Mustachio
Creative
image effects extension
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
7 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 6 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score -0.02.
Idea: 5 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 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
Funny, clever idea
From 3 comments
A capital jape, my good sir - but it is as nothing compared with the monocular terror which awaits us.
anigbrowl on HNhahaha okay props for an awesome idea (:
katieben on HNVery cool idea, I so need to do this for http://laserey.es! :)
kilian on HN
Objections
Requests broad access to all site data
From 2 comments
Needs access to all my data on all websites. No thanks.
mberning on HNYeah, I could do that, but to be blunt I'm not going to waste my time analyzing the security implications of installing some novelty app. In my opinion, and I am by no means an…
mberning on HN
Server returns frequent 500 and 503 errors under load
From 1 comment
It works but their poor server must be hurting, tons of 500 and 503 errors. Tested loading http://celebrityhairstylespicture.blogspot.com/ Example…
sosuke on HN
Not novel; based on existing mustachio project
From 1 comment
This is not that novel of an extension. It's essentially the following (see https://github.com/forward/mustachio-chrome/blob/master/mustachio.js): ``` var i =…
Sephr on HN
Requests
Move face detection into the extension or client-side JavaScript
From 2 comments
Wouldn't it be better to use a JavaScript face detector? Like http://liuliu.me/detect/detect.html I don't know the details about this algorithm though, no idea if you can get the…
maushu on HNIt would be neat if this was all in JS and required the user to put in his face.com API key. You could add a context menu on an image and then replace that image w/ a Canvas w/…
kodablah on HN
Open source the server code
From 1 comment
Any chance you could open source the server bits too? :D
yuvipanda on HN
Questions
What is this good for beyond wasting time?
From 1 comment
What is this good for beyond wasting your time?
Andi on HN
Alternatives named
mustachio (Ruby/node port)
From 2 comments
This is not that novel of an extension. It's essentially the following (see https://github.com/forward/mustachio-chrome/blob/master/mustachio.js): ``` var i =…
Sephr on HNway ahead of ya: https://github.com/afeld/mustachio-js
aidanfeldman on HN
Face detection in JavaScript (liuliu.me detect)
From 1 comment
Wouldn't it be better to use a JavaScript face detector? Like http://liuliu.me/detect/detect.html I don't know the details about this algorithm though, no idea if you can get the…
maushu on HN