Show HN: Never wait for Paypal again

#1

Post by abuella » Mon, Jan 07, 2013, 11:52 AM UTC

Show HN: Never wait for Paypal again
slowpal.com

Re: Show HN: Never wait for Paypal again

#2

Post by gabemart » Mon, Jan 07, 2013, 1:17 PM UTC

My first thought was to do with the name - is 'SlowPal' at all at risk for trademark infringement?

Re: Show HN: Never wait for Paypal again

#3

Post by x03 » Mon, Jan 07, 2013, 1:17 PM UTC

It looks great and all that, but wouldn't 'FastPal' have made for a better name?

Re: Show HN: Never wait for Paypal again

#4

Post by rolleiflex » Mon, Jan 07, 2013, 1:18 PM UTC

Nice idea. Your logo is a lawsuit waiting to happen, though.

Re: Show HN: Never wait for Paypal again

#5

Post by mblake » Mon, Jan 07, 2013, 1:24 PM UTC

rolleiflex wrote: post #4

Nice idea. Your logo is a lawsuit waiting to happen, though.

Agreed. Change the colors at least. Colors + the fact that he italicized the logo make it way too similar to PayPal's logo. Really not a good move.

Re: Show HN: Never wait for Paypal again

#6

Post by muratmutlu » Mon, Jan 07, 2013, 1:26 PM UTC

x03 wrote: post #3

It looks great and all that, but wouldn't 'FastPal' have made for a better name?

That's what I was thinking

Re: Show HN: Never wait for Paypal again

#7

Post by tobydeh » Mon, Jan 07, 2013, 1:31 PM UTC

I've been using this for a while, the graphing is a bit limited but has loads of potential!

Re: Show HN: Never wait for Paypal again

#8

Post by wodow » Mon, Jan 07, 2013, 1:35 PM UTC

x03 wrote: post #3

It looks great and all that, but wouldn't 'FastPal' have made for a better name?

fastpal.com isn't available, but fasterpal.com is.

Re: Show HN: Never wait for Paypal again

#9

Post by citricsquid » Mon, Jan 07, 2013, 1:35 PM UTC

This is a great idea (and I know of people that would love this) but I can't any information on your privacy controls. Doesn't this potentially break data protection laws if a company imports their users payment data and you're not protecting it properly?

Re: Show HN: Never wait for Paypal again

#10

Post by yuchi » Mon, Jan 07, 2013, 1:41 PM UTC

In the screenshot tagline:

    "useR one or more..." --> "use one or more..."

And they should remove this (it breaks at a lot of mid widths):

    .navbar-fixed-top .container, .navbar-fixed-bottom .container {
      width: 1170px;
    }