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Hmm, the HN title is grossly misleading.. I wonder why?

by unop 8y ago

dang 8y ago
What is misleading, and what would be a better title?
- petters 8y ago
  It is an app exclusively for "Finnkino" cinemas. Most people would interpret "movie app"to be something broader than that.
- danmaz74 8y ago
  From the project Github page: "inKino - A cross platform movie and showtime browser for Finnkino cinemas, made with Flutter." "inKino - a showtime browser for Finnkino cinemas"
  - hdra 8y ago
    As someone who has never heard of Finnkino, I think the current title is easier to understand for most people.
- aepiepaey 8y ago
  Mainly "cross platform". Many people would interpret that as [desktop] platforms, e.g. Linux/Windows/Mac OS. Especially if you weren't previously aware of what Flutter is. Adding a "mobile" in there somewhere would be a significant improvement. In addition "movie app" is a bit underspecified. Maybe it's for managing movies? Editing them? Playing them? Especially when both confusions are combined, it can be easy to get the wrong idea of what the submission is.
  - pvinis 8y ago
    Yes but "app" is usually what you run on your phone, "application" is what you run on your computer, no?
    - aepiepaey 8y ago
      Back before the popularization of smart phones, it was not that uncommon to use "apps" as an abbreviation for [desktop] applications. Of course, "apps" is usually used to refer to [mobile] applications today, but it's still used in the other sense.
  - dang 8y ago
    Ok we can just take "cross platform" out of the title.
roughike 8y ago
There's only so much I could fit in the title, and I honestly didn't mean to mislead anyone. I can definitely see how it could be a little misleading now that you mentioned it. Sorry about that!
- gkya 8y ago
  Yeah I definitely thought this was sth. about making videos on mobile, but I don't think the title is purposefully trying to mislead anybody. Maybe titles should be allowed to have ~100-120 chars instead of 80, it's a bit too limiting.

Hmm, the HN title is grossly misleading.. I wonder why?

by unop 8y ago

Hmm, the HN title is grossly misleading.. I wonder why?

dang 8y ago

What is misleading, and what would be a better title?

petters 8y ago
It is an app exclusively for "Finnkino" cinemas. Most people would interpret "movie app"to be something broader than that.
danmaz74 8y ago
From the project Github page: "inKino - A cross platform movie and showtime browser for Finnkino cinemas, made with Flutter." "inKino - a showtime browser for Finnkino cinemas"
- hdra 8y ago
  As someone who has never heard of Finnkino, I think the current title is easier to understand for most people.
aepiepaey 8y ago
Mainly "cross platform". Many people would interpret that as [desktop] platforms, e.g. Linux/Windows/Mac OS. Especially if you weren't previously aware of what Flutter is. Adding a "mobile" in there somewhere would be a significant improvement. In addition "movie app" is a bit underspecified. Maybe it's for managing movies? Editing them? Playing them? Especially when both confusions are combined, it can be easy to get the wrong idea of what the submission is.
- pvinis 8y ago
  Yes but "app" is usually what you run on your phone, "application" is what you run on your computer, no?
  - aepiepaey 8y ago
    Back before the popularization of smart phones, it was not that uncommon to use "apps" as an abbreviation for [desktop] applications. Of course, "apps" is usually used to refer to [mobile] applications today, but it's still used in the other sense.
- dang 8y ago
  Ok we can just take "cross platform" out of the title.

roughike 8y ago

There's only so much I could fit in the title, and I honestly didn't mean to mislead anyone. I can definitely see how it could be a little misleading now that you mentioned it. Sorry about that!

gkya 8y ago
Yeah I definitely thought this was sth. about making videos on mobile, but I don't think the title is purposefully trying to mislead anybody. Maybe titles should be allowed to have ~100-120 chars instead of 80, it's a bit too limiting.