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session recording library
SHOW HN2018
353points
51comments
#56of 2,155 in 2018
Top 3%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
11 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 9 critical, out of 33 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Idea: 6 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 5 againstExecution: 2 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Impressive replay quality, hard to tell it is recording
From 1 comment
I played with the examples and I am extremely impressed. I couldn't tell at all that I was being recorded; I figured the examples would just be videos of people interacting with…
sjroot on HN
Useful for UX testing and debugging
From 2 comments
Even though I do agree that the total recording of sessions is not nice, such tools can be extremely important during early stage testing with your web app's UX. Especially for…
deforciant on HNreally nice! Few years ago, I created something very similar when working for validately.com - user testing company. The solution was tailored for our needs and was quite unique…
unao on HN
Making it open source is appreciated
From 2 comments
This is so awesome that you made this open source. There's a bunch of companies that basically use this tech and making lots of $$. We're actually working on a user testing…
junetic on HNI played with the examples and I am extremely impressed. I couldn't tell at all that I was being recorded; I figured the examples would just be videos of people interacting with…
sjroot on HN
Objections
Privacy concerns about recording every mouse movement and keystroke
From 3 comments
Looks really cool, but I find myself thinking about the privacy implications of using this, especially by default. Even if the user gives consent, it still implies recording…
marksomnian on HNRMS has been writing about the issue of non-free session recording scripts in The JavaScript Trap[0]: > In addition to being nonfree, many of these programs are malware because…
hjek on HNTo add to the key point about privacy, this research from Princeton is really illuminating and scary:…
pierrefar on HN
No license file in the repo
From 2 comments
This is NOT Open Source in a way you think it is yet, because the repo doesn't have a LICENSE attached to it, so the owner own every right and you are not allowed to sell it or…
Walkman on HNCorrect - does fair use cover even running software without a license? This wouldn't pass the first hurdle at my dayjob...
insomniacity on HN
Security risks of session replay as an attack vector
From 1 comment
Great work yz-yu. Hope you've learned a lot- I've personally found the session replay space to be incredibly rewarding. However, as a session replay industry competitor and a…
jagracey on HN
Does not support IE11
From 1 comment
Thanks for open sourcing your work. I had already built something similar to this and other commercial products, but in jQuery. Really interested to see how this compares. I did…
no1youknowz on HN
Requests
Add a license text
From 1 comment
I'm not a lawyer, but three characters in package.json isn't sufficient. You need to include the license text - eg https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/LICENSE.
insomniacity on HN
Provide a JSFiddle record and replay example
From 1 comment
A JSFiddle example would be handy. A record and replay example.
eddyparkinson on HN
Annotation feature
From 1 comment
Very cool. So much better than loading youtube videos. Would be great if there is a way to annotate parts of it. Apologies if it is a feature creep :(
pklee on HN
Questions
How does replay work and can it replay on other pages
From 1 comment
How does the replay work? Do you have to embed the player in the site being recorded or can you replay a recording on another page, like an analytics dashboard? Does it capture…
pault on HN
Does it work with Angular, Vue and React
From 1 comment
will this work with MVC frameworks like Angularjs, Vue and ReactJS? I checked the DOM of a angularjs app and when I enter something in the input field, its not appearing in the…
grezql on HN
What license is it under
From 1 comment
May I know what open source license is the project under?
sauravt on HN
Alternatives named
FullStory
From 1 comment
How does this compare against something like Full Story?
niffy on HN
Hotjar
From 1 comment
Interesting, seems like the core tech of smartlook / hotjar
js4ever on HN
Smartlook
From 1 comment
Interesting, seems like the core tech of smartlook / hotjar
js4ever on HN
LogRocket
From 1 comment
Definitely learned a lot and enjoy the process and thanks for your really important suggestions. Quote from my introduction blog post: === Today we already have some commercial…
yz-yu on HN
Heap Identify
From 1 comment
This is similar to Heap's Identify [1]. Main difference is Heap focuses on metrics while this looks to be for debugging and UX. Any plans for a heatmap feature built-in or third…
welder on HN