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Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by m463 »

zhovner wrote: post #111
VoxPelli wrote: post #93

Is there any message from the Flipper Zero people that this is actually their device? It’s not mentioned on https://www.flipperdevices.com/ , neither on https://flipperzero.one/ or their Instagram? They have been plagued with peopling scamming people in their name before

Hi, Pavel Zhovner here, Flipper Devices CEO. Yes it's our product, but it's not ready for announcement yet, so we keep it secret. Right now, we are working on implementing Matter smart home protocol and will slightly change the product concept.

unrelated: how come you can't buy your device on amazon?

Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by m4r71n »

tofof wrote: post #178

The display is a resolution of 72x16, or 1152 px. I counted; there's a couple of frames as the first "busy" mention displays that the splashing animation lights the entire panel. For comparison, the Ulanzi TC001 mentioned throughout this thread is 32x8, for 256 pixels. I think if one was wanting to build something like this for themselves that just using a 7" ips display intended for rpi would work as well. With 1024…

Is the busy bar's 72x16 LED matrix for sale anywhere with the muted look that one could build something comparable?

Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by ndndjdjdn »

refulgentis wrote: post #199
ndndjdjdn wrote: post #196

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You have not said what the market is. Recording studios have a solution. And probably don't use pomedero. And the reason for the indicator I assume is to stop people barging in and stop people saying silly stuff thinking their off air so it needs to be inside and outside the room. So who is this device for again?

> You have not said what the market is. Hmm, you sure? I checked OP, it says "marketed for video conferencing" > Recording studios have a solution. Okay. > And probably don't use pomedero. *pomodoro > And the reason for the indicator I assume is to stop people barging in and stop people saying silly stuff thinking their off air so it needs to be inside and outside the room. Okay. > So who is this device for again? Vi…

For context, we are replying to a comment putting that marketing into question. Therefore the "RTFA" card is not in your deck to play. (I say with a tongue in cheek tone: no flamewar intended!)

In particular GP said:

> For colleagues, after the first month or so, everyone will pretty much find the best way to approach others. If you still need a device for that, then there’s a problem in communication that you need a persistent device all the time.

I think I agree. Back in 2003 my boss said "when my headset is on I am busy". He had to remind everyone a few times. But that worked.

Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by IshKebab »

poincaredisk wrote: post #173
zhovner wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi, Pavel Zhovner here, Flipper Devices CEO. Yes it's our product, but it's not ready for announcement yet, so we keep it secret. Right now, we are working on implementing Matter smart home protocol and will slightly change the product concept.

Side note to people reading this: in general, when suspecting a scam, don't blindly trust anyone who says "I'm ... and I confirm this is OK". This may be the same very person who you're suspecting of original scam ;). Not a theory, I have cases looks this every other week in my dayjob. In this case I believe the post is legit.

More important note to people reading this: use your brain. Is it likely that a scammer will create an extremely professional website and product, and then their scam is that ride the coat tails of another brand and try to keep that scam up with Hacker News comments?

(I think lots of HN people have issues with reality so just in case the answer is: absolutely not.)

Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by mxuribe »

Separate of the product itself...I have to compliment whoever designed the landing page! I'm not a UX/UI/page design expert, but here is what i experience:

* the page loads quick - without overlays, distractions, etc. the page gets to the point, and fast

* immediately i see a description of what the product is...this might sound funny, but tons of product sites lack this most basic thing!

* In addition, the very brief video at the top shows a human hand operating the product...so i know even more about its functions, or at least how to interact with product

* a call-to-action of "BUY" is present and impossible to miss, positioned right after/below the product intro/description

* as i scroll down, the experience is NOT janky...its a smooth scroll down the page

* scrolling down informs me more about the product, including its features, different angles of the physical product (to help denote the features), they even squeeze in that there are developer options - so i'm tipped off that its not only a consumer device, but that it can be integrated with other systems, expanded by devs, etc.!

* they include more product photos in order to show how the product may appear and/or be used in real life

* they even include photo and description of certain features - which serve almost as a very brief user guide, but again, i'm sure the intent is to show off the product's feature set

There probably are other great things about this page that i have not noted here...But, again, kudos to the person/team who designed this! I see many teams that are really intelligent, and might have great products/service, but they don;'t include half the elements present here. Because while i don't have interest in this product, damn, this an extremely compelling experience for their product! Cheers and kudos to all involved!!!!!!!

Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by Waterluvian »

This would take my $200 and just be another distraction of me trying to get $200 worth of value out of it.

I have a “Back in…” analog clock sign on my door. It was a dollar.

Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by frereubu »

vel0city wrote: post #106
frereubu wrote: post #51

This reminds me of my first job in London looking after the network of a recruitment agency. The consultants got headsets for the first time and one got so annoyed about being interrupted when on a call - because you couldn't tell when people were wearing headsets the whole time - that she taped a big bit of card to the top of her headset saying "ON A CALL" that she could flip up and down depending on whether she was…

Our old Plantronics phone headsets had a TRS jack which would connect to an optional status light. It would light up when the headset was on a call. https://www.headsetsdirect.com/product/poly-busy-light-strai...

Man, Plantronics. That brings back some memories!

Re: Busy Status Bar

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Post by deivid »

Nice product, I built a similar (but less flexible) system for an "ON AIR" sign that I have in my home office, as both my wife and I WFH, it is nice to have a visual indicator when one of us joins a call.

Software for Linux and Mac is here [0]. There's also an ESP32 for the sign, but that part is trivial (MQTT -> LED)

[0]: https://github.com/davidventura/on-air

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