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Product Hunt iOS App

103 points by tonyteate 12y ago

qrazhan 12y ago
App looks great! I saw they made their website mobile friendly as well, and that looks really nice too. Shameless plug: if you're on Android, checkout an app I made using the new PH API: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qrazhan.hunter2 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qrazhan.hu...
BrechtVds 12y ago
Love the "text me a link" feature! The app itself looks nice and clean as well, with some great animations (the pull-to-refresh one, for example).
rrhoover 12y ago
Excited to finally release our iOS app, created by the amazingly talented David McKinney (http://davidmckinney.com/ http://davidmckinney.com/). This version is still very early and we're working through some bugs but you gotta ship sometime, right? :) AMA!
- Sujan 12y ago
  Very nice first version. Is a crashreporter integrated so you get a report of all the ways I broke it? Also: Who built the landing page? Also great.
- athesyn 12y ago
  > I like making things Don't know about the app, but whats with the lame attempt to sound as unpretentious as possible. It still comes off as pretentiousness.
  - indiekid 12y ago
    He likes making things? What's so wrong with that? There's pretension in that statement, or a lack thereof either.
- btrautsc 12y ago
  this is awesome.
- goeric 12y ago
  Congrats! "Text me a link" feature isn't working for me. It's been a few minutes now, no link :(. Also, sign in with Twitter is crashing the app.
  - rrhoover 12y ago
    Yikes! Sorry about that, goeric. Mind emailing me your phone number and twitter username to ryan@producthunt.com? We're working through some bugs now. EDIT: looks like we ran out of Twilio credits. Just reloaded!
    - lachlanjc 12y ago
      Have you seen Plivo? It's pretty awesome.
    - topherjaynes 12y ago
      phew, I thought I just didn't know my number and sent it to the wrong phone
- jbail 12y ago
  Why build a native iOS app? What capabilities of the phone are you utilizing? I ask because this was my experience: I just tried to download the app on my iPhone 4s and I couldn't download it because my iOS version is too old. My Nexus 5, obviously, won't be able to download it either because it's an Android device. Unless you're doing something majorly different in native than you are in the web version, I don't understand the iOS lock-in and the need to have the most recent iOS version. I mean, I do get it from a developers point of view...it's less devices to test...but it comes at the cost of a lot of people not being able to use it.
  - smackfu 12y ago
    A 4S supports iOS 7 and 8. Are you still running iOS 6? I think that's a very small group of people at this point.
    - jbail 12y ago
      I am on iOS 6. I've stopped upgrading (intentionally) because every iOS upgrade significantly downgrades the performance of the device. My iPad is a few versions old for the same reason
      - gfosco 12y ago
        That's certainly your choice, but I don't think you should expect developers to continue supporting that choice in new releases.
      - mirsadm 12y ago
        From what I've seen iOS 7 runs pretty well on the 4S.
  - rrhoover 12y ago
    Good question, jbail. The first version of the app admittedly looks very similar to the web experience. We wanted to get something out sooner, rather than later and the most requested feature since Product Hunt launched, has been an iOS app. Our most dedicated fans visit the site multiple times per day so we wanted to make it more accessible. Although our mobile web version isn't terrible, the native app is faster and easier to use. More importantly, it sets us up to do some interesting things later on, such as interactive push notifications.
- fourstar 12y ago
  What did he get out of making it for you?
- roc123 12y ago
  How do you plan to keep it from overflowing with product submissions? The more submissions you get the harder it becomes for a product to get seen, seems like the same problem that most app stores have. Do you have a daily limit for product submissions? Will the list be curated? Also a top weekly and top monthly would be good IMO.
osconfused 12y ago
Neat and interesting timing. This morning I had a dream about a product hunt app for iOS with a tinder-like interface. "Swipe left" to upvote.
- lachlanjc 12y ago
  Someone actually built that, it's called ProducTind :) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/productind/id891384124?ls=1&mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/productind/id891384124?ls=1&...
- ecesena 12y ago
  [self-promo/feedback req] if you're a fan of swipe left for upvote, I'd be interested in your opinion on Theneeds iphone app. Also, if you don't mind, what do you think about the tooltips to explain the feature?
  - osconfused 12y ago
    you have a link?
    - ecesena 12y ago
      Sorry, didn't want to sound too spammy: http://www.theneeds.com/p/iphone http://www.theneeds.com/p/iphone Feel free to reach me privately if you prefer, email in the profile.
- mmahemoff 12y ago
  I'm curious: Wouldn't 2 buttons be better than a swipe interface? Perhaps Tinder needs swipe because there's more downside of an error; but I'd think a Hot and a Not button would be faster and still reliable enough for general product liking.
  - ecesena 12y ago
    In my experience, swiping is more engaging. In our app we have both swipe and buttons. When I show the app to people (in person, I mean) what I usually see is that as soon as they discover swiping, the switch using that. As I said, it's just a limited and in person experience, I have no data, but I'd be interested if anyone could support/confute my thesis.
ins0 12y ago
nice. sidestep - kaspersky internet security block your side as "phishing site"
- ceejayoz 12y ago
  False positives happen all the time with these sorts of tools. We got flagged for phishing by AVG because we built a promotional website for a bank. Their reps were pretty nasty until someone from the bank joined in to vouch for us.
cllns 12y ago
Re: "Fight the FOMO" This app is seems to be feeding the fear of missing out, rather than fighting it.
- thinkling 12y ago
  Ah, that's what FOMO means, thanks. Yeah, my first impression is that this is most useful to people with discretionary income burning a hole in their pockets, looking for something to spend it on. Not what I'm looking for, personally. Am I missing the point?

103 points by tonyteate 12y ago

App looks great! I saw they made their website mobile friendly as well, and that looks really nice too. Shameless plug: if you're on Android, checkout an app I made using the new PH API: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qrazhan.hunter2 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qrazhan.hu...

BrechtVds 12y ago

Love the "text me a link" feature! The app itself looks nice and clean as well, with some great animations (the pull-to-refresh one, for example).

rrhoover 12y ago

Excited to finally release our iOS app, created by the amazingly talented David McKinney (http://davidmckinney.com/ http://davidmckinney.com/). This version is still very early and we're working through some bugs but you gotta ship sometime, right? :) AMA!

Sujan 12y ago
Very nice first version. Is a crashreporter integrated so you get a report of all the ways I broke it? Also: Who built the landing page? Also great.
athesyn 12y ago
> I like making things Don't know about the app, but whats with the lame attempt to sound as unpretentious as possible. It still comes off as pretentiousness.
- indiekid 12y ago
  He likes making things? What's so wrong with that? There's pretension in that statement, or a lack thereof either.
btrautsc 12y ago
this is awesome.
goeric 12y ago
Congrats! "Text me a link" feature isn't working for me. It's been a few minutes now, no link :(. Also, sign in with Twitter is crashing the app.
- rrhoover 12y ago
  Yikes! Sorry about that, goeric. Mind emailing me your phone number and twitter username to ryan@producthunt.com? We're working through some bugs now. EDIT: looks like we ran out of Twilio credits. Just reloaded!
  - lachlanjc 12y ago
    Have you seen Plivo? It's pretty awesome.
  - topherjaynes 12y ago
    phew, I thought I just didn't know my number and sent it to the wrong phone
jbail 12y ago
Why build a native iOS app? What capabilities of the phone are you utilizing? I ask because this was my experience: I just tried to download the app on my iPhone 4s and I couldn't download it because my iOS version is too old. My Nexus 5, obviously, won't be able to download it either because it's an Android device. Unless you're doing something majorly different in native than you are in the web version, I don't understand the iOS lock-in and the need to have the most recent iOS version. I mean, I do get it from a developers point of view...it's less devices to test...but it comes at the cost of a lot of people not being able to use it.
- smackfu 12y ago
  A 4S supports iOS 7 and 8. Are you still running iOS 6? I think that's a very small group of people at this point.
  - jbail 12y ago
    I am on iOS 6. I've stopped upgrading (intentionally) because every iOS upgrade significantly downgrades the performance of the device. My iPad is a few versions old for the same reason
    - gfosco 12y ago
      That's certainly your choice, but I don't think you should expect developers to continue supporting that choice in new releases.
    - mirsadm 12y ago
      From what I've seen iOS 7 runs pretty well on the 4S.
- rrhoover 12y ago
  Good question, jbail. The first version of the app admittedly looks very similar to the web experience. We wanted to get something out sooner, rather than later and the most requested feature since Product Hunt launched, has been an iOS app. Our most dedicated fans visit the site multiple times per day so we wanted to make it more accessible. Although our mobile web version isn't terrible, the native app is faster and easier to use. More importantly, it sets us up to do some interesting things later on, such as interactive push notifications.
fourstar 12y ago
What did he get out of making it for you?
roc123 12y ago
How do you plan to keep it from overflowing with product submissions? The more submissions you get the harder it becomes for a product to get seen, seems like the same problem that most app stores have. Do you have a daily limit for product submissions? Will the list be curated? Also a top weekly and top monthly would be good IMO.

osconfused 12y ago

Neat and interesting timing. This morning I had a dream about a product hunt app for iOS with a tinder-like interface. "Swipe left" to upvote.

lachlanjc 12y ago
Someone actually built that, it's called ProducTind :) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/productind/id891384124?ls=1&mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/productind/id891384124?ls=1&...
ecesena 12y ago
[self-promo/feedback req] if you're a fan of swipe left for upvote, I'd be interested in your opinion on Theneeds iphone app. Also, if you don't mind, what do you think about the tooltips to explain the feature?
- osconfused 12y ago
  you have a link?
  - ecesena 12y ago
    Sorry, didn't want to sound too spammy: http://www.theneeds.com/p/iphone http://www.theneeds.com/p/iphone Feel free to reach me privately if you prefer, email in the profile.
mmahemoff 12y ago
I'm curious: Wouldn't 2 buttons be better than a swipe interface? Perhaps Tinder needs swipe because there's more downside of an error; but I'd think a Hot and a Not button would be faster and still reliable enough for general product liking.
- ecesena 12y ago
  In my experience, swiping is more engaging. In our app we have both swipe and buttons. When I show the app to people (in person, I mean) what I usually see is that as soon as they discover swiping, the switch using that. As I said, it's just a limited and in person experience, I have no data, but I'd be interested if anyone could support/confute my thesis.

ins0 12y ago

nice. sidestep - kaspersky internet security block your side as "phishing site"

ceejayoz 12y ago
False positives happen all the time with these sorts of tools. We got flagged for phishing by AVG because we built a promotional website for a bank. Their reps were pretty nasty until someone from the bank joined in to vouch for us.

cllns 12y ago

Re: "Fight the FOMO" This app is seems to be feeding the fear of missing out, rather than fighting it.

thinkling 12y ago
Ah, that's what FOMO means, thanks. Yeah, my first impression is that this is most useful to people with discretionary income burning a hole in their pockets, looking for something to spend it on. Not what I'm looking for, personally. Am I missing the point?