the + e.g., /r/earthporn+cityporn+... etc.
Right, I'll just round up my suggestions and those I agreed with from other comments: - In portuguese, and I imagine a lot of other languages, "mongo" is a pretty nasty word. Think "retard", only worse. - Have this linked with your reddit account so you can up/down vote. Also, then you could, by default, show pics from the user's default subreddits. You should allow an user to add/remove subreddits to get pics from,…
Thanks for your feedback. - We didn't realise that mongo had such a negative connotation Portuguese - in british english it doesn't. We'll probably stick with it for the time being but change it if we offend people. - Yes, we really want to add in a way to select different subreddits. Not too sure about letting people sign in though but definitely a good idea. - We might go for non-obtrusive game mechanics, so the pr…
You mean other than just using reddit?
Well, all the "christians suck, athiest rule!" posts do give it a more hostile tone. I'm not aware of any other subreddits with what amounts to hate-speech being allowed on the front page. Yes, we, the rest of the world understand that the 'religious issue' in the US has become tied in with the 'political issue'. But (again speaking on behalf of the rest of the world) we just wish the US would grow the @@@@ up and ge…
I can't imagine using this over reddpics. Their tiled interface allows me to browse posts faster than the normal reddit interface. This in contrast feels slower than either, since you can only see a single image at a time.