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Show HN: Flutter HP Redesign + Play/Pause Spotify, WMP via Gesture on Windows7
- switz 14y agoI wish Flutter would just turn music off when I walked away from the computer and on when I get back. I always forget to turn it back on when I get back, plus it would be nice to not worry about turning it off.
- mehuln 14y agoWe just redesigned our Home Page & launched Windows (7) version of our app to join the mac version. Yes, we are aware that everyone wants to a new gesture. It is being tested right now and will be available soon. In the meantime, please send us your feedback on HP as well as Windows App. Thanks in advance from FlutterTeam.
- andrewpi 14y agoI'm on a Mac and the download button on the new site doesn't appear to do anything.
- gsundeep 14y agoIf you have a browser plugin that blocks mixpanel it doesn't work. This will be fixed asap.
- mehuln 14y agoIt should've launched Mac App Store for you as we're available there now: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flutter/id522248613?mt=12 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flutter/id522248613?mt=12 Let us know if it doesn't work for you!
- citricsquid 14y agoDesign feedback: some indication that we should scroll down, I didn't notice at first and thought the download button was the main point.
- mehuln 14y agoThank you - great point. Please keep sending all your feedback!
- brackin 14y agoI had to uninstall Flutter because it opened on install and I couldn't find a way to delete it. I don't have a problem with pausing Spotify because I have play, pause and skip keys on my Mac and I just hate having my webcam on, I know it's not recording or going to the cloud but on the few occasions I tried to put my hand up to pause and play it wasn't fast enough to fit into my workflow. I see where this can be useful in the entreprise and other areas and as the technology develops it will be important though.
- mehuln 14y agoThanks for the kind feedback. We have changed it so that on Mac it launch on start is optional. You can also turn it off from top menu bar icon if you have older version. If you have really old version, then download the latest as it is much improved in terms of false positives! We hope you give us a try after we add few more gestures!
- brackin 14y agoI have the version from when it was first on HN a while back. I will definitely try it out when you have more gestures :).
- james4k 14y agoWhat kind of implications on battery life does this have? As in, constantly running the webcam.
- mehuln 14y agoJames. You can easily turn it off thru menu bar icon when not using it. In our tests it results on ~10-20% additional drain. We hope to make utility high enough so that it doesn't matter.
- alttab 14y agoReally curious: what problem are you solving besides "pausing music when you have many windows open" that would justify saying it is high utility? Pausing music is a moot point if you use a Mac and iTunes. Speech recognition built into the os can do this. "can't reach" is such a first world problem that building an application for it is laughable. Am I missing something?
- mehuln 14y ago@alttab - thanks for your view point. We meant to say that we will add enough utility overtime. Interestingly enough 80% of our downloads are also non-us so may be it is a wide spread problem. Thx!
- alttab 14y agoWhat is your revenue model? I'm not the best guy to value your services as I use bash, vi, and Grep for everything. I understand the love for technology but the amount of time spent building this app seems a little silly considering it is as far from solving world hunger as one could get.
- xmmx 14y agoIf your laptop is far away enough to need this app, I think it's a reasonable assumption that it's plugged in (or else you could just bring it next to you and use the media buttons or space bar to pause the music).
- sim0n 14y agoHave the gesture algorithms changed much at all since the initial HN release? I had to uninstall it as it kept mistaking me touching my face/etc as holding my hand to the camera.
- mehuln 14y agoYes, we've done quite a bit of work since the initial launch just on that. It should be WAY better. Please try and let us know.
- Zaheer 14y agoVery unique HP and nice redesign! Personally I would add a little more space between the sections if the page. Just feels a little cramped to me.
- seunghomattyang 14y agoThanks! It was partly inspired by Watchmen but I guess print design rarely translates well into web design. I'll work on it.
- TamDenholm 14y agoThis sounds like an awesome app, however, i think it would be a little bit creepy to have the webcam on whenever i'm using the computer...
- mehuln 14y agoGood news is that the app works entirely on your machine locally - no video data ever leaves your computer so hopefully that will alleviate some of your concern. :)
- drivebyacct2 14y agoUnfortunately, it also means I no longer know if an app is accessing my webcam.
- timdorr 14y agoIf it gains exclusive control of your webcam, then that's one way of knowing. It would pre-empt any other control.
- huhtenberg 14y agoTo put it bluntly - I don't know you enough to believe you, but then I am not in your target demographics. (edit) To elaborate - there are people who care deeply about privacy, and there are those who don't (really) give a damn about it. Former won't touch Flutter with a pole no matter what you say. They won't touch it even if Flutter were open source. I know because I am one of them. Latter group however is substantially larger and it basically includes everyone with a Facebook account. Having built a product that could've been seen as privacy-invasive, I was in a situation similar to yours and the take away was to counter complaints from the former group with a simple "this product is not for you." It saves nerves, time and money. Great site redesign by the way. Not sure if it'd would help with getting $ customers, but it's certainly un-ordinary.
- rbn 14y agoHate to be that guy... But out of I don't know 20 tries it only worked once. Maybe it's because of the room doesn't have enough light.. Really cool concept though.
- mehuln 14y agoHi rbn, possibly it's a light. Would you please do us a favor and send us a video of your lighting - that would help us improve? Also, please make sure that your palm is at least 1 feet away so as to completely visible by webcam.
- csmeder 14y agoThe link to your blog seems to be missing: <div id="blog"></div> Also, I can't find the instructions for skipping songs and other gestures.
- ajaymehta 14y agoExcellent redesign of the home page! Huge improvement over your last version.
- lukifer 14y agoBeautiful and effective design. Kudos! One note: there seems to be a CSS bug when scrolling right on a browser window less than 1000px wide (Chrome, Mac). Also: have you considered aiming marketing and features more at the media center market? Every demo pic is of a laptop, and yet turning down the volume from the couch with no remote seems far more useful.
- qxcv 14y agoLooks great! I've got a friend who has a set of speakers which come with a separate "control module" which is touch sensitive. It doesn't pause music, but it does a good job of muting it when you need to cut sound quickly - this seems like a superior alternative due to its low cost and ease of use. Also, just a heads up that your /about/ page and your /jobs/ page have dead links to http://flutterapp.com/jbos http://flutterapp.com/jbos at the top and are missing <title> elements. I can also confirm lukifer's CSS bug occurs on FF13/Linux as well.
- joeconway 14y agoA lot of people struggle to see the point in this past being a cool trick. Personally i find that when im cleaning the house or washing up(N.B. wet hands) that this App is fantastic. The wait for more gestures is killing me though.
- fallenhitokiri 14y agoThe site looks a bit broken on the iPad https://dl.dropbox.com/u/388004/flutter_one.png https://dl.dropbox.com/u/388004/flutter_one.png https://dl.dropbox.com/u/388004/flutter_two.png https://dl.dropbox.com/u/388004/flutter_two.png