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Show HN: A Facebook app I made that maps your friends' locations.

3 points by samjohn 16y ago

mikerhoads 16y ago
I'd love to check this out, it sounds kind of cool but I never authorize apps that request " may post status messages, notes, photos, and videos to my Wall" It is just to vague for my tastes. Can you tell me when exactly the app would be posting things to my wall? Is there a way to opt out of that bit?
- samjohn 16y ago
  Hey, That permission is there because I have a share button- if you click it a popup will open where you can choose to post the app to your wall. You have a point though- I will see if I can split the permissions such that I only request wall posts after you choose the share option. EDIT: fixed, I took out the wall publishing permissions and the share button still works. Enjoy!
  - mikerhoads 16y ago
    Cool, thanks for the clarification. I checked it out and its pretty cool, It looks pretty complete as far as my friends list goes and definitely accurate. The one suggestion I'd make is to see what you can do as far as adding more to the location markers. Ideally, something that IDs my friends without requiring me to click would be best. Maybe incorporating tiny profile images, or names (maybe truncated). I know it could get crowded pretty quickly so it would be something to experiment with for sure.
    - samjohn 16y ago
      Hmm, I just switched from click to mouseover- I'm not sure if it's better or not. It makes it jump around a bit. I'll leave it up and let me know what you think. (p.s. thanks for the feedback!)
      - mikerhoads 16y ago
        Yeah, the jumping is definitely jarring. Are you able to reserve a space outside of the map that is dedicated to displaying friend thumbnails? You could update that section with new thumbnails when the mouse hovers over one of the nav markers. It would prevent the pop up/map position adjustment from being necessary.
RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
I've largely given up caring, but there will be people who notice ... > app I made that maps your friend's locations. This implies that your users only have one friend each, which might be true for some, but is unlikely for poeple who use Facebook, given the implicit defintiion of "Friend." It's irrelevant, but I thought you might like to know. And I haven't logged in becuase I don't use Facebook, so I guess I don't have any friends ...
- samjohn 16y ago
  Fixed! Good catch.

3 points by samjohn 16y ago

I'd love to check this out, it sounds kind of cool but I never authorize apps that request " may post status messages, notes, photos, and videos to my Wall" It is just to vague for my tastes. Can you tell me when exactly the app would be posting things to my wall? Is there a way to opt out of that bit?

samjohn 16y ago
Hey, That permission is there because I have a share button- if you click it a popup will open where you can choose to post the app to your wall. You have a point though- I will see if I can split the permissions such that I only request wall posts after you choose the share option. EDIT: fixed, I took out the wall publishing permissions and the share button still works. Enjoy!
- mikerhoads 16y ago
  Cool, thanks for the clarification. I checked it out and its pretty cool, It looks pretty complete as far as my friends list goes and definitely accurate. The one suggestion I'd make is to see what you can do as far as adding more to the location markers. Ideally, something that IDs my friends without requiring me to click would be best. Maybe incorporating tiny profile images, or names (maybe truncated). I know it could get crowded pretty quickly so it would be something to experiment with for sure.
  - samjohn 16y ago
    Hmm, I just switched from click to mouseover- I'm not sure if it's better or not. It makes it jump around a bit. I'll leave it up and let me know what you think. (p.s. thanks for the feedback!)
    - mikerhoads 16y ago
      Yeah, the jumping is definitely jarring. Are you able to reserve a space outside of the map that is dedicated to displaying friend thumbnails? You could update that section with new thumbnails when the mouse hovers over one of the nav markers. It would prevent the pop up/map position adjustment from being necessary.

RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago

I've largely given up caring, but there will be people who notice ... > app I made that maps your friend's locations. This implies that your users only have one friend each, which might be true for some, but is unlikely for poeple who use Facebook, given the implicit defintiion of "Friend." It's irrelevant, but I thought you might like to know. And I haven't logged in becuase I don't use Facebook, so I guess I don't have any friends ...

samjohn 16y ago
Fixed! Good catch.