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Instago – the easiest way to explore photos at any location

20 points by corwinstephen 14y ago

cllns 14y ago
This reminds me of the first iteration of color.com Obviously Instagram has the benefit of network effects.
hayksaakian 14y ago
Instagram does not do many things, several by choice and some otherwise. I'd put this closer to the deliberate bucket than not.
billtrammel 14y ago
I've wanted something like this for ages. Location + Instagram = Win.
fratis 14y ago
Sweet app. Downloaded and ready to use tomorrow in NYC. One thing: kerning. The 'A' in the wordmark is in no-man's land! T and G are friendly letters, and I'm sure they'd be more than happy to snuggle up on that A.
- nathanmock 14y ago
  Good observation, now that's attention to detail!
- buro9 14y ago
  Without looking I now know the wordmark is in all-caps and hasn't been kerned. I'm a dev, but once the appreciation for kerning has been learned it's hard to unlearn it. Bad-kerning can be as grating as a mis-placed apostrophe.
rfriedman 14y ago
Very well designed and executed. Had fun browsing Hong Kong Int'l Airport via the Explore section. One suggestion, enable share via Facebook.
freelance89 14y ago
I can see the hotel in Hong Kong BEFORE I book it....sweet. Thank you Instago.
- corwinstephen 14y ago
  Right? I've found a multitude of scenarios in which it does well like skiing (check the snowpack and quality before you go) and nightclubs (see if people are having fun inside or if its totally whack before you pay to get in).
bering 14y ago
Just stumbled across this yesterday, that I think does the same thing on the web: http://worldc.am/ http://worldc.am/
fratis 14y ago
A UX guy's perspective, now that I've used the app a little: * The "I want to explore..." box doesn't really scream SEARCH BOX at me. My first instinct was that it was a kind of "I'm Feeling Lucky" button. You might be able to make it a little 'searchier' just by getting rid of the all caps and left-aligning the text. * Scrolling through the Places menu is pretty laggy (on my iPhone 4S, at least), especially when compared to scrolling through photos, which is lightning fast. * I love the pleasantness of the copy/messaging in the app. When it prompted me to share, I couldn't help but tweet it. One thing you might consider doing for that menu in particular is making it a two-step thing instead of a three-step thing. Right now, you ask the user if they'd like to share, then which network they'd like to share with, then they have to do the actual sharing. Why not unify that first and second step into a single prompt? * In the pane in which the I Want To Explore box has focus, the spacing/balance could be improved. One way to improve it might be to remove the Location Filter tag altogether.

20 points by corwinstephen 14y ago

cllns 14y ago

This reminds me of the first iteration of color.com Obviously Instagram has the benefit of network effects.

Instagram does not do many things, several by choice and some otherwise. I'd put this closer to the deliberate bucket than not.

billtrammel 14y ago

I've wanted something like this for ages. Location + Instagram = Win.

fratis 14y ago

Sweet app. Downloaded and ready to use tomorrow in NYC. One thing: kerning. The 'A' in the wordmark is in no-man's land! T and G are friendly letters, and I'm sure they'd be more than happy to snuggle up on that A.

nathanmock 14y ago
Good observation, now that's attention to detail!
buro9 14y ago
Without looking I now know the wordmark is in all-caps and hasn't been kerned. I'm a dev, but once the appreciation for kerning has been learned it's hard to unlearn it. Bad-kerning can be as grating as a mis-placed apostrophe.

rfriedman 14y ago

Very well designed and executed. Had fun browsing Hong Kong Int'l Airport via the Explore section. One suggestion, enable share via Facebook.

freelance89 14y ago

I can see the hotel in Hong Kong BEFORE I book it....sweet. Thank you Instago.

corwinstephen 14y ago
Right? I've found a multitude of scenarios in which it does well like skiing (check the snowpack and quality before you go) and nightclubs (see if people are having fun inside or if its totally whack before you pay to get in).

bering 14y ago

Just stumbled across this yesterday, that I think does the same thing on the web: http://worldc.am/ http://worldc.am/

fratis 14y ago

A UX guy's perspective, now that I've used the app a little: * The "I want to explore..." box doesn't really scream SEARCH BOX at me. My first instinct was that it was a kind of "I'm Feeling Lucky" button. You might be able to make it a little 'searchier' just by getting rid of the all caps and left-aligning the text. * Scrolling through the Places menu is pretty laggy (on my iPhone 4S, at least), especially when compared to scrolling through photos, which is lightning fast. * I love the pleasantness of the copy/messaging in the app. When it prompted me to share, I couldn't help but tweet it. One thing you might consider doing for that menu in particular is making it a two-step thing instead of a three-step thing. Right now, you ask the user if they'd like to share, then which network they'd like to share with, then they have to do the actual sharing. Why not unify that first and second step into a single prompt? * In the pane in which the I Want To Explore box has focus, the spacing/balance could be improved. One way to improve it might be to remove the Location Filter tag altogether.