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Show HN: My weekend project - Tool to manage all your social network settings

52 points by benjlang 15y ago

altryne1 15y ago
Was very fun working on it! If you guys have suggestions or questions you can find me (@altryne) or Ben (@benln) on twitter :)
icode 15y ago
My experience: 1) I click on "change profile picture" 2) I hover the options - that breaks the layout 3) I choose "change bio" 4) Im back at "change profile picture"
- altryne1 15y ago
  Which browser and OS?
  - icode 15y ago
    firefox nightly on debian
    - altryne1 15y ago
      dunno about layout, but the choices should work now, can you please try and lemme know?
      - icode 15y ago
        yes, the choices work now.
    - pud 15y ago
      At risk of being downvoted, I have to say how amusing (wonderful?) it is on Hacker News, when someone asks "Browser and OS?" in response to javascript/css bug, the answer is "firefox nightly on debian."
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czzarr 15y ago
pretty useful tool, I like the idea and implementation a lot! Weird behavior I found on mac os x/chrome 17: the arrows inside the squares dont do anything (not sure they're supposed to but in that case i'd just get rid of them)
- altryne1 15y ago
  Yeah a last minute bug that slipped by, fixed now :)
theDaveB 15y ago
On iPad, half of the left column is missing. Dave
tommi 15y ago
I like the UI but "Tool to manage" is bit far fetching for displaying links.
- benjlang 15y ago
  Totally understandable but the people who have been using this service say that it's been extremely useful and that it solves a need for them. That's essentially our goal.
  - tommi 15y ago
    Good goal and didn't mean to undermine the usefulness.
    - benjlang 15y ago
      Thanks, no problem at all.
cad 15y ago
What do you have at the back-end?
- altryne1 15y ago
  nothing :) 100% client side
  - dwwoelfel 15y ago
    This definitely has a backend. Something has to serve up the page.
    - altryne1 15y ago
      yeah, apache But I'm pretty sure he mean what server side code we have there, and there isn't any
itsprofitbaron 15y ago
Just a nit-pick but soon as I load the page I see the twitter icon with "Facebook" underneath it - http://i.imgur.com/tFBOe.jpg http://i.imgur.com/tFBOe.jpg Other than that, I like the implementation of it :)
- altryne1 15y ago
  Fixed, and thanx :)
dmils4 15y ago
I think it's useful - all of these sites fall into the social networking space, but they all have different ways of changing these things (and every site is changing them, at that). Next logical step is tapping into API's for settings API's have control over so you can streamline the settings update (obviously that will never be completely possible for usernames/passwords etc - but the more social apps and customizable settings out there the more of a pain point that will become).
ryen 15y ago
Wow pretty slick. Add more options to intuitively control all the FB privacy settings (I only see a few basics covered here) and I think this can really gain some traction.
bobzimuta 15y ago
Invalid option / site selection ends up with 'undefined in undefined' http://i.imgur.com/1INkZ.png http://i.imgur.com/1INkZ.png I did it just to see if Pinterest had a 'change design' option.
- altryne1 15y ago
  strange, firefox has problems with innerText Fixed now, thanx for feedback
nyellin 15y ago
Very cool, but the UI is a tad confusing. Perhaps make Pick to choose a little darker.
- benjlang 15y ago
  Great idea, thanks!
pixelcort 15y ago
It would be nice if these combinations had permalinks so they were bookmarkable. This way, if the service providers' change their underlying URLs, this site's permalinks could still be useful.

52 points by benjlang 15y ago

Was very fun working on it! If you guys have suggestions or questions you can find me (@altryne) or Ben (@benln) on twitter :)

icode 15y ago

My experience: 1) I click on "change profile picture" 2) I hover the options - that breaks the layout 3) I choose "change bio" 4) Im back at "change profile picture"

altryne1 15y ago
Which browser and OS?
- icode 15y ago
  firefox nightly on debian
  - altryne1 15y ago
    dunno about layout, but the choices should work now, can you please try and lemme know?
    - icode 15y ago
      yes, the choices work now.
  - pud 15y ago
    At risk of being downvoted, I have to say how amusing (wonderful?) it is on Hacker News, when someone asks "Browser and OS?" in response to javascript/css bug, the answer is "firefox nightly on debian."

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czzarr 15y ago

pretty useful tool, I like the idea and implementation a lot! Weird behavior I found on mac os x/chrome 17: the arrows inside the squares dont do anything (not sure they're supposed to but in that case i'd just get rid of them)

altryne1 15y ago
Yeah a last minute bug that slipped by, fixed now :)

theDaveB 15y ago

On iPad, half of the left column is missing. Dave

tommi 15y ago

I like the UI but "Tool to manage" is bit far fetching for displaying links.

benjlang 15y ago
Totally understandable but the people who have been using this service say that it's been extremely useful and that it solves a need for them. That's essentially our goal.
- tommi 15y ago
  Good goal and didn't mean to undermine the usefulness.
  - benjlang 15y ago
    Thanks, no problem at all.

cad 15y ago

What do you have at the back-end?

altryne1 15y ago
nothing :) 100% client side
- dwwoelfel 15y ago
  This definitely has a backend. Something has to serve up the page.
  - altryne1 15y ago
    yeah, apache But I'm pretty sure he mean what server side code we have there, and there isn't any

itsprofitbaron 15y ago

Just a nit-pick but soon as I load the page I see the twitter icon with "Facebook" underneath it - http://i.imgur.com/tFBOe.jpg http://i.imgur.com/tFBOe.jpg Other than that, I like the implementation of it :)

altryne1 15y ago
Fixed, and thanx :)

dmils4 15y ago

I think it's useful - all of these sites fall into the social networking space, but they all have different ways of changing these things (and every site is changing them, at that). Next logical step is tapping into API's for settings API's have control over so you can streamline the settings update (obviously that will never be completely possible for usernames/passwords etc - but the more social apps and customizable settings out there the more of a pain point that will become).

ryen 15y ago

Wow pretty slick. Add more options to intuitively control all the FB privacy settings (I only see a few basics covered here) and I think this can really gain some traction.

bobzimuta 15y ago

Invalid option / site selection ends up with 'undefined in undefined' http://i.imgur.com/1INkZ.png http://i.imgur.com/1INkZ.png I did it just to see if Pinterest had a 'change design' option.

altryne1 15y ago
strange, firefox has problems with innerText Fixed now, thanx for feedback

nyellin 15y ago

Very cool, but the UI is a tad confusing. Perhaps make Pick to choose a little darker.

benjlang 15y ago
Great idea, thanks!

pixelcort 15y ago

It would be nice if these combinations had permalinks so they were bookmarkable. This way, if the service providers' change their underlying URLs, this site's permalinks could still be useful.