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Show HN: After a couple of months playing with the Reddit API, I built this...
- blocktuw 14y agoGot as far as Skrillex and it bombed. Refreshed the page and went through the same stack of pictures again. I think it would be more useful if 'random' pictures were actually random. And also if it were possible to view more than 10 pictures. Overall, I appreciate the effort and it was something useful that I enjoyed.
- emilioolivares 14y agoJust went live a couple of minutes ago so it has practically no links. Still in beta! Your feedback is very much appreciated!
- verroq 14y agoRight arrow key doesn't do anything on Firefox. Sometimes the image is blank and only shows when you press back. Keep clicking next and it'll say "error loading page" If you spam the "next image", weird things happen. i.e. clicking on change channels will redirect back to the current image. >You're seeing this error because you have DEBUG = True in your Django settings file. Change that to False, and Django will display a standard 404 page.
- emilioolivares 14y agoThanks for the feedback! Need to turn off Django debug mode and fix that pesky right arrow key. It doesn't seem to work if the browser or window loses focus.
- verroq 14y agoIt's in focus and sometimes still doesn't work. Uncheck everything and check only gonewild in channels, then save the settings and you get redirected to http://www.flipmeme.com/image/None http://www.flipmeme.com/image/None Other than that, very cool site.
- emilioolivares 14y agoThanks man, glad you like! I have a background process running that should fill out all of the categories within a couple of hours. It's on cron so it will update the site with new stuff every hour or so. Please come back tomorrow or the day after and let me know what your think. Thanks!!!! :)
- saiko-chriskun 14y agoReally well designed and nicely done :D. My only comment about it is that every time I reload the site, it shows me the same images in the same order. Need to randomize it up a little bit.
- emilioolivares 14y agoAgree. There is a channels button to the top right, you can select which subreddits you want images from and also how to order the images. But good idea, I need to add a show random images option.
- gailees 14y agoReminds of the lol turtle FB Open Graph meme viewer phenomenon...if you'd really like some virality, I'd highly recommend OG.
- nisdec 14y agoI'm getting an error when I'm on http://www.flipmeme.com/image/XWkG2 http://www.flipmeme.com/image/XWkG2 and clicking next: "Error loading page"
- emilioolivares 14y agoThanks, let me look into this...
- drac 14y agoI'm seeing the same error, trying to visit http://www.flipmeme.com/image/VR3oq http://www.flipmeme.com/image/VR3oq from http://www.flipmeme.com/image/XWkG2 http://www.flipmeme.com/image/XWkG2 Great site, I can see myself hitting the right arrow key for hours on end :)
- intellegacy 14y agoI really like the design. It looks great. Just one issue. The "Next" and "Previous" buttons are inconveniently placed. They should be placed near the picture. I recommend putting them on the sides of the picture, in the center, similar to how facebook does it.
- emilioolivares 14y agoAgree, I'll think about moving them in version 1.0.1 :).
- maccman 14y agoReminds me of http://mongout.com/ http://mongout.com/
- emilioolivares 14y agoWow, that's a nice site... works on mobile too, thanks for pointing it out. I still have much to learn it seems.
- mayanksinghal 14y agoAnd http://9gag.com/fast http://9gag.com/fast, Facebook modal albums and Google+ albums :)
- emilioolivares 14y agoYep, Google+ was definitely an inspiration! 9gag.com/fast I wasn't aware of, will check it out more closely.
- css771 14y agoGreat work. Like it. I can see myself using this on slow days. Did you post this to reddit? btw, > FlipMeme let's you browse images posted on Imgur & Reddit Should be "Lets", no apostrophe. Being a reddit oriented site, gotta take more care. Else the grammar nazis gonna get y'all.
- emilioolivares 14y agoThanks man :D! It's definitely not ready for prime time, I still need to fix a bunch of small details and fill the database with more image links. One more week and I'll let my baby out in the wild. Thanks for catching that typo BTW.
- emilioolivares 14y agoJust fixed the typo on the front page!!
- sim0n 14y agoIs there a way to get to the original post?
- emilioolivares 14y agoTotally missed that.. I need to add links back to Imgur and Reddit. Good call, will add later tonight.
- eclipxe 14y agoAwesome work!!
- emilioolivares 14y agoThanks!!!! :D
- pud 14y agoReading HN -> Saw this post -> Clicked -> Saw http://www.flipmeme.com/image/raKHs http://www.flipmeme.com/image/raKHs -> Bought two pieces of this guy's art
- emilioolivares 14y agoWow!!!! I'm humbled fm could participate in that process. The guy's art is pretty awesome I have to say.
- duiker101 14y agoThat guy today probably made millions. Totally deserved.
- jfornear 14y agoCool idea and looks great -- one of the more interesting Show HN posts as of late.
- emilioolivares 14y agoThanks, truly appreciate the feedback!
- jfornear 14y agoI was thinking you should collect email and start a "top 10 reddit images of the week" email or something to get return visits over time.
- conradfr 14y agoI like it, will check it more at home with more time. Though I usually use http://reddpics.com/ http://reddpics.com/ to browse, hum, some subreddits I'm not subscibed to because the content doesn't mix with open space.
- emilioolivares 14y agoThanks for sharing, I wasn't aware of reddpics.com, I kinda created this in a vacuum for myself without really investigating what was out there. Will look at reddpics more closely.
- saibotd 14y agoFor a quick overview I use http://redditmag.saibotd.com/r/pics http://redditmag.saibotd.com/r/pics
- jimminy 14y agoIt would be awesome if you could link the title to the Reddit post, or provide any linking function. Maybe it's there but I couldn't find it. Edit: No sooner did I go back and refresh, there were links on the posts. Awesome work.
- emilioolivares 14y agoThanks, just pushed a new version that has a link to the original post below the title. Appreciate your suggestion!
- emilioolivares 14y agoJust pushed out a new version, added link to original post on Reddit below image title. Fixed typo on main index page. Thanks for all your comments and feedback!
- vivekjishtu 14y agoI had made something similar a while back. http://pics.fefoo.com/ http://pics.fefoo.com/
- geuis 14y agoLooking at it from an iPhone. Sadly it's not usable. No images can be seen in portrait or landscape mode. Just people's comments. A lot of the text extends past the borders of the screen and there's no way to scale the screen.
- emilioolivares 14y ago:(, I will make version 1.0.1 fit an iphone screen. Promise! I actually have a prototype already using responsive web design, unfortunately the icons look blurry. Need to upscale them so that they look better.
- SquareWheel 14y agoFun to play with. Have to question the content though, so far it's been random gifs and screenshots of 4chan talking about menstruation... Can we filter the subreddits to something a little more mature? Perhaps the various *porn subreddits (nature porn, history porn, etc).
- emilioolivares 14y agoYes, click on the channels button on the top right!!! It has a list of subreddits, you can filter from there...
- SquareWheel 14y agoOkay great, I tried clicking the /r/ link in the footer which didn't work. Much better without the rage comics and whatnot.
- scottjad 14y agoPlease add rel=”next” and rel=”prev”.
- soolshock 14y agoI like it, but after a while of hitting next, I get an error saying "Error Loading Page"
- poteto 14y agoLooks pretty good. Just so you know, your Google Analytics js is commented out.