Show HN: Put “GIF” in front of any YouTube URL and hit enter • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Put “GIF” in front of any YouTube URL and hit enter

#61

Post by floodcow » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 12:45 AM UTC

This is great! Reddit/4chan and what not is gonna abuse the service.

:)

Re: Show HN: Put “GIF” in front of any YouTube URL and hit enter

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Post by ada1981 » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 12:49 AM UTC

enraged_camel wrote: post #24

RoryGlyphic wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Plan was to get a different domain (suggestions?) and fwd it but still have the GYT functionality I'm not 100% sure if youtube minds. Someone from youtube actually put it on one of their videos (a button for it), and then said youtube community department were having fun and spreading it around We don't use a 3rd party queueing software ^_^.

>>suggestions? Maybe giftube.com or yougif.com? I'd register those but keep what you currently have for now. Being able to say "put the word gif in front of any youtube url" is just great for user experience.

I'd keep the URL functional as a redirect but change the brand...

We will give you a free premium listing on BootName.com if you want community support to find a name.

Re: Show HN: Put “GIF” in front of any YouTube URL and hit enter

#63

Post by mkoryak » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 12:51 AM UTC

always feel a bit weird when I view the source and find things like this:

/watch?v=QgaTQ5-XfMM

how does one go about deciding to use such markup?

Re: Show HN: Put “GIF” in front of any YouTube URL and hit enter

#64

Post by dpweb » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 1:00 AM UTC

In case typing "gif" is too much work for you. A Chrome extension.. http://goo.gl/BnRKuN

Re: Show HN: Put “GIF” in front of any YouTube URL and hit enter

#65

Post by RoryGlyphic » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 1:01 AM UTC

mkoryak wrote: post #63

always feel a bit weird when I view the source and find things like this: /watch?v=QgaTQ5-XfMM how does one go about deciding to use such markup?

ahahah we kind of just hacked this together for fun. Legacy code, snippets, and just being silly :#

Re: Show HN: Put “GIF” in front of any YouTube URL and hit enter

#66

Post by tim333 » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 1:01 AM UTC

RoryGlyphic wrote: post #39

mesozoic wrote: post #33

I love it. You should probably get another domain though for the imminent C&D

Definitely :3. Any suggestions?

giferizer.com? gif.info?

Re: Show HN: Put “GIF” in front of any YouTube URL and hit enter

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Post by RoryGlyphic » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 1:02 AM UTC

yabatopia wrote: post #60

RoryGlyphic wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Definitely :3. Any suggestions?

I wanted to suggest gifyoutu.be, but I guess you've got it already.

ahahah ;). One of our friends actually got it for a $1 from one of his friends ahahhaha.

Re: Show HN: Put “GIF” in front of any YouTube URL and hit enter

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Post by RoryGlyphic » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 1:03 AM UTC

cjrd wrote: post #58

Excellent job! I love url hacking =). I still frequently type "repeat" after "youtube" in order to loop songs, but I probably wouldn't bother to cut and paste the url into a third party site.

One of the inspirations :')

Re: Show HN: Put “GIF” in front of any YouTube URL and hit enter

#69

Post by RoryGlyphic » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 1:03 AM UTC

dpweb wrote: post #64

In case typing "gif" is too much work for you. A Chrome extension.. http://goo.gl/BnRKuN

Haven't downloaded yet, but can't wait to!

Re: Show HN: Put “GIF” in front of any YouTube URL and hit enter

#70

Post by RoryGlyphic » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 1:03 AM UTC

scrollaway wrote: post #57

Are you willing to add a way to easily export to Mediacrush ( https://mediacru.sh )? Would be super useful.

Yes definitely. I think the founder of Mediacru.sh posted below - will email him in the coming days :D