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children's picture books
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How HN took it
4 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score +0.15.
Design: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
No ads or distractions
From 2 comments
It's pretty cool! Looked at the examples and neat! No distractions that's what we need more in the web. NO ads and distractions.
OOvsuOO on HNThat's very nice and well done. Anything distraction free gets lots of points from me! A great way to browse the openly licensed images in the commons. If you also want to…
ivan_ah on HN
Clean, distraction-free design
From 1 comment
That's very nice and well done. Anything distraction free gets lots of points from me! A great way to browse the openly licensed images in the commons. If you also want to…
ivan_ah on HN
Objections
Touch interface on mobile is poorly supported
From 2 comments
The question mark in the corner of each image is not clickable on mobile for me, so in order to view the image attribution credits I have to view the site on my computer instead.
codetrotter on HNSeems good now. It also seems more responsive/snappier. That might just be in my head, though. It shouldn't affect touch events. That's a different CSS rule. Edit: Just tried it…
wccrawford on HN
Clicking too fast selects and highlights images
From 1 comment
Bug: Clicking too fast to advance the image results in highlighting a picture, turning it blue.
wccrawford on HN
Demo server was down or not loading
From 1 comment
Yep, when I clicked the link it didn't load anything.
bwb on HN
Requests
Add thumbnail index for quick slide navigation
From 1 comment
Thanks! Would it be wrong to say it's a slide show creator / viewer? Do you want to grow it into like a super simple Libre Office Impress (…
juliushuijnk on HN
Support more book formats or a shared schema like schema.org Book
From 1 comment
Thanks. I theory I think I could write a parser that would allow my app to view/import books in your format. Does seem like a bit time consuming to do, but perhaps if there are…
juliushuijnk on HN
Questions
Is it a slide show creator or intended for family use
From 1 comment
Thanks! Would it be wrong to say it's a slide show creator / viewer? Do you want to grow it into like a super simple Libre Office Impress (…
juliushuijnk on HN
Are there English books with world-wide cultures
From 1 comment
Nice! That is exactly how I would like children books to be presented. I see that there are also some English language books. Does there exist a site in this format, with English…
AgoRapide on HN
Alternatives named
Kolibri and African Storybook collections
From 1 comment
That's very nice and well done. Anything distraction free gets lots of points from me! A great way to browse the openly licensed images in the commons. If you also want to…
ivan_ah on HN
Global Digital Library and Pratham StoryWeaver
From 1 comment
Here are some more kids stuff I've seen (sometimes with different reader UX from the above): 1/ Global Digital Library (PDF and ePub format) https://digitallibrary.io/ and as…
ivan_ah on HN
MyPictureBooks Android app
From 1 comment
If you like creating picture books (no ads, no account required) perhaps you also want to try out my MyPictureBooks app for android.…
juliushuijnk on HN