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Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader

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Post by jrockway »

tomflack wrote: post #78
jrockway wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not just show a QR code on the screen and have the phone scan that. If it's been taking pictures, it can take one more :)

Because almost every single use of QR codes I've seen has been a terrible UX mistake. They're unwieldy, slow and annoying.

I've had the exact opposite experience. When I want to give my phone number to someone, Android's "share via barcode" functionality is the most reliable way to do so. The people who need my info simply scan the QR code on my screen, and they instantly have a fully-populated contact entry for me. It works better than having them manually enter the information, emailing them something, or using NFC or Bluetooth.

Similarly, if you're at a new computer and you want your phone to authenticate that computer, the computer just needs to display a QR code that your phone scans. The phone then authenticates to the service, sends the token in the QR code, and the computer you're at is trusted. Even easier than bumping.

Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader

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Post by hammock »

koeselitz wrote: post #128

What does this do? I know because I saw the headline here on HN, but if I went to the site without context, I'd have very little idea, and I'd have to do some detective work or deductive reasoning to find out. It's mostly obvious, but I think it'd really help to have a super-brief explanation of the function - like maybe instead of "Tap the spacebar with your phone," it could say "Tap the spacebar with your phone to…

What is the benefit of this vs just pressing "upload photos" button on the phone itself? Why do I have to find a computer?

I get the mobile-to-mobile bump application, but can someone illuminate me on this one.

Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader

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Post by tlear »

mistercow wrote: post #79
hackermom wrote: post #77

I like the idea a lot. It's brilliant. Regarding the removal of the app- and music sharing feature, I noticed that it was the number one complaint and reason for a 1-star review in the app store, and then I saw this on their website: Q. What happened to the music bumping feature? Listening to you and reviewing our usage data, it became clear that sharing music links wasn’t a great experience for you, our users. We ha…

It's more complicated than that though. A few months back when they removed those features, they used that spin to turn it into some free publicity that made it sound like they were unconventionally responding to their users. Now they're stuck with that lie, which I'm sure rubs a lot of people the wrong way, but I'll bet it was worth it just to have their name in some memorable headlines.

It is not a lie, they were not sharing actual music or apps just links. This led to a ton of confusion and bad reviews on old app. Personally I think it was a really good idea to cut those features out. They also made the app much simpler to use in the process.

Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader

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Post by mistercow »

tlear wrote: post #143
mistercow wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's more complicated than that though. A few months back when they removed those features, they used that spin to turn it into some free publicity that made it sound like they were unconventionally responding to their users. Now they're stuck with that lie, which I'm sure rubs a lot of people the wrong way, but I'll bet it was worth it just to have their name in some memorable headlines.

It is not a lie, they were not sharing actual music or apps just links. This led to a ton of confusion and bad reviews on old app. Personally I think it was a really good idea to cut those features out. They also made the app much simpler to use in the process.

Well, I did not really mean to take a stance on whether it was a lie or not. My point was that if it was a lie, it would not be so clear cut that it was a poor marketing decision.

Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader

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Post by kennywinker »

jrockway wrote: post #64
kennywinker wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I walk into a room full of computers... Windows, Linux, Mac, iPads, Android Tablets. I have a device in my hand that has photos I just took. In what world is transferring those photos to a specific other device in that room easy? Sure, I can set up MY home computer to automatically pull pics from my phone, but I want to put it on Bob from work's computer... or the boss' iPad. I would turn to email or dropbox before,…

I log into my Google+ account and all the pictures on my phone are magically there.

1. open google plus on bob-from-work's computer. 2. log out bob-from-work's account. 3. log in your account (type in username / password) 4. navigate to your recent photos (are they there yet? you just took them...) 5. download them yourself / wait while bob-from-work downloads them. This whole time bob-from-work can see all your other recent photos as well. 6. make sure you log out.

or:

1. open bump 2. go to the website on bob-from-work's computer 3. tap the photos you want to share 4. smack the spacebar with your phone.

Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader

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Post by recursive »

koeselitz wrote: post #128

What does this do? I know because I saw the headline here on HN, but if I went to the site without context, I'd have very little idea, and I'd have to do some detective work or deductive reasoning to find out. It's mostly obvious, but I think it'd really help to have a super-brief explanation of the function - like maybe instead of "Tap the spacebar with your phone," it could say "Tap the spacebar with your phone to…

It's amazing that I can't find any information on their site about what this does. Why would I need an app to hit my spacebar? I just use my thumbs for that, and it's working fine so far...

I say this as someone who did follow the link from HN, and I still can't figure it out.

Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader

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Post by sopooneo »

If I'm going to chance onto a page with a list of steps, it should be like:

(1) Do this

(2) Do that

And then this happens!

However, the ultra simple two step instruction set on this page is neither preceded nor followed by a statement of what outcome is meant to occur. I mean, I figured it out, but it should be dead clear without thinking.

Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader

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Post by mistercow »

dfc wrote: post #13
softbuilder wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You mean like chat or email?

You /msg or email people standing next to you?

I do. When sending a link for example, this is the path of least resistance. Yes, I could read it out and have the other person type it (which would take ten times as long). And yes, if I wanted to use bandwidth optimally, I would make a direct connection to their device and send it that way. But up to a certain length of data, the overhead of making that specialized connection outweighs any inefficiency of communicating through a middleman.

Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader

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Post by sopooneo »

83457 wrote: post #134
ebbv wrote: post #113

This isn't remotely brilliant. This seems completely unnecessary and gimmicky.

I'm just viewing this as a proof of concept. If this works for uploading photos then it could work for anything tieing a bump profile to a website. For example now people use facebook to login to various sites. What if you could just bump your phone on spacebar to login or signup for an account on any site which uses their api even if you have not visited that site before, and provide them with information you select…

Dang. Bump to login could be a killer. Good thought.

Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader

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Post by tomflack »

jonknee wrote: post #111
tomflack wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because almost every single use of QR codes I've seen has been a terrible UX mistake. They're unwieldy, slow and annoying.

And shaking your phone to whack your keyboard is great UX?

Yeah actually, it is. It's devilishly simple and has a physical action to represent the virtual action taking place.
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