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Re: Show HN: We made an addictive way to browse pictures on reddit

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Post by nc »

leoedin wrote: post #117
MengYuanLong wrote: post #116

Very enjoyable. Feature Requests: 1. Preload next image? My connection sucks so pre-loading would be extremely valuable. 2. I would also love to see the top comment for each photo. Though, I suppose that may make it less addicting and cause traffic to bleed back to Reddit. Great work ^_^

Preloading please! Time spent watching a little arrow twirl stops it being worth using for me.

We just added preloading for the next image, sometimes you hit one which takes a while - it's faster than before though!

Re: Show HN: We made an addictive way to browse pictures on reddit

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Post by pwf »

JonnieCache wrote: post #122
dotBen wrote: post #7

It's probably worth noting that in other parts of the English speaking world, the word "mong" is derogatory and offensive. I'm not sure if "MongOut" is a derivative of MongoDB, but if you're aiming at a maintream global audience you might want to consider the sensitivities.

In UK slang, to "mong out" is to relax on a sofa in a state of immobility, generally after overenthusiastic herbal indulgence. It may be related to the insult against those with downs syndrome, but people aren't thinking about that when they say it. They're thinking about lying on their bed with a laptop having just woken up at lunchtime, browsing through funny pictures using only the arrow keys.

"Mong out with your bong out"?

Re: Show HN: We made an addictive way to browse pictures on reddit

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Post by brightghost »

thebdmethod wrote: post #105

I'm surprised you aren't getting more love on this one. I've already added the site to my bookmarks bar. I love reddit primarily for the images. Usually my browsing of reddit is done like this. 1. Click homepage. 2. Determine which links are images. 3. Click image link 4. Chuckle, or shrug 5. Two finger swipe back on my trackpad on lion 6. Scroll 7. Repeat 2 - 6 Now its 1. Go to Mongout 2. Click right 3. Repeat 2 ...…

I think the progress bar is the most brilliant part of this whole thing. I don't read reddit, not because I don't think I would find it interesting but simply because I know it would suck so much time that I stay away. I did the same as the above poster and found the progress bar a really great and satisfying way to limit my time on the site (interesting that most sites have been pursuing the opposite goal in recent years).

I'm one of those that thinks 'gamification' is generally a bad philosophy, but to the extent that this partitioning into discrete consumption units could be called that I think it really works and adds a lot of value to the experience. My only problem with the site is that there's no clear indication anywhere that reddit is where the content is being pulled from, and it took me a bit to figure out how to get to the original page — maybe clicking the image could bring up the reddit panel from the bottom as well, but with some content-swapping to insert the full-size image into the reddit page above the comments?

Re: Show HN: We made an addictive way to browse pictures on reddit

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Post by surement »

untog wrote: post #25
ceol wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> - In portuguese, and I imagine a lot of other languages, "mongo" is a pretty nasty word. Think "retard", only worse. Were they going for "mongo" when they called it "mongout"?

No, I don't think so. I've heard the phrase "to mong out" before. But still, the word is in the URL. Just like how Expert's exchange didn't mean to create a reference to gender reassignment with expertsexchange.com.

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