This website design is baffling on mobile. It is so difficult to see what is going on.
Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names
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Re: Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names
#62To the people complaining about this being an app instead of a tool in a browser: This is a Show HN and someone made something for free and shared it. Maybe they just wanted to play around with Electron, they don't owe you anything.
To me the ultimate key to avoiding superfluous comments like the ones you refer to, and resulting ones like yours, would be to add a tag into the subject line when presenting Software, like [Electron]. That would also be helpful for other categories, like [subscription], [ClosedSource], etc..
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#63Mental note (after reading tons of Show HN), if I ever release an Electron app, the submission title must be preemptive and include the phrase "I don't care about your whines, if you want a native app you're free to start writing it right now, meanwhile this exists at all thanks to Electron, not despite of it" suffix!
Re: Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names
#64- How do we know the search results are not hijacked/registered ?
- How do we know the queries are not sold as a database ?
- How do we know if and/or what third parties are involved ?
- Which jurisdiction are we talking about? ( Does GDPR apply? )
Re: Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names
#65Is this another electron app? Why? This is 100% doable in the browser and has been done before with other sites. Why do I need to spend 300MiB of ram to search for domain names? Sorry to sound negative, it's just... the electron fad is getting really old.
I could be wrong but just firing up a modern web browser is going to use more ram than that. Theoretically if you shut down the browser and opened the app you would be using less ram? Personably would not be worried about ram on a modern device and electron apps run on most OS’s so a good choice overall.
Re: Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names
#66"TLDs", not "extensions". I wince when I see the latter, similar (but not the same) as when people say "backslash" when referring to ordinary solidus. The great domainsfortherestofus.com used to exist, but seems to have gone offline in the last couple of months.
Thanks, I didn't notice the different between "extensions" vs "LTDs". I'll update it I used namemesh.com sometimes, it's gone offline for some time as well
("TLD", not "LTD"; there's a few instances on your front page.)
Re: Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names
#67Nice idea.
But no, I don't want a bunch of unnecessarily, rarely used apps on my device. I don't download apps to do a single, simple action.
That's what web sites and web apps are for.
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
Mm yes the old "criticism isn't valid unless it's positive" approach.
No, you're simply not the target market, which is the reason why your criticism is discounted. The target market appears to be people who want an app that will still work if OP decides at some point he no longer wants to build/operate the service. They can still fire up the electron app. It's a valid choice that you needn't agree with.
eh, the idea is cool.
but I'm not downloading an application just for a simple use case that a website could take care of.
(Otherwise I'd have a bunch of unnecessary apps I use rarely or not at all after the first one or few times. This is what happened with phone apps-- the phone app market got saturated and people rapidly stopped caring about phone apps).
Instead, I'd add your "Look up domain name" website's link to a document I have on resources for marketing-- a document that includes links to business name generators.
But an app? Nah. That's overkill: Your app does not need access to my computer. I'll find an alternative (hosted online) and use it instead.
Re: Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names
#69Before anyone makes another comment about how and why this should be a webapp…. The author has answered and stated multiple time here that the reason he made this a local app is because if the website that the tool is hosted on is down or gone, then you are dead out of water. That’s why he made a local tool. And no, the tool does not still rely on some application/webserver. He has stated that it only requires reachi…
No need to make a separate comment thread about other the results of other threads. If the other threads have been truly resolved then there are already comment chains to read. On the other hand if they were not actually resolved then all of the discussion is now split and duplicated.
Regarding availability what exactly about making a web app restricts you from offering a downloadable copy?
Regardless it looks like a web version is now on the roadmap according to the site.
Re: Show HN: Ishim – find available one-word domain names
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not using it offline, definitely need the internet. What I meant was, you don't have to worry if the tool you're using suddenly disappears.
I have no idea how people aren’t getting this. People, if the website that the tool is hosted on is down or gone, then you are dead out of water. That’s why he made a local tool. Get it?
Yes, though electron still isn't required.