The idea seems novel, but I can't bring myself to download the thing in the off chance I might want to upload photos but I'm nowhere near my computer, or any computer for that matter. Besides that, the page lacks any kind of "Download here" link. I'm sure I could find it on the app store, but I appreciate the added convenience.
"Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader
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Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader
#22This just very cool in a very nerdy sort of way. I kinda wish it was less gimmicky, on the other hand I assume bump uses the time stamps of the shake and the key down to figure out which two devices are trying to talk. I wonder what the threshold for collision is? Anyway, very cool and I could actually see a use for this, sending photos of whiteboards to colleagues that don't run Mac/have an iPhone. Would have to com…
How do you know what web page you are supposed to "surf to"?
Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader
#23If I have already selected the photos I want to upload on my phone why would I want to use another device to complete the process? NB: This is not trollfood and I am not a hater. I don't use an iphone so I may be missing something obvious.
This makes it easy to see what is on your iPhone on your computer.
It lets you authenticate without having to enter a username/password (less typing!) or having credential information already saved on that computer (which is a typical case if using someone else's computer.)
Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader
#24been using this since it hit its very early stage beta a few months ago ... all I can say is it is awesome ... truly wonderful when I need to pull a ton of pics off my phone
Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader
#25This just very cool in a very nerdy sort of way. I kinda wish it was less gimmicky, on the other hand I assume bump uses the time stamps of the shake and the key down to figure out which two devices are trying to talk. I wonder what the threshold for collision is? Anyway, very cool and I could actually see a use for this, sending photos of whiteboards to colleagues that don't run Mac/have an iPhone. Would have to com…
It's also using HTML5 browser location to narrow that tap down to a fairly small area. Pretty neat idea.
Yeah, that's true. I thought I wrote that as well but seems I erased it :) From experience, the accuracy on my browser location can be quite low, but I guess if you have (x,y,t) on both devices and a relatively large distance in the vector between bumpers it really doesn't matter.
Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader
#26Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader
#27This just very cool in a very nerdy sort of way. I kinda wish it was less gimmicky, on the other hand I assume bump uses the time stamps of the shake and the key down to figure out which two devices are trying to talk. I wonder what the threshold for collision is? Anyway, very cool and I could actually see a use for this, sending photos of whiteboards to colleagues that don't run Mac/have an iPhone. Would have to com…
How do you know what web page you are supposed to "surf to"?
I was thinking in the case I'm standing next to him and just want to give him the file (I just photographed a whiteboard, for example). There's a ton of different, valid ways to send that file, but this is certainly one.
Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader
#28Wow! Are you patenting this idea? I just thought of, like, one hundred uses for this same idea. So fast. Wow. Mind blown.
Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader
#29This is a gimmick. On the other hand the whole app is a workaround for the neutered iPhone communication stack. Uploading something to a server just to share it with someone standing near you is ridiculous.
This could be a good way to quickly upload multiple screenshots to the computer.
Yeah. It does work, and it doesn't seem like a bad thing. The problem is that instant upload reduces the functionality on Android by a ton.
Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader
#30Whoever designed this page: this is a clever idea, the ideal goal (I assume) is for it to be spread around ("hey, did you see this neat photo uploader thing?") in which case why doesn't it link me to the app for download? I don't have bump, I want to try this idea... so I have to work out what the site url is and then go and find the app myself. Why not a "don't have bump? download here!" link?
"Hey did you see this photo uploader? I was trying to work/study and this dumb guy/girl behind me kept whacking their keyboard with an iphone. I asked her if something was wrong with her computer and she replied 'No, I am banging my keyboard with my phone so I can upload photos to a website.'"