Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Doomscroller.xyz

doomscroller.xyz

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

61–70 of 136 posts

Re: Doomscroller.xyz

#61

Post by numpad0 »

Max-q wrote: post #30
enderfusion wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The whole thing cost me a few hundred bucks to put together.

Is it legal to sell a device with radio in the US without FCC certification? In the EU it's illegal to sell without external certification if the product is a medical device, is made for children or contains a radio. Certification will typically cost you $5,000-$15,000 depending on which lab you use.

Modules like ESP32-WROOM, Seeed XIAO ESP32C3, and ES2810AA2 comes certified, re-certifications should not be needed(IANAL).

Re: Doomscroller.xyz

#63

Post by BossingAround »

janlukacs wrote: post #31
marcodiego wrote: post #10

I'd love if my cellphone had a lateral button like old portable radios had to adjust the volume but with the sole purpose of scrolling. Scrolling on the screen is annoying, my finger covers the content and I must be careful not to click something. I really can't believe I'm the only one desiring such a thing.

you're welcome: https://www.gsmarena.com/flashback_sony_ericsson_p910-news-5... lateral scroll wheel. awesome phone: https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/21/08/sony-ericsson-p9...

Oh man, these looked so awesome. I miss these phones sometimes. There was something cool about seeing what features different phones had. Nowadays, it's basically iOS vs Android, where both OSes do pretty much the same things, and it's all about the apps.

Re: Doomscroller.xyz

#64

Post by redbell »

enderfusion wrote: post #9
blfr wrote: post #3

Amazing. I'm glad you don't ship outside of the US 'cause I would be insanely tempted to buy this completely superfluous gadget. Love everything about it, from the idea and its negative utility to design and materials. Are there any details available? Dimensions, charging, etc? Actually, this can be used as a presentation clicker, right? There you go, business expense.

I looked at my site analytics and realized this is where it was coming from :-o I should turn on international shipment, but Stripe doesn't support auto calculate rates. CNC machined from aluminum. USB C. I did test it with powerpoint just now, works!

Are you the author?

I noticed you've been adding additional information in response to many comments, which led me to believe you might be the creator of this doomscroller. However, I didn't see any mention of you being the author.

Typically, on Hacker News, when the original poster is not the author and the author discovers that one of their works is trending, they promptly join the discussion, usually starting with "author here.."

This isn't a strict rule but more of a best practice or convention.

Anyway, excellent work!

Re: Doomscroller.xyz

#65

Post by mrexroad »

marcodiego wrote: post #10

I'd love if my cellphone had a lateral button like old portable radios had to adjust the volume but with the sole purpose of scrolling. Scrolling on the screen is annoying, my finger covers the content and I must be careful not to click something. I really can't believe I'm the only one desiring such a thing.

The Blackberry 7100t had a side scroll/job wheel like this along with a body narrower than other blackberries thanks to its 20 key qwerty-ish keyboard (2 characters per key). It still ranks as one of my favorite mobile devices. Great ergonomics paired with just enough web browsing capability to be helpful during emergencies; I would spend my morning Metro ride touch typing email drafts on it. It had its flaws of course, but the side jog wheel and narrow physical keyboard added up a “spark” of feeling like it was on to something.

Non sequitur: Another long forgotten device that still bounces into my thoughts every so often is the Psion REVO. 8MB RAM, 36MHz ARM processor, and full QWERTY keyboard that fit into your (back) pocket —- better paper specs than the hand-me-down 386sx I was using a few years before! One of these days I’ll dig though storage and see if I can resurrect it.

Re: Doomscroller.xyz

#67

Post by pier25 »

Honestly I've always wanted something like this for reading ebooks.

After many iterations (and neck injuries) I've found the best position for me is simply laying horizontally with a normal sleeping pillow. Then using a stand with an arm to hold the device at the perfect position/distance (I use progressive glasses).

Typically I only lift my arm to scroll to the next page. But sometimes I skim sections of technical books and keep my arm lifted to move quickly. Holding the arm up for 5-10 minutes becomes annoying.

Re: Doomscroller.xyz

#69

Post by enderfusion »

redbell wrote: post #64
enderfusion wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I looked at my site analytics and realized this is where it was coming from :-o I should turn on international shipment, but Stripe doesn't support auto calculate rates. CNC machined from aluminum. USB C. I did test it with powerpoint just now, works!

Are you the author? I noticed you've been adding additional information in response to many comments, which led me to believe you might be the creator of this doomscroller. However, I didn't see any mention of you being the author. Typically, on Hacker News, when the original poster is not the author and the author discovers that one of their works is trending, they promptly join the discussion, usually starting with…

Good to know, I'm new here!
Post reply on HN