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Shown HN: A quick way to glance through news headlines from multiple sources

6 points by bmajz 14y ago

glancet (http://www.glancet.com) is a quick way to browse news headlines. It extends the Google News treemap from newsmap.jp by using HTML instead of Flash (yay tablets!) and incorporating signals from Facebook/Twitter to reconfigure the treemap. It was built on the excellent d3.js library by Mike Bostock. As a news junkie, it was a fun side project and I would love feedback on design or utility and any feature requests you may have.

bmajz 14y ago
Direct link: http://www.glancet.com http://www.glancet.com
devindotcom 14y ago
I loved Newsmap.jp, good to see others still find it practical. But here I can't turn off certain feeds, can't manually refresh, can't change color. Definitely need these things to start with before it can really be considered usable.
- bmajz 14y ago
  That's definitely fair. Thanks for the feedback, I will try adding those features as time permits.
kirchhoff 14y ago
I built something very similar a few months ago http://www.newsola.com http://www.newsola.com
- bmajz 14y ago
  Looks cool. Love the fact that it's native web and not Flash based.
vrishabh 14y ago
Would be better to have the pop-over on 'onHover' instead of 'onClick'. Ability to turn on/off certain feeds would be good too. I was working on a similar treemap visualization for the links of my twitter feed though I ended up abandoning the project.
- bmajz 14y ago
  Definitely agree on turning off some of the feeds. Regarding hover vs. click, that was a decision primarily made because of tablets. I usually visit the site on my iPad and hover doesn't make sense in that context.
mpd 14y ago
I think I still prefer http://www.dailyrotation.com/ http://www.dailyrotation.com/ . Looks great, though.
- bmajz 14y ago
  What do you prefer about it? The format, the content or something else?
sprobertson 14y ago
Way cool. Some things I'd like to see in a later version: * Filterable categories (it pains me to see celebrity news anywhere) * Hideable header * Refresh/more/new -- just some way to pull in other stories Great work so far.
- bmajz 14y ago
  Thanks for the detailed requests, it helps to prioritize what needs to be done.

6 points by bmajz 14y ago

bmajz 14y ago

Direct link: http://www.glancet.com http://www.glancet.com

devindotcom 14y ago

I loved Newsmap.jp, good to see others still find it practical. But here I can't turn off certain feeds, can't manually refresh, can't change color. Definitely need these things to start with before it can really be considered usable.

bmajz 14y ago
That's definitely fair. Thanks for the feedback, I will try adding those features as time permits.

kirchhoff 14y ago

I built something very similar a few months ago http://www.newsola.com http://www.newsola.com

bmajz 14y ago
Looks cool. Love the fact that it's native web and not Flash based.

vrishabh 14y ago

Would be better to have the pop-over on 'onHover' instead of 'onClick'. Ability to turn on/off certain feeds would be good too. I was working on a similar treemap visualization for the links of my twitter feed though I ended up abandoning the project.

bmajz 14y ago
Definitely agree on turning off some of the feeds. Regarding hover vs. click, that was a decision primarily made because of tablets. I usually visit the site on my iPad and hover doesn't make sense in that context.

mpd 14y ago

I think I still prefer http://www.dailyrotation.com/ http://www.dailyrotation.com/ . Looks great, though.

bmajz 14y ago
What do you prefer about it? The format, the content or something else?

sprobertson 14y ago

Way cool. Some things I'd like to see in a later version: * Filterable categories (it pains me to see celebrity news anywhere) * Hideable header * Refresh/more/new -- just some way to pull in other stories Great work so far.

bmajz 14y ago
Thanks for the detailed requests, it helps to prioritize what needs to be done.