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Re: Show HN: Ducksboard launched a new API and is giving away free subscriptions

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Post by aitorciki »

dclaysmith wrote: post #6
lamby wrote: post #3

Can you tell me why I should move from geckoboard? (Not being snarky, I am not very happy with Geckoboard)

I have played around with Geckoboard and I don't love it. I like the UI of Ducksboard more and am inclined to continue with it. My biggest wish of these services is that they would fluidly, and intelligently expand to utilize the full width of the screen they are on.

The widgets layout is one of the fields we're trying to improve next.

The UX guys are looking for a way to keep it user-friendly while allowing power users to have more control over the layout.

More news on this topic soon!

Re: Show HN: Ducksboard launched a new API and is giving away free subscriptions

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Post by dmarinoc »

Urgo wrote: post #13

Cool thanks! One suggestion though. The video on your home page. Allow full screen :) The full screen button didn't do anything and had to navigate to vimeo to watch it full screen. It convinced me to give the site a shot though.

Oooops... thanks for reporting this! :)

Re: Show HN: Ducksboard launched a new API and is giving away free subscriptions

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Post by ismarc »

We've been looking for a dashboard for our engineering group to get some better real-time visibility into the health of our systems (been weighing internal run and hosted solutions). That said, we have a massive amount of data coming in we'd like to track and I couldn't find anything about volume, data-rate or event-rate limits/pricing. However, part of the $29 plan info is obscured by the signup button, so it may just be hidden (Android device). On only a mildly related note, I only get a pleasant wood panel background on a dev account sand the demo on the same device, no menu, no widgets, nothing.

Re: Show HN: Ducksboard launched a new API and is giving away free subscriptions

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Post by Sukotto »

Where do I see my account details like account age, (non-)expiry date, data-rate (or other) restrictions for my tier, sales page describing what cool features I should pay the higher tier to get, etc?

I signed up with your special link and can't tell if I did it correctly, or if I simply have some trial time left from a previous signup. (I remember signing up for a trial the last time you hit the front page, submitting some bug reports via twitter, then getting distracted by real life and forgetting I had an account)

Re: Show HN: Ducksboard launched a new API and is giving away free subscriptions

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Post by dmarinoc »

Sukotto wrote: post #17

Where do I see my account details like account age, (non-)expiry date, data-rate (or other) restrictions for my tier, sales page describing what cool features I should pay the higher tier to get, etc? I signed up with your special link and can't tell if I did it correctly, or if I simply have some trial time left from a previous signup. (I remember signing up for a trial the last time you hit the front page, submitti…

Good point.

We currently have one paid plan without any restrictions, so there´s no much to show. If you are a "standard plan" user, you'll see a trial countdown notification at the top bar and your payment options at your account preferences. If you have a HN account, you won't see anything of this.

If you have specific doubts regarding to your account status, send us an email to contact_At_ducksboard.com

Re: Show HN: Ducksboard launched a new API and is giving away free subscriptions

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Post by aitorciki »

ismarc wrote: post #15

We've been looking for a dashboard for our engineering group to get some better real-time visibility into the health of our systems (been weighing internal run and hosted solutions). That said, we have a massive amount of data coming in we'd like to track and I couldn't find anything about volume, data-rate or event-rate limits/pricing. However, part of the $29 plan info is obscured by the signup button, so it may ju…

Depending on the Android version and browser you're using, the webapp won't work properly. It's working on Android 3 and 4 stock browser, as well as Chrome Beta. Some browsers on Android 2 are compatible as well, like Firefox beta last time I had a look. Let us know which is your setup and I'll be able to give you more insight.

As for the rate limiting, we don't limit at the moment. If you really have a lot of data you want to push, let us now first so we can take action if needed to increase our capacity. Until now no limiting has been needed, and some users have been pushing a lot of updates for some months now.

Re: Show HN: Ducksboard launched a new API and is giving away free subscriptions

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Post by aitorciki »

molsongolden wrote: post #16

Signed up and looking forward to getting things set up this evening but I didn't receive a confirmation email! Did I enter the wrong email address or do you not send them out?

We don't send email confirmation on signup. If you didn't see some error in bold red letters, you're set :)
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