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Re: Show HN: Poll – Voting done simply in real time

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Post by chacham15 »

1p1e1 wrote: post #14

Shameless plug: I recently needed a super simple, clean and fast way to create a poll. Since I didn't find anything to fulfill my requirements, I built my own - http://tally.tl/ And that's the poll question I wanted to ask: http://tally.tl/GQDy3

What about http://strawpoll.me/ ? Is there something that your site does differently than that one? Heres the same poll at strawpoll: http://strawpoll.me/2716564 so you can compare. This site is commonly used at twitch.tv so that the streamer can ask the viewers a question, all results update in real-time. I have seen thousands of people use it simultaneously with no problem.

Re: Show HN: Poll – Voting done simply in real time

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Post by olso4052 »

unclebunkers wrote: post #11

I like it, I made a similar one when playing with the javascript frameworks. However, outside of play, is Angular really the right choice here? 14kloc, for a poll? Seems rather excessive to me.

Thats a good point - looks like it's built on Rails too. Switch this to Node and React and it'll smoke. With Node it would also be super easy to use websockets and remove the need for Pusher too.

Not a big deal though - this is a really nice app. I just like talking about different frameworks and tools.

Re: Show HN: Poll – Voting done simply in real time

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Post by wanghq »

The interesting part is that a couple of similar services popped up in this thread and most of them are great but not well-known, so should we have a Hacker News Toolbox?

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8413016 Poll: http://poll.lab.io/dcla2GhYRr0lDLV7icEDMw

Re: Show HN: Poll – Voting done simply in real time

#34

Post by giaour »

chacham15 wrote: post #31
1p1e1 wrote: post #14

Shameless plug: I recently needed a super simple, clean and fast way to create a poll. Since I didn't find anything to fulfill my requirements, I built my own - http://tally.tl/ And that's the poll question I wanted to ask: http://tally.tl/GQDy3

What about http://strawpoll.me/ ? Is there something that your site does differently than that one? Heres the same poll at strawpoll: http://strawpoll.me/2716564 so you can compare. This site is commonly used at twitch.tv so that the streamer can ask the viewers a question, all results update in real-time. I have seen thousands of people use it simultaneously with no problem.

It's not perfect if you're worried about people voting more than once. We tried doing an office poll about something people held strong opinions about -- what video game to bring in for an office tournament -- and within twenty minutes, coworkers had rewritten ballot stuffing scripts in bash, PHP, and Python.

Not to mention that you can submit multiple votes by opening the page in an incognito window in Chrome.

Re: Show HN: Poll – Voting done simply in real time

#35

Post by RaptorJ »

chacham15 wrote: post #31
1p1e1 wrote: post #14

Shameless plug: I recently needed a super simple, clean and fast way to create a poll. Since I didn't find anything to fulfill my requirements, I built my own - http://tally.tl/ And that's the poll question I wanted to ask: http://tally.tl/GQDy3

What about http://strawpoll.me/ ? Is there something that your site does differently than that one? Heres the same poll at strawpoll: http://strawpoll.me/2716564 so you can compare. This site is commonly used at twitch.tv so that the streamer can ask the viewers a question, all results update in real-time. I have seen thousands of people use it simultaneously with no problem.

What I really need from straw poll is an option for better voting methods, if we're deciding between more than three choices for streaming we always need to use instant runoff to get an accurate measurement of what people want to watch. Something popular like Schultze voting (maybe implemented with sliders from one to ten instead of entering rank numbers; so it stays as idiot-proof as strawpoll.me)

Re: Show HN: Poll – Voting done simply in real time

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Post by unclebunkers »

olso4052 wrote: post #32
unclebunkers wrote: post #11

I like it, I made a similar one when playing with the javascript frameworks. However, outside of play, is Angular really the right choice here? 14kloc, for a poll? Seems rather excessive to me.

Thats a good point - looks like it's built on Rails too. Switch this to Node and React and it'll smoke. With Node it would also be super easy to use websockets and remove the need for Pusher too. Not a big deal though - this is a really nice app. I just like talking about different frameworks and tools.

I agree, it's pretty slick. But the size would prevent me from using it on any mobile focused site.

Re: Show HN: Poll – Voting done simply in real time

#38

Post by 1p1e1 »

chacham15 wrote: post #31
1p1e1 wrote: post #14

Shameless plug: I recently needed a super simple, clean and fast way to create a poll. Since I didn't find anything to fulfill my requirements, I built my own - http://tally.tl/ And that's the poll question I wanted to ask: http://tally.tl/GQDy3

What about http://strawpoll.me/ ? Is there something that your site does differently than that one? Heres the same poll at strawpoll: http://strawpoll.me/2716564 so you can compare. This site is commonly used at twitch.tv so that the streamer can ask the viewers a question, all results update in real-time. I have seen thousands of people use it simultaneously with no problem.

It's a good poll tool, but the 90s interface was a deal-breaker for me.

Re: Show HN: Poll – Voting done simply in real time

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Post by lackoftactics »

I am really missing the copy link feature for my results and poll. When I was on the poll voting page I was just looking for this button to copy it and was suprised there wasn't any, you just get to used to that type of thing. But that's just small detail. I like how simple the ui is. Good work!

Re: Show HN: Poll – Voting done simply in real time

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Post by NicoJuicy »

knes wrote: post #29
codecurve wrote: post #7

Seems the Pusher quota has been exceeded for the frameworks demo. Error : {"type":"WebSocketError","error":{"type":"PusherError","data":{"code":4004,"message":"Account over quota"}}}

Sylvain from Pusher here. I just up the app quota for the time being since it currently using our free plan. The app should work fine now.

Good PR. Didn't knew Pusher yet. Am i the only one?
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