Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups • Hacker News Board

Re: Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups

#51

Post by cabalamat » Thu, Mar 05, 2009, 8:51 AM UTC

My review:

1. the drag-and-drop add photos page http://divvyshot.com/event/F2z3/photo/add/ doesn't work, at least for me (Using Linux/KDE/Dolphin/Firefox)

2. the HTML alternative http://divvyshot.com/event/F2z3/photo/add/form/ only allows one photo to be uploaded at a time. I have 7 photos I'd like to upload, varying in size between 1.7 MB and 3.4 MB. I want to be able to tell it to upload the lot in one go, not have to go back to the site 7 times and do it.

3. there should be a command-line application to upload photos. This would only be 100 or so lines of Python. It should of course allow multiple photos to be uploaded at a time (see note 2 above).

4. I uploaded a photo -- http://divvyshot.com/event/hv4x/ -- and can't give it a name or title. I even created an account but that didn't seem to do anything useful.

Re: Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups

#52

Post by thepanister » Thu, Mar 05, 2009, 8:51 AM UTC

zhyder wrote: post #37

You call it an alpha... did you want TechCrunch to cover it so soon: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/04/y-combinators-divvyshot...

It's a great way to find early adopters and testers for the product!

Re: Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups

#53

Post by cabalamat » Thu, Mar 05, 2009, 8:54 AM UTC

Sam_Odio wrote: post #10

Hey guys, it's Sam (divvyshot's creator). The site's a piece of crap right now, but hopefully things will be better over the coming weeks. Release early and frequently, right? If you find any huge bugs email me: so / at / divvyshot / dot / com Features we've built and haven't yet launched include: - A Desktop client (PC & Mac) - Twitter, Flickr, & Facebook synchronization - Facebook application - An iPhone app (you c…

> A Desktop client (PC & Mac)

I don't use MS Windows or Mac for handling photos, so this is useless for me. for If you had a Linux client I would probably use your service. (Even a 100 line command line program would probably be good enough for what I want).

Re: Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups

#54

Post by cabalamat » Thu, Mar 05, 2009, 8:57 AM UTC

uuilly wrote: post #16

Your branding is at odds w/ your mission statement. High res photos speaks to pro-sumers. Party pics speaks to grainy iphone shots.

Why not store the photos at whatever resolution they were uploaded, and add options for lower-res viewing or downloads? That would provide them ost functionality for everyone.

Re: Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups

#55

Post by cabalamat » Thu, Mar 05, 2009, 8:58 AM UTC

cabalamat wrote: post #51

My review: 1. the drag-and-drop add photos page http://divvyshot.com/event/F2z3/photo/add/ doesn't work, at least for me (Using Linux/KDE/Dolphin/Firefox) 2. the HTML alternative http://divvyshot.com/event/F2z3/photo/add/form/ only allows one photo to be uploaded at a time. I have 7 photos I'd like to upload, varying in size between 1.7 MB and 3.4 MB. I want to be able to tell it to upload the lot in one go, not have…

Also, why the name? A divvy is an idiot -- http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=divvy -- I suspect this is not the image you want to portray

Re: Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups

#56

Post by terpua » Thu, Mar 05, 2009, 9:21 AM UTC

Not sure what you have for the Mac client but a suggestion: I can select an album in iPhoto (or event(s) or multiple selects) and then use either contextual menu or menubar app to upload photos. No need to drag and drop.

When I open iPhoto, that's usually the time I feel like sharing.

Re: Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups

#57

Post by pclark » Thu, Mar 05, 2009, 9:38 AM UTC

Turn your text into this:

  You and your friends went to a party.

  Where do you put the photos?

  Right here!

Note the lack of orphan words.

Re: Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups

#58

Post by freeman01 » Thu, Mar 05, 2009, 10:05 AM UTC

You guys should try out www.imagevat.com too

Re: Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups

#59

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Mar 05, 2009, 1:20 PM UTC

axod wrote: post #50

alabut wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly, I think it's a design issue. Interaction design, not visual design (the site's very pretty) because the answer to your question is right there on the home page, it's just nowhere near prominent enough to grab your attention in the 10 seconds you mentioned. "No account needed! It couldn't be easier! You can share photos with friends and family right now!" You can tell it's important because it's repeated aga…

I don't think picking a username and password is that big a hurdle for most people.

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Re: Divvyshot [YC W09]: Photo-sharing for groups

#60

Post by akirk » Thu, Mar 05, 2009, 3:38 PM UTC

axod wrote: post #50

alabut wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly, I think it's a design issue. Interaction design, not visual design (the site's very pretty) because the answer to your question is right there on the home page, it's just nowhere near prominent enough to grab your attention in the 10 seconds you mentioned. "No account needed! It couldn't be easier! You can share photos with friends and family right now!" You can tell it's important because it's repeated aga…

I don't think picking a username and password is that big a hurdle for most people.

I hate if I have to enter a username when I just want to quickly try what something is about.

I always try to build my apps so that you can use most of the functionality without an account. I think that should be the standard way to do it and not other way round.