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Re: Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp

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Post by Brentley_11 »

ironkeith wrote: post #50

I opened up the page and just clicked "go"... seemed like a good place to start. I waited a few seconds and nothing happened. Then I noticed the little clock at the bottom ticking away. "Okay", I thought, "it's working..." but 30 seconds later it still hadn't done anything (HN effect?). I'd disable the "go" button on click, and move the clock so that it appear right next to it (instant feedback is nice). You can re-e…

It also seems to be making a web request every second that just returns: {"Results":[]}

Could the sudden popularity and the fact that this page is making a request every second without even hiting go mean that the site is essentially attacking itself?

Re: Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp

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Post by yellowbkpk »

It doesn't seem to be working for me. I click on the "Go" and nothing happens.

On second thought, I see the tiny little clock spinning ever so slowly in the corner. I suggest making that a whole lot bigger and more obvious if it routinely takes this long to generate any results.

Must be something to do with my proxy here at work: I'm not getting any results -- even after a couple minutes and tries in different browsers.

Re: Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp

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Post by op »

ironkeith wrote: post #50

I opened up the page and just clicked "go"... seemed like a good place to start. I waited a few seconds and nothing happened. Then I noticed the little clock at the bottom ticking away. "Okay", I thought, "it's working..." but 30 seconds later it still hadn't done anything (HN effect?). I'd disable the "go" button on click, and move the clock so that it appear right next to it (instant feedback is nice). You can re-e…

ironkeith, this most likely is a HN effect (luckily? :) The webapp has been developed with performance in mind, however I've already noticed some glitches to fix.

Re: Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp

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Post by op »

pierrefar wrote: post #3

Good stuff. Had a quick play and definitely would use it to brainstorm ideas. One really horrible usability point: when I enter a custom pattern on the right, I can't click enter to submit the form, but instead I have to go across the screen, up, and click the small Go button. Either do it live with AJAX or just add a proper form to refresh the page.

Good point! Thanks for the suggestion, i will fix that.

Re: Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp

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Post by misterbwong »

ironkeith wrote: post #50

I opened up the page and just clicked "go"... seemed like a good place to start. I waited a few seconds and nothing happened. Then I noticed the little clock at the bottom ticking away. "Okay", I thought, "it's working..." but 30 seconds later it still hadn't done anything (HN effect?). I'd disable the "go" button on click, and move the clock so that it appear right next to it (instant feedback is nice). You can re-e…

I'm having the same problem in both Firefox and Safari. A better waiting signal would cut down on the frustration of trying to figure out if it's working or just broken. It seems to be doing this for the english-only word searches. If you combine english with any other language, the process speeds up dramatically.

Re: Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp

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Post by op »

nwjsmith wrote: post #28

The 'Pattern' option on the side of the page is confusing. When you type in a pattern, it isn't apparent that you should click the 'Go' button at the top left of the page. Furthermore, when you type in a pattern and click 'Go', the default is to produce random Wordoids, not Wordoids containing the pattern. The pagination at the bottom of the list doesn't give any indication of how many Wordoids were generated, which…

Well, it appears that the sidebar is confusing and non user-friendly. I will work on this more.
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