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Show HN: Feedback app
- alanbyrne 13y agoSimple, pretty, to the point and does what it says on the tin. Unfortunately I can't seem to copy the link at the top of the design. Instead of making it a readonly input, make it a link or tell them to copy the URL from their browser. Using Chrome 26.0.1410.64 m on Win8 Great work though
- aaronpk 13y agoBest "signup" experience ever! No account needed to upload, only asks you your name once you try to leave a comment!
- Jemaclus 13y agoRelevant XKCD: http://xkcd.com/927/ http://xkcd.com/927/ This might be one of the better feedback apps I've seen though. Very nice.
- aaronpk 13y agolol, this is not trying to be a standard
- skytalon 13y agoFeedback for this feedback app: it does not like uploads. Upload fails with message 'Hello. We haven't been formally introduced yet but I'm Sir Red Pen. I'm sorry to say I've let you down. This upload has failed. I'm deeply sorry. This usually doesn't happen. I swear. I will reload the page for you and I ask you try again. I will get it right this time.'
- nwh 13y agoSame. Chrome Developer / OSX.
- Schweigi 13y agoSame here. Firefox 20.0.1 / Windows. The following call returned a 406: GET http://redpen.io/authenticate?s3_object_type=image/png&s3_object_name=red-pen-082640d5-4418-4922-e224-7fdcb922fbcf.png http://redpen.io/authenticate?s3_object_type=image/png&s... According to the Firebug net console it looks like the upload doesn't even start.
- marcamillion 13y agoWow....as someone that made a feedback app...compliments. This is awesome! Especially if this is your first web app? I have been thinking of doing a re-write, it's just not high on my priority list. What did you use to manage the uploads? It worked nicely for me in Chrome. Edit: Maybe add some more contrast to the copy at the bottom. It is very hard to read.
- xemoka 13y agoCool tool, will be using it next time I need some feedback on assets!
- scottmotte 13y agoGreat tool. Will be using it and borrowing ideas from your 'signup' process - so well done!
- glazskunrukitis 13y agoJust a heads up - there is a XSS vulnerability in comments.
- cvursache 13y agoThanks for pointing that out!
- nc 13y agoBookmarked. This is awesome. Love that no account is required.
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- jlogsdon 13y agoSame error running Chrome 26.0.1410.65 on OSX 10.8.2
- mikekij 13y agoThis is awesome. Really intuitive UI. You've really boiled the workflow down to the bare minimum. Great work.
- MatthewB 13y agoLooks great. I love when people learn to code to meet their own needs. Congrats. EDIT: Great design. Are you a designer or did you use a template?
- Jamsii 13y agoYes the OP is a designer, hence the whole learning to program thing. He designs over at campaignmonitor.com
- sejje 13y agoLooks very cool, love the "signup process" if you will. Nitpick: I don't like the "because we're not douchebags" line.
- coherentpony 13y agoBecause it has the word 'douchebag' in it, or because you think the statement is false?
- thefreeman 13y agoReally? I loved that
- anonfunction 13y agoI also thought that was a very cool line.
- abcd_f 13y agoIt sounds cool, but not being a douchebag doesn't automatically put food on the table. I'd rather for this to say that this is a hobby project or that it's a part of fremium service.
- masonhensley 13y agoHere is a sample for people to go wild on. (I hope I don't regret this.) <edit> [Link removed] I have regrets. Careful, someone redirected the page to porn. Here is a pre-porn screenshot of everyone's dots- http://awesomescreenshot.com/09f19vrpf5 http://awesomescreenshot.com/09f19vrpf5 </edit> <edit-2> Here is what the feedback balloons look like (forgive the z-value issue of the dot over the ballon, that's my fault): http://awesomescreenshot.com/07819vss00 http://awesomescreenshot.com/07819vss00 </edit-2>
- qpleple 13y agoHa ! There is an email notification every time someone comments, and no way to unsubscribe. I just got 6 emails and one minute, and Chrome re-focusing the tab automatically because gn commented <script>alert('Moo!');</script>
- mattrobs 13y agoThanks for that guys ;)
- UVB-76 13y agoThis launch sure hasn't gone to plan!
- WA 13y agoRedirection to porn? script alerts? No unsubscribe button? I suppose the OP doesn't have the slightest clue of web app security. Wouldn't use. Who knows where your email addresses are now.
- taybenlor 13y agoPeople writing their first web app rarely do. Though in this case most of these things are covered by Rails' "Secure by Default" approach. Also, comments like these are what turn newbies away from programming. It's really hard to start out, encouragement and a point in the right direction is what's needed. Edit: Ahhh actually, you probably didn't realise that OP was a newbie because mods changed the title of the post. That's unfortunate. Carry on.
- ihodes 13y agoSuper slick. Great application! Are you planning on monetizing it? You could do it 'per project' or by # of uploads. Definitely don't go crazy by adding features, but it'd be cool to add versioning (so people could compare), and comment off to the side or below, so that people could provide holistic comments.
- markdown 13y agoGood to know its multi-language. There seems to be a mixup though; the button on the comment page says 'Arreeverderchi', which I believe is spanish or italian, but I'm not sure what it means. What happens when I click that button?
- michaelmior 13y agoArrivederci is Italian for goodbye. I assume the spelling is intended to be humourous.
- scott_karana 13y agoI noticed a bug; I went to masonhensley's sample project, added a comment (on the engine of his car), and then I noticed that any other comments showing up in realtime were labelled "Scott", in addition to some of the ones that had previously been "Mason". Refreshing fixed the issue.
- scott_karana 13y agoSecurity issue! You can run arbitrary Javascript! Comments along the lines of: <script>alert('Moo!');</script> Be careful about staying on a page!
- mattrobs 13y agoGood spotting. I'll fix that.
- pbreit 13y agoI would never use a service like this with such terrible language. I understand trying to give the service a personality but this is just dumb.
- rabidonrails 13y ago~~Maybe~~ I'm immature but it made me smile.
- abcd_f 13y agoIt should be a config option - "colorful language" vs "boring speak".
- LVB 13y agoI do wonder sometimes how such choices pan out in terms of users won (hey, they talk like me!) vs. lost (well, not showing this one to my boss).
- prawn 13y agoI don't think the language on the homepage is necessary either. Trying a bit too hard. Otherwise looks good!
- alpb 13y agoThat is awesome. Probably one of mashups I loved the most lately. Great design and execution!
- scott_karana 13y agoMattrobs, this is absolutely beautiful. I agree that the language is a little too informal (see the confusion on "Arreevaderchi" for example), but very useable. Once there's a bit more security polish, I'd be happy to use this in production with clients, at least for quick-and-dirty comments!
- ruxkor 13y agobeautifully designed! I'd love to see some sort of retention limit, and the functionality to manually remove an uploaded design. An export function of all comments and a special stylesheet for printing (i.e., showing all comments below the picture) would make it perfect!
- uzegonemad 13y agoFront page looks great, but... "Hello. We haven't been formally introduced yet but I'm Sir Red Pen. I'm sorry to say I've let you down. This upload has failed. I'm deeply sorry. This usually doesn't happen. I swear. I will reload the page for you and I ask you try again. I will get it right this time."
- hawkharris 13y agoI love the design. Great user experience.
- aizatto 13y agoWhatever you do, don't blink.
- moeedm 13y agoI shit you not, I literally start building something like this to learn ruby with. Feature for feature. Well done.
- MrMcDowall 13y agoGlad to see you're still alive Moeed!
- anonfunction 13y agoLove the image uploading animation! Here's something I've been working on if anyone has any feedback: http://redpen.io/8t5cq http://redpen.io/8t5cq
- kayge 13y agoNice and simple, I like it. Potential security/privacy issue though: I can retrieve anyone's submission(s) with some simple cookie manipulation. I suppose this is a side-effect of the "no logging in" method, but it might be nice to allow people to delete their posts.
- Jamsii 13y agoI'm a collaborator on the project and we're tidying up all these loopholes, but thanks for the heads up. Matts response is "Oops, I’m a designer!".
- kayge 13y agoHaha, cool. There's another similar issue (which your team may already be aware of) that I'd be happy to point out less-publicly if you want to send me an email. Anyway, nice project!
- DigitalSea 13y agoBesides the obvious issues with Javascript injection, I really love the design. I think you did a really good job here, the interface is simple and effective and this is definitely one of the nicely designed feedback apps I've seen (although I haven't seen too many, it's still a compliment). It's sad that people resorted to spamming the public link you posted with porn and annoying Javascript alert boxes. I hope you get the issues solved soon. I have a recommendation however for the introduction text on the homepage, you've got orange text on an orange background which is impossible to read. I made a couple of little Developer Tool modifications and found the below CSS to make it more readable. .primary-footer { font-size: 0.8em; color: #EFEFEF; font-weight: normal; }
- FramesPerSushi 13y agoVery awesome concept and design. I completely agree with your sign up method... Have none!
- a5seo 13y agoWow, this is like the Workflowy of feedback apps. Nice work. One request: make it possible to edit a comment within a minute or 2 of posting it. Also, make it possible to reposition a marker.
- msutherl 13y agoI find Workflowy aesthetically clunky. This is all the usability goodness of Workflowy and great visual design. One of the best things I've seen on the web in awhile. Really impressed.
- sudhanshua 13y agoGreat design. One suggestion is that it would be great if I can copy and paste like on Trello. This would mean that I wont have to keep saving files locally first and then drop those files to your site.
- filip01 13y agoAgree, Github Issues allows this as well and once you get used to it this upload process seems a bit complicated.
- kperusko 13y agoNice work and looks cool. But I don't like the "bullshit" and "douchebag" words. IMHO it looks unprofessional and a little bit immature to use those kind of words (if you're trying to look/be professional).
- leviathan 13y agoI can't seem to upload anything. It always gives an error.
- whattheken 13y agoOne thing I noticed is that in the feedback balloon screenshot, there seems to be a dot overlapping on top of the feedback balloon. Also, personally, I always like having a "close" or "x" button on these types of balloons, instead of the balloons disappearing when I move my cursor away. I'm guessing that the dot colors have some meaning? Having a color legend might help (if one doesn't exist already... hard to tell from screenshots and my own testing didn't show any legend.) Otherwise, looks good!
- LeonidBugaev 13y agoI've made similar prototype few years ago, if someone interested here is source code: https://github.com/buger/PointOut https://github.com/buger/PointOut Realtime stuff build on top of GAE.
- matb33 13y agoBuilt one too, but with Meteor. I actually create a login for you automatically with auto-generated username and you can rename your username if you care. Also can copy paste images, not just drag drop http://sket.sh/ http://sket.sh/
- gmu3 13y agoPretty cool. Just to try it out I uploaded a random picture from my desktop which happened to be somewhat large so navigating was somewhat awkward. It would be nice if you could zoom in/out.
- wanghq 13y agoThe color hurts my eyes!
- joshschreuder 13y agomattrobs, looks like your account is dead.
- abcd_f 13y agoShadow-banned rather. You are the only one who can see your own comments. Specifically, these two comments are [dead] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5708906 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5708906 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5708984 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5708984 Try and email pg to ask to be unbanned manually. Or wait for the mods to notice and perhaps they can do it.
- BrechtVds 13y agoComments at the right edge of the screen are unreadable as the balloon is partly outside the window. Would be nice if they would pop up to the left, in that case. Beautiful design nonetheless!
- mattrobs 13y agov1.1. Thanks!
- gdonelli 13y agoReally like the name!
- Yaggo 13y agoVery nice, but the design is a bit tiny (font size etc), given that the amount of information needed to display is not big.