Spotbot
Dev tools
visual regression testing
SHOW HN2016
179points
59comments
#168of 2,264 in 2016
Top 8%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
5 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 13 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score -0.29.
Idea: 5 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 5 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea for catching UI bugs on sites
From 2 comments
Super excited to try this — as an early start-up (and the founder in charge of UI), I KNOW our site has UI issues but I don't have the time to do full inspections. What kind of…
juecd on HNRight now it checks your site every 24 hours, and we try to alert on things that might actually need a person to verify (ie, not animations or videos). We're in the process of…
jmtulloss on HN
Objections
Slack-only signup and alerts exclude users who don't use Slack
From 3 comments
I understand slack integration for some tools, but is this slackbot-as-a-product thing going to become the new fad? What if I want to use your tool without using slack?
reustle on HNI tried setting it up to post to my Slackbot but hesitated at the permissions (giving away everyone's email in particular, when I just want to notify myself right now.) I feel…
1123581321 on HNYep, same here FYI. I was bummed to see slack-only signup, and stopped because I didn't want to share my teammates' profiles.
lancefisher on HN
Dynamic content causes false alerts
From 2 comments
I can see this working for static pages, not sure about pages that require input, user login, or display constantly changing data.
dkopi on HNMy app is a social network. A social network means that the two most important pages (global stream and user stream) continuously mutate because there is always new…
giovannibajo1 on HN
Servers returned 503 errors under load
From 1 comment
Justin, People cannot try free, your servers are responding with 503s. I tried to email you from your contact link on website (hi@spotbot.qa) and was undeliverable.
spenserhale on HN
Snapshots taken before pages finish loading
From 2 comments
I tried it with our product and it took a snapshot before all of the (wall time intensive) api calls finished. Is there a way to configure it to wait a few seconds?
tekklloneer on HNHey It seems that spotbot does not cover for delayed page transistion effects in CSS. I have multiple objects appearing in row and pictures show currently each page in different…
DocG on HN
Requests
CI integration
From 3 comments
The site I'm currently maintaining doesn't change very often, but it's approx. 1,500 pages if spidered, plus a large search index. I'm looking at the Fancy plan, but we've got…
lstamour on HNInteresting, but this needs to be integrated into CI, not Slack, to be taken seriously by teams larger than just a few people. And arguably, I tend to set up CI of any serious…
aroc on HNWhat if my website isn't published yet? Is it possible to run this locally for a locally deployed website/webapp.
xerophyte12932 on HN
Email notifications
From 2 comments
I tried setting it up to post to my Slackbot but hesitated at the permissions (giving away everyone's email in particular, when I just want to notify myself right now.) I feel…
1123581321 on HNWe plan on supporting other workflows soon, we just started with Slack cause that's what we use. Next stop is probably email. Any other integration you'd like to see?
jmtulloss on HN
Wait-for-page-ready configuration
From 3 comments
I tried it with our product and it took a snapshot before all of the (wall time intensive) api calls finished. Is there a way to configure it to wait a few seconds?
tekklloneer on HNNot currently, but this is a common request. What would you prefer: - A javascript object being injected into your page that you could call to indicate the page was done - A…
jmtulloss on HNI don't really care about all of the calls, but I'd like to say "here's a regex pattern describing a uri. once any connection with uri pattern closes (within 10 seconds), you can…
tekklloneer on HN
Local site support
From 1 comment
What if my website isn't published yet? Is it possible to run this locally for a locally deployed website/webapp.
xerophyte12932 on HN
Questions
How does it differ from Browserstack and Percy
From 2 comments
Why would I choose this over Browserstack?
rocky1138 on HNWe use Percy.io for this and can't recommend it enough. It integrates with your CI workflow, which makes a whole lot more sense to me than waiting until production. (Or to be…
5vforest on HN
How are subdomains covered by pricing
From 1 comment
The site I'm currently maintaining doesn't change very often, but it's approx. 1,500 pages if spidered, plus a large search index. I'm looking at the Fancy plan, but we've got…
lstamour on HN
Alternatives named
Percy.io
From 1 comment
We use Percy.io for this and can't recommend it enough. It integrates with your CI workflow, which makes a whole lot more sense to me than waiting until production. (Or to be…
5vforest on HN
Browserstack
From 1 comment
Why would I choose this over Browserstack?
rocky1138 on HN
Shoov
From 1 comment
Shameless plug: http://shoov.io/
nir on HN