“OK Google”
Productivity
voice assistant reference
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
9 positive, 26 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 25 critical, out of 63 comments about the project. Thread score -0.23.
Design: 3 for, 14 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful reference for voice commands
From 3 comments
These I use heavily: remind me [time] to [something] wake me up at [time] countdown [amount] minutes add [something] to my shopping list I still get happy every time Google Now…
smhg on HNOh god someone finally did this I have google now on my phone and I had no idea how to use it.
znpy on HNThis was much needed for me. Thanks for your awesome html5 public gift. Simple & efficient design, great information.
beartear on HN
Objections
Page is bloated at around 500kb for a static list
From 3 comments
Technologies used for a static list (!): react redux reselect aphrodite material-ui stylz redux-form react-helmet webpack faker lodash moment
10dpd on HN> electricity Since we're going there - bloating your website for no reason whatsoever wastes electricity. Not just for the mobile users who may be annoyed by fast-draining…
TeMPOraL on HN> Do you actually have a problem that any of those are causing? With JavaScript turned off (an essential security precaution), no text is visible at all, which is a bit of a…
zeveb on HN
Does not work with JavaScript off or with VoiceOver
From 2 comments
> Do you actually have a problem that any of those are causing? With JavaScript turned off (an essential security precaution), no text is visible at all, which is a bit of a…
zeveb on HNNote this doesn't work with VoiceOver at all.
10dpd on HN
Sidebar overlaps content on mobile
From 1 comment
Please fix that site to work on mobile.. The sidebar is in fron of the content.
pvinis on HN
Scrolling divs and dual scrollbars are awkward
From 2 comments
Really useful. I have to say I'm not a fan of the bizarro dual scroll-bar shenanigans going on though.
Angostura on HNsuggestion - instead of scrollable divs, just make the page scroll like normal. can achieve the same UX without the wonkiness that comes with scrolly divs
qntmfred on HN
Requests
Add support for other languages
From 2 comments
Nice list, is there one available for the other languages supported by Google Now?
ojii on HNOnly in english, maybe one or two only in USA?
andreapaiola on HN
Fix text selection
From 1 comment
``` > Do you actually have a problem that any of those are causing? ``` Inability to select the text.
kps on HN
Questions
How does the underlying information work or is it public
From 1 comment
Is all that information public? Or in other words, how does it work?
pmontra on HN
Alternatives named
Google Now voice commands themselves
From 1 comment
Somehow it boggles my mind this is not provided by Google by default. I am pretty sure plenty of people are missing tons of features because they don't know it exists. I don't…
seren on HN