site2pic
Dev tools
screenshot tool
SHOW HN2011
18points
9comments
#534of 1,097 in 2011
Top 49%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 2 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Execution: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Works well and is cool
From 2 comments
Cool, works well. It looks like you have some default viewport size so if content scrolls beneath it, it gets cropped in the image: Compare:…
waterside81 on HNreally cool
jimbocortes on HN
Objections
Default viewport crops tall pages
From 1 comment
Cool, works well. It looks like you have some default viewport size so if content scrolls beneath it, it gets cropped in the image: Compare:…
waterside81 on HN
Non-English sites fail
From 1 comment
1. Chinese/non-English not supported? http://site2pic.com/pics/www.yahoo.com.hk9533.png 2. You use `mailhide` in the Contact Us, what is the point? (I think some people who…
tszming on HN
Rejects bare TLDs and IPv6 URLs
From 1 comment
This rejects TLDs (e.g. http://io/) and IPv6 URLs.
Sephr on HN
First attempt failed for some sites
From 1 comment
Didn't work the first time for www.cricinfo.com -- http://site2pic.com/pics/www.cricinfo.com4813.png Some bugs to be worked out, but cool nonetheless :) PS: Worked on subsequent…
blueplz on HN
Requests
Support non-English sites
From 1 comment
1. Chinese/non-English not supported? http://site2pic.com/pics/www.yahoo.com.hk9533.png 2. You use `mailhide` in the Contact Us, what is the point? (I think some people who…
tszming on HN
Allow different image sizes
From 1 comment
Thanks, all the magic is done with url2png.com, I'm just adding a front-face with Twitter Bootstrap and a Django backend. (edit) The cropping is because I've started with a…
fduran on HN
Questions
How the screenshots are generated
From 1 comment
Cool, works well. It looks like you have some default viewport size so if content scrolls beneath it, it gets cropped in the image: Compare:…
waterside81 on HN
Why reCaptcha-protected contact email is used
From 1 comment
1. Chinese/non-English not supported? http://site2pic.com/pics/www.yahoo.com.hk9533.png 2. You use `mailhide` in the Contact Us, what is the point? (I think some people who…
tszming on HN
Alternatives named
webkit2png
From 1 comment
Cool, works well. It looks like you have some default viewport size so if content scrolls beneath it, it gets cropped in the image: Compare:…
waterside81 on HN
wkhtmltopdf
From 1 comment
You may be interested in this app: http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/ It is more actively developed, and written in C/C++.
pplante on HN
url2png.com
From 1 comment
Thanks, all the magic is done with url2png.com, I'm just adding a front-face with Twitter Bootstrap and a Django backend. (edit) The cropping is because I've started with a…
fduran on HN