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Re: Show HN: Github for recipes

#41

Post by rpledge » Sat, Jan 26, 2013, 5:02 PM UTC

I like it. You need to improve the editor (normal people won't understand markup, just have a text box for ingredients, another for directions and a list for images).

You also need tags so I can tag a recipe as 'Asian' or 'BBQ' to make it organizable.

Re: Show HN: Github for recipes

#42

Post by 6thSigma » Sat, Jan 26, 2013, 5:03 PM UTC

You should remove all of the pictures that do not show the food and replace all of the low quality pictures as well. When I went to your website the first thing i saw was a bunch of faces and non-appetizing looking onions. You want to make the food look amazing.

Re: Show HN: Github for recipes

#43

Post by cyriacthomas » Sat, Jan 26, 2013, 5:05 PM UTC

http://www.cucumbertown.com does this very well. Cleaner UI and seamless experience. Also has a lot of celebrity chefs onboard as users.

Re: Show HN: Github for recipes

#44

Post by dpick » Sat, Jan 26, 2013, 5:08 PM UTC

diegogomes wrote: post #31

User experience still needs a lot of improvement, but I love it. congratulations.

Thanks!

Re: Show HN: Github for recipes

#45

Post by benblodgett » Sat, Jan 26, 2013, 5:26 PM UTC

dpick wrote: post #11

orangethirty wrote: post #9

You need to hire a designer for this. Cooking/recipes/food markets are really visually driven. You also need to define what a fork is right on the landing page. A fork for a cook is not the same as a fork for a programmer. What you should have is a good header area that has the application work flow explained in graphics. Example: Alice liked Juan's recide for thai rice. She wanted to create her own version. Alice fo…

I totally agree, unfortunately I don't have money to pay one and finding someone to work with me for free hasn't been easy :(.

I'd be interested in working on it as well, email me if you can't find someone.

Re: Show HN: Github for recipes

#46

Post by thedufer » Sat, Jan 26, 2013, 5:45 PM UTC

Turing_Machine wrote: post #33

Very nice! I'd like to have the option (but not the requirement) to log in with oauth(2) from Facebook, Google, Twitter, etc. Your site will get a lot more traction if you implement that, I think. Most people (even non-techie folks) are suffering from account proliferation.

Actually, its been shown that the confusion of which account type to use is worse than the bonus of having options at signup. I forget who did the testing, but non-techies have trouble remembering which they used as well as understanding what it means to "sign in with..".

Re: Show HN: Github for recipes

#47

Post by webology » Sat, Jan 26, 2013, 5:59 PM UTC

[Forkinit](http://forkinit.com/) does a good job of this but hasn't been updated in a while. You might check them out for other ideas in this space. Looks like you have a great start.

Re: Show HN: Github for recipes

#48

Post by ntsh » Sat, Jan 26, 2013, 6:22 PM UTC

dpick wrote: post #10

Hey Guys, I'm the creator of Forking Recipes, I'll be happy to answer any questions you have and thanks for taking a look!

Great job. Maybe you could also use Foodspotting api to get awesome images of food.

Re: Show HN: Github for recipes

#49

Post by fosap » Sat, Jan 26, 2013, 6:48 PM UTC

I like it. It seems you are aiming at geeks. And I think geeks want a powerful search interface and this is why I haven't found a website i really like. I want to make queries like "Recipes with Tomatoes, Paprika but without meat of type soup" or "I only have Garlic, Paprika, bread, Cream, flour, and sugar, eggs and spices , what is the closest meaningful lunch? Not in natural language, but with a interface. Like a textarea for "what i have" "what i don't have/like", and "What kind of meal would it be" each.

Re: Show HN: Github for recipes

#50

Post by pbjorklund » Sat, Jan 26, 2013, 6:56 PM UTC

dpick wrote: post #10

Hey Guys, I'm the creator of Forking Recipes, I'll be happy to answer any questions you have and thanks for taking a look!

I would use it if you built in conversions for us that think in deciliters and not spoons or lb.

Ie a dropdown on the profile settings page.