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Show HN: Manage your gif collection, search and drag/drop from a desktop app

29 points by ZaneClaes 12y ago

greg5green 12y ago
I've been very, very slowly building something similar to this for a long, long time and this is looks like it's 3x as awesome as the goal I had set for myself in my head.
- ZaneClaes 12y ago
  Thanks! I had it my head for 6 months and finally decided to build it, glad I'm not the only one who wanted it.
mmastrac 12y ago
Neat project! Some feedback after trying it: - I don't have a GIF folder, so it would be nice if there was a "create" folder button, or if you just created me one - Can you offer a standalone build outside of the mac app store? The gamification that you've included is kind of neat as well.
- ZaneClaes 12y ago
  Thanks! Fwiw you don't have to attach a folder, and you can attach one later via settings. I've been thinking of making a web app version :)
Sir_Cmpwn 12y ago
How do you feel about "HTML5 GIFs"? I'm sure people would appreciate an automated conversion to webm. See the MediaCrush source for help: https://github.com/MediaCrush/MediaCrush https://github.com/MediaCrush/MediaCrush
- ZaneClaes 12y ago
  Love the idea! Will need to look into how viable it is on my web host, but definitely worth considering.
  - Sir_Cmpwn 12y ago
    If you're worried about the infrastructure, MediaCrush can host them for you and is very developer friendly. https://mediacru.sh/docs https://mediacru.sh/docs
jewel 12y ago
Setting a width and height on your thumbnails will cause your search results to look better when the site is slow (or on a slow connection): http://i.imgur.com/GXItOaL.jpg http://i.imgur.com/GXItOaL.jpg
mef 12y ago
Site went down it seems. Link to app store https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/airgif/id879836961?ls=1&mt=12 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/airgif/id879836961?ls=1&mt=1...
randomdrake 12y ago
Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'waiting for initial communication packet', system error: 95 in /home/zane/public_html/airgif/api/engine/mysql.php on line 12 {"error":"Failed to connect to the database: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'waiting for initial communication packet', system error: 95"} For those of you starting new PHP projects, and for the sake of this one: the mysql_* set of functions in PHP have been discouraged for many years and are deprecated[1] as of PHP 5.5. Hopefully it isn't too late to migrate to mysqli_*[2] functions or, what many developers prefer, PDO[3]. Should you choose to go the PDO route, there are some good resources out there[4] to get started. [1] - https://php.net/manual/en/migration55.deprecated.php https://php.net/manual/en/migration55.deprecated.php [2] - https://php.net/manual/en/book.mysqli.php https://php.net/manual/en/book.mysqli.php [3] - https://php.net/manual/en/book.pdo.php https://php.net/manual/en/book.pdo.php [4] - http://wiki.hashphp.org/PDO_Tutorial_for_MySQL_Developers http://wiki.hashphp.org/PDO_Tutorial_for_MySQL_Developers
- ZaneClaes 12y ago
  Thanks for the heads up. I use PHP only to hack together quick side projects... but yet another reason it sucks ;(
  - CaveTech 12y ago
    How is this PHPs fault? You're using functions that have been recommended against for well over 5 years. If anything, it's a testament to PHP that you've managed to get a web-app up and running when you have so little experience with it.
    - ZaneClaes 12y ago
      It's not PHP's fault, I just like arbitrarily hating on technologies that are out of vogue. I'm reusing PHP code from 5+ years ago. So, yep.
      - readme 12y ago
davis_m 12y ago
My computer seems to be unable to contact the airgif servers. :(
- ZaneClaes 12y ago
  Back up now!
xwowsersx 12y ago
Great idea, pretty poor execution. Gifs are bouncing/animating around all over the place for no apparent reason. Clicking on a gif to view just keeps loading indefinitely. Then I have to earn points to get a gif so I click to tag, but that doesn't seem to work either. I genuinely saw value in this idea. I was hoping for an app that aggregates the searching of gifs across all the popular meme/gif sites and let's me manage and tag them so I can quickly grab them when I need them. Instead, this app opts for a more complicated, less valuable, and unstable service. I hate to be so harsh, but thems my thoughts.
- ZaneClaes 12y ago
  Fair criticism, though largely due to the fact that the server is completely overloaded :(
Springtime 12y ago
The tagging aspect of the project is interesting. Being able to find something specific easily on the web can be at times difficult due to a general lack of descriptions for images. I have a habit of describing by filename every single image/gif/video I download which helps beyond measure when performing a search, and have over 8,000 files named in this way. I can find what I'm looking for in a few seconds. The benefit is it only takes a few moments to name initially but saves an enormous amount of time in the long run. Rewarding users to tag descriptively is a nice idea.
- ZaneClaes 12y ago
  Thanks!
ladon86 12y ago
I love it! And I like your iAP monetization. Just bought 200 gif downloads for $1.99, well worth it :)
execat 12y ago
Giftoppr helps you sync your favorite GIFs with Dropbox. The UI is so much better. And FOSS. https://github.com/desktoppr/giftoppr https://github.com/desktoppr/giftoppr
Monkeyget 12y ago
Nice concept. I like the points idea to incite tagging. The homepage does a poor job of convincing me to install the application : an image (carousels don't count) and two lines of text for a visual application.

29 points by ZaneClaes 12y ago

I've been very, very slowly building something similar to this for a long, long time and this is looks like it's 3x as awesome as the goal I had set for myself in my head.

ZaneClaes 12y ago
Thanks! I had it my head for 6 months and finally decided to build it, glad I'm not the only one who wanted it.

mmastrac 12y ago

Neat project! Some feedback after trying it: - I don't have a GIF folder, so it would be nice if there was a "create" folder button, or if you just created me one - Can you offer a standalone build outside of the mac app store? The gamification that you've included is kind of neat as well.

ZaneClaes 12y ago
Thanks! Fwiw you don't have to attach a folder, and you can attach one later via settings. I've been thinking of making a web app version :)

Sir_Cmpwn 12y ago

How do you feel about "HTML5 GIFs"? I'm sure people would appreciate an automated conversion to webm. See the MediaCrush source for help: https://github.com/MediaCrush/MediaCrush https://github.com/MediaCrush/MediaCrush

ZaneClaes 12y ago
Love the idea! Will need to look into how viable it is on my web host, but definitely worth considering.
- Sir_Cmpwn 12y ago
  If you're worried about the infrastructure, MediaCrush can host them for you and is very developer friendly. https://mediacru.sh/docs https://mediacru.sh/docs

jewel 12y ago

Setting a width and height on your thumbnails will cause your search results to look better when the site is slow (or on a slow connection): http://i.imgur.com/GXItOaL.jpg http://i.imgur.com/GXItOaL.jpg

mef 12y ago

Site went down it seems. Link to app store https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/airgif/id879836961?ls=1&mt=12 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/airgif/id879836961?ls=1&mt=1...

randomdrake 12y ago

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'waiting for initial communication packet', system error: 95 in /home/zane/public_html/airgif/api/engine/mysql.php on line 12 {"error":"Failed to connect to the database: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'waiting for initial communication packet', system error: 95"} For those of you starting new PHP projects, and for the sake of this one: the mysql_* set of functions in PHP have been discouraged for many years and are deprecated[1] as of PHP 5.5. Hopefully it isn't too late to migrate to mysqli_*[2] functions or, what many developers prefer, PDO[3]. Should you choose to go the PDO route, there are some good resources out there[4] to get started. [1] - https://php.net/manual/en/migration55.deprecated.php https://php.net/manual/en/migration55.deprecated.php [2] - https://php.net/manual/en/book.mysqli.php https://php.net/manual/en/book.mysqli.php [3] - https://php.net/manual/en/book.pdo.php https://php.net/manual/en/book.pdo.php [4] - http://wiki.hashphp.org/PDO_Tutorial_for_MySQL_Developers http://wiki.hashphp.org/PDO_Tutorial_for_MySQL_Developers

ZaneClaes 12y ago
Thanks for the heads up. I use PHP only to hack together quick side projects... but yet another reason it sucks ;(
- CaveTech 12y ago
  How is this PHPs fault? You're using functions that have been recommended against for well over 5 years. If anything, it's a testament to PHP that you've managed to get a web-app up and running when you have so little experience with it.
  - ZaneClaes 12y ago
    It's not PHP's fault, I just like arbitrarily hating on technologies that are out of vogue. I'm reusing PHP code from 5+ years ago. So, yep.
    - readme 12y ago

davis_m 12y ago

My computer seems to be unable to contact the airgif servers. :(

ZaneClaes 12y ago
Back up now!

xwowsersx 12y ago

Great idea, pretty poor execution. Gifs are bouncing/animating around all over the place for no apparent reason. Clicking on a gif to view just keeps loading indefinitely. Then I have to earn points to get a gif so I click to tag, but that doesn't seem to work either. I genuinely saw value in this idea. I was hoping for an app that aggregates the searching of gifs across all the popular meme/gif sites and let's me manage and tag them so I can quickly grab them when I need them. Instead, this app opts for a more complicated, less valuable, and unstable service. I hate to be so harsh, but thems my thoughts.

ZaneClaes 12y ago
Fair criticism, though largely due to the fact that the server is completely overloaded :(

Springtime 12y ago

The tagging aspect of the project is interesting. Being able to find something specific easily on the web can be at times difficult due to a general lack of descriptions for images. I have a habit of describing by filename every single image/gif/video I download which helps beyond measure when performing a search, and have over 8,000 files named in this way. I can find what I'm looking for in a few seconds. The benefit is it only takes a few moments to name initially but saves an enormous amount of time in the long run. Rewarding users to tag descriptively is a nice idea.

ZaneClaes 12y ago
Thanks!

ladon86 12y ago

I love it! And I like your iAP monetization. Just bought 200 gif downloads for $1.99, well worth it :)

execat 12y ago

Giftoppr helps you sync your favorite GIFs with Dropbox. The UI is so much better. And FOSS. https://github.com/desktoppr/giftoppr https://github.com/desktoppr/giftoppr

Monkeyget 12y ago

Nice concept. I like the points idea to incite tagging. The homepage does a poor job of convincing me to install the application : an image (carousels don't count) and two lines of text for a visual application.