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Re: Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later

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Post by neogodless »

AwkwardPanda wrote: post #2

Hi HN, I posted the first version of OnlyRecipe here about four years ago [1], and the response was incredible. The feedback in that thread shaped a lot of what I wanted to build next. That initial momentum proved that the core problem (ads, life stories, and clutter on recipe blogs) needed a solution. Progress since then has been slower than I hoped — I had some health issues and was building on and off — but I kept…

Constructive feedback on current state:

- many recipe sites let you check/uncheck things you want to print. I'd love to print just [ name, ingredients, instructions ] without [ photo, metadata/servings/nutrition/etc. ]. I much prefer one page recipes to two pages.

- on desktop, some text-break like "6 servings" breaks to 2 lines

Re: Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later

#22

Post by AwkwardPanda »

neogodless wrote: post #21
AwkwardPanda wrote: post #2

Hi HN, I posted the first version of OnlyRecipe here about four years ago [1], and the response was incredible. The feedback in that thread shaped a lot of what I wanted to build next. That initial momentum proved that the core problem (ads, life stories, and clutter on recipe blogs) needed a solution. Progress since then has been slower than I hoped — I had some health issues and was building on and off — but I kept…

Constructive feedback on current state: - many recipe sites let you check/uncheck things you want to print. I'd love to print just [ name, ingredients, instructions ] without [ photo, metadata/servings/nutrition/etc. ]. I much prefer one page recipes to two pages. - on desktop, some text-break like "6 servings" breaks to 2 lines

Thank you for the feedback. Appreciate it. I have made a note of this. I will fix it in next release.

Re: Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later

#23

Post by AwkwardPanda »

bflesch wrote: post #14

The animations are laggy and the transitions make the website slow.

Can you also tell me which browser and/or version you are using? I'll check it.

I have actually added same transition as mobile apps. But there shouldn't be lags ideally. I'll have a look.

Re: Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later

#24

Post by ianlevesque »

AwkwardPanda wrote: post #20
CraftThatBlock wrote: post #16

The app looks very nice. Small suggestions: Show the price of the premium plan when not logged in. Many users may not entertain an app depending on the price, and logging in shouldn't be needed to see it. Also the ability to halve recipes would be great, sometimes you just want to make less.

Thanks. Yes, makes total sense. Will make these changes and release soon.

Four years soon?

Re: Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later

#25

Post by jpalmer »

This looks great. Something I'd like to see in a recipe app is scale is not only reflected in the ingredients list but also in the directions.

The linked recipe is a great example. The 1/2 teaspoon in step 1 is never modified regardless of the scale of the recipe.

Also scale should go below 1 (like .5).

Re: Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later

#26

Post by AwkwardPanda »

jpalmer wrote: post #25

This looks great. Something I'd like to see in a recipe app is scale is not only reflected in the ingredients list but also in the directions. The linked recipe is a great example. The 1/2 teaspoon in step 1 is never modified regardless of the scale of the recipe. Also scale should go below 1 (like .5).

Noted this. Thank you.

Re: Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later

#27

Post by mattcantstop »

It's great to see other people working on this. It's a problem that needs solving, and you've solved it in a meaningful way. I have been building https://spoonme.kitchen/ for a couple of years now (but with a different focus) to help solve this problem and a few others that are meaningful to me.

One aspect that I've been really wrestling with is how can we make the end user experience of seeing a recipe better, while still providing meaningful income to the recipe creators who labor so much to share their stuff with us. I'd be interested in your thoughts on this. That to me would be the very meaningful, positive change: that end users get a better experience, and creators get paid. That's been my overarching goal and motivation.

Re: Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later

#28

Post by wjrb »

Congratulations on the work.

Some nits/notes:

- Browser history seems to go in a circle (at least in Chrome); try use the browser's native "back" arrow a few times after clicking through the link you shared from HN.

- Transition animations and element "load-in" animations make the whole thing feel slow and hard to use. As it is, I'm frustrated trying to look through recipes or moving through pages.

Re: Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later

#29

Post by AwkwardPanda »

wjrb wrote: post #28

Congratulations on the work. Some nits/notes: - Browser history seems to go in a circle (at least in Chrome); try use the browser's native "back" arrow a few times after clicking through the link you shared from HN. - Transition animations and element "load-in" animations make the whole thing feel slow and hard to use. As it is, I'm frustrated trying to look through recipes or moving through pages.

Thank you.

You have confirmed the two issues that others are also facing.

I'll definitely look into this

Re: Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later

#30

Post by sdqali »

bmelton wrote: post #18
xiconfjs wrote: post #9

Doesn't seem to work for this blog: https://foodwishes.blogspot.com/2016/03/tartiflette-french-p...

I assume that (like most recipe apps out there) he's just trying to parse the json Recipe schema when it is attached. Most blogs attach them because it helps Google get them indexed. Chef John doesn't

Ironic, considering that FoodWishes has been on Blogspot forever. Blogspot (Google) could auto-generate it on the fly.
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