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Friendsheet - A better Facebook photo browser

13 points by zachallia 15y ago

edzme 15y ago
Looks sweet! Bookmarked.
clb22 15y ago
looks really cool!
sulemanali 15y ago
Zach did it again. Love the UI, so much faster to use than the Facebook newsfeed!
typeoh 15y ago
Love it.
arnorhs 15y ago
Looks really good, and it's a very nice way to view the photos. I like that you also implemented a way to like and comment on the photos. Very engaging and fun. I also like the design a lot. Doesn't Facebook have a policy against "alternative ways to view Facebook" type applications? Didn't I see a conversation on HN the other day about a guy who got blacklisted for life for making an ads free version of Facebook or something like that? Anyways, good job
- zachallia 15y ago
  thanks! definitely inspired by fb, but with some streamlined tweaks. I don't think facebook policy directly states that, it's more about not misleading users into thinking something is made by facebook. And definitely anything that circumvents ads is against policy.
rodion_89 15y ago
Screenshots? I don't have a Facebook account..
- zachallia 15y ago
  http://cl.ly/2I2Y062q000Q1w0e3z1P http://cl.ly/2I2Y062q000Q1w0e3z1P
est 15y ago
Can someone educated me why this is so "awesome"? the first problem I've found is that it has no indication or hint how to navigate prev/next in zoomed in mode.
- zachallia 15y ago
  right left arrows... and soon swipe on ipad I'll definitely add a tutorial / help section for ya
anirudhmaitra 15y ago
Looks really nice. Looks inspired by Pinterest I guess..
- zachallia 15y ago
  yes, pinterest combined with timeline
nchuhoai 15y ago
Shameless Plug: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3438290 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3438290 I did a Facebook photo browser too, just two weeks ago. Zach's is definitely much more polished and professional, but here are some features of mine. - It's single page app. All Ajax, no page reloads. HIstory supported. - Slightly more photos(users wall) - source is on Github: https://github.com/nambrot/Facebook-Photo-Browser https://github.com/nambrot/Facebook-Photo-Browser - accompanied by a blog post on architecture: http://nambrot.com/blog/4 http://nambrot.com/blog/4 The demo runs here: http://fbphotobrowser.herokuapp.com/ http://fbphotobrowser.herokuapp.com/ Deployed on Heroku, backend Node.js, frontend: Backbone Feedback is appreciated
- zachallia 15y ago
  pretty cool, i'll probably do some ajaxy page transitions at some point.. just hacked this together. Friendsheet is all html / JS.. hosted 100% on S3

13 points by zachallia 15y ago

edzme 15y ago

Looks sweet! Bookmarked.

clb22 15y ago

looks really cool!

sulemanali 15y ago

Zach did it again. Love the UI, so much faster to use than the Facebook newsfeed!

typeoh 15y ago

Love it.

arnorhs 15y ago

Looks really good, and it's a very nice way to view the photos. I like that you also implemented a way to like and comment on the photos. Very engaging and fun. I also like the design a lot. Doesn't Facebook have a policy against "alternative ways to view Facebook" type applications? Didn't I see a conversation on HN the other day about a guy who got blacklisted for life for making an ads free version of Facebook or something like that? Anyways, good job

zachallia 15y ago
thanks! definitely inspired by fb, but with some streamlined tweaks. I don't think facebook policy directly states that, it's more about not misleading users into thinking something is made by facebook. And definitely anything that circumvents ads is against policy.

rodion_89 15y ago

Screenshots? I don't have a Facebook account..

zachallia 15y ago
http://cl.ly/2I2Y062q000Q1w0e3z1P http://cl.ly/2I2Y062q000Q1w0e3z1P

est 15y ago

Can someone educated me why this is so "awesome"? the first problem I've found is that it has no indication or hint how to navigate prev/next in zoomed in mode.

zachallia 15y ago
right left arrows... and soon swipe on ipad I'll definitely add a tutorial / help section for ya

anirudhmaitra 15y ago

Looks really nice. Looks inspired by Pinterest I guess..

zachallia 15y ago
yes, pinterest combined with timeline

nchuhoai 15y ago

Shameless Plug: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3438290 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3438290 I did a Facebook photo browser too, just two weeks ago. Zach's is definitely much more polished and professional, but here are some features of mine. - It's single page app. All Ajax, no page reloads. HIstory supported. - Slightly more photos(users wall) - source is on Github: https://github.com/nambrot/Facebook-Photo-Browser https://github.com/nambrot/Facebook-Photo-Browser - accompanied by a blog post on architecture: http://nambrot.com/blog/4 http://nambrot.com/blog/4 The demo runs here: http://fbphotobrowser.herokuapp.com/ http://fbphotobrowser.herokuapp.com/ Deployed on Heroku, backend Node.js, frontend: Backbone Feedback is appreciated

zachallia 15y ago
pretty cool, i'll probably do some ajaxy page transitions at some point.. just hacked this together. Friendsheet is all html / JS.. hosted 100% on S3