Am I the only one who doesn't understand what this is about? The site doesn't give me much information.
"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
#92I've been getting this for a while:
> Uh oh!
> Sorry, there was an error connecting to the Bump service. Please try again later.
Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader
#93Why is the Bump Android app 2.74 megabytes large? That seems excessive. Huh, that doesn't seem to be a welcome comment. I'm not sure why. Bump doesn't strike me as an app that ought to require large media files. Does it contain any? If so, why? Is the binary itself that big? If so, why? Large dependencies? Either way, the size stopped me from checking it out: it takes up space on my device, it takes work to move it t…
could it be because they're using scala ?
Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader
#94I think this could be a cool hook to expand past photo uploads and be a full ios management tool. Give me a web interface to manage my bookmarks, sms messages, contacts, photos, notes, app third party data, etc.. - You could essentially create a web based ios/android manager. Something like http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/ but from the browser. Keep in mind, all of the above exists already. Its just the elegant me…
Cool logon method.
An insecure login method does not a cool one make.
Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader
#95I 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 actually not a lie! Both features were legal: they shared App Store or iTunes links to the relevant app or song. This disappointed those users wanting to share the actual app or song and thus weren't used very frequently :)
Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader
#96I don't get why this is a good idea (or how it works*). Anyone care to explain? Edit: I'm wondering how it works in a technical sense.
Accurate-enough (sub-second in my case) timing of events + physical proximity (both your browser and the app ask for your location) = a near guarantee that your browser session + your phone is a unique pair. It also asks for confirmation on both the phone and browser to pair the first time. There's no real chance of this being man-in-the-middled since you have to confirm on both devices. And they're being intelligent…
There's no real chance of this being man-in-the-middled
I'll need more convincing.
Once you've approved, they have a browser + app pair of cookies
Exactly what's keeping the cookie on the browser and the phone from being copied?
You must be leaving out some details. This doesn't strike me as "good as it gets."
Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader
#97Wonderful idea.
HORRIBLE APP:
Nasty and painfully slow custom UI, I sent a photo then it asked me to rate it 5 stars on the app store. Then I browsed to send another photo and it asked me again to rate it after dismissing that it asked me a 3rd time with a fancy graphical popup.
NO THANKS BUMP, deleted. Someone please feel free to implement this idea succinctly.
Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader
#98I 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.
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.
Not only are they playing fast and loose with insecure passing of private data, they also tell their users lies? Maybe deleting their app was the right choice for me.
Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader
#99Totally irrelevant, but if you click on the Bump logo, it changes the background image.
They need to fire their UI team.
Wasting time on dumb features like that when the mobile app UI and constant nagging is like dragging your nails over sandpaper.
Re: "Tap the spacebar with your phone." - Bump unveils new photo uploader
#100This 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.
>Uploading something to a server just to share it with someone standing near you is ridiculous. Not really. For one thing, it greatly simplifies security concerns for the user without compromising anything.
No, there is always a compromise in security and privacy as part of the price of convenience.