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I plan to make an 'advanced' mode that will allow people to pass custom flags, select file formats etc, especially given the large initial interest. Right now t

I plan to make an 'advanced' mode that will allow people to pass custom flags, select file formats etc, especially given the large initial interest. Right now this was mostly a proof of concept and targeted towards nonsophisticated end users but if the project grows those things will definitely land in time, thanks for the suggestions.

TeMPOraL 7y ago
No problem & good luck. I'm definitely not a target user, but my mom is. The Electron aspect is a bit painful though manageable, but as long as she could literally download the .exe, and the basic functionality of the product was simple enough (click to open, paste URL, click to save; optionally click to specify some advanced option; no tracking or telemetry whatsoever), I'd happily install it for her. I already installed her a standalone console .exe + ffmpeg, but it's slightly too painful to use[0]. (If you ever happen to grow the project to the point of offering different languages, drop me a line, and I'll give you Polish language translations.) EDIT: Also consider auto-updates for your application; it would be best if it could update its youtube-dl dependency independently from the app itself. I don't like auto-updates too much (especially when they're forced), but as others point out, youtube-dl and YouTube are in a state of cold war; YouTube downloads tend to magically break every couple of weeks now, which requires users to update the youtube-dl script. -- [0] - https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/reitXJgJXFzKpdKyd/beware-trivial-inconveniences https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/reitXJgJXFzKpdKyd/beware-tri...
- mayeaux 7y ago
  Thanks for the input. Yep your mom would definitely be a target user but even for myself the app has been very useful, when you know you have a nice GUI to play with it reduces the cost of doing certain fun projects that require quick downloads so it is nifty for everyone to have in their backpocket, and yes the .dmg for OS X is ready and I'll have an .exe file out relatively soon too. Auto-update will definitely be a feature it's quite easy with the youtube-dl package I'm using.

TeMPOraL 7y ago

No problem & good luck. I'm definitely not a target user, but my mom is. The Electron aspect is a bit painful though manageable, but as long as she could literally download the .exe, and the basic functionality of the product was simple enough (click to open, paste URL, click to save; optionally click to specify some advanced option; no tracking or telemetry whatsoever), I'd happily install it for her. I already installed her a standalone console .exe + ffmpeg, but it's slightly too painful to use[0]. (If you ever happen to grow the project to the point of offering different languages, drop me a line, and I'll give you Polish language translations.) EDIT: Also consider auto-updates for your application; it would be best if it could update its youtube-dl dependency independently from the app itself. I don't like auto-updates too much (especially when they're forced), but as others point out, youtube-dl and YouTube are in a state of cold war; YouTube downloads tend to magically break every couple of weeks now, which requires users to update the youtube-dl script. -- [0] - https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/reitXJgJXFzKpdKyd/beware-trivial-inconveniences https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/reitXJgJXFzKpdKyd/beware-tri...

mayeaux 7y ago
Thanks for the input. Yep your mom would definitely be a target user but even for myself the app has been very useful, when you know you have a nice GUI to play with it reduces the cost of doing certain fun projects that require quick downloads so it is nifty for everyone to have in their backpocket, and yes the .dmg for OS X is ready and I'll have an .exe file out relatively soon too. Auto-update will definitely be a feature it's quite easy with the youtube-dl package I'm using.