BugCam
Dev tools
bug reporting
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
4 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 9 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score -0.24.
Idea: 2 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for showing unusual bugs and integrates with bug trackers
From 2 comments
I think this is awesome, especially for those "Hey, watch this cool thing I broke" kind of bugs. And for all of those bugs that live in Mr./Ms. CLOSED-CANNOT-REPRODUCE's…
jen_h on HNWow... this is really cool. I like how it integrates with bug trackers.
ctseng on HN
Clean, nice product
From 3 comments
BugCam is the perfect tool for software developers as well as testers. Truly awesome! Oscar Henry
henrytejera on HNNicely done!
HarveyKandola on HNVery cool. Small suggestion: Make the cursor turn into a hand (button:hover{cursor:pointer;}) when hovering over the buttons on the pricing page.
jonny_eh on HN
Objections
Windows only and requires a download install
From 3 comments
setup.exe? That's not going to run on my Mac!
lsemel on HNYou should then put a user-agent test so that you start the download only on Windows computers. I have no use for a .exe either.
Timothee on HNI'm sure he means installing a native client on the OS. Using a tool like this internally is fine, but really, something like this shines in the hands of the end-user. A…
maratd on HN
Video is slower and harder to search than written repro steps
From 3 comments
I used to attach video to bug reports occasionally. All the developers on my team hated it. They forced me to stop. They found it slower than scanning through text and didn't…
pakeha on HNSearchable. Indexable. Easily migrated across technology stacks. Compressable. Light-weight. Machine readable. All things that video is not. This is not the future of bug…
InclinedPlane on HNSure, quite useful. Let's say a tester has some fairly complicated steps to repro a particularly nasty bug. So complex that writing down the steps correctly would take perhaps a…
InclinedPlane on HN
Per-creator pricing unsuitable for customers
From 1 comment
I was loving this until I saw the pricing and noticed that it's priced on number of bug video creators. Boo. I was hoping that this would be used by our customers (for customer…
rexreed on HN
Requests
Mac or cross-platform support
From 2 comments
setup.exe? That's not going to run on my Mac!
lsemel on HNYou should then put a user-agent test so that you start the download only on Windows computers. I have no use for a .exe either.
Timothee on HN
Remove the one-minute recording limit
From 1 comment
Why is there a 1 minute limit for the video? I tried it and it just stopped recording after 1 minute.
swatthatfly on HN
Browser-based version for end users
From 1 comment
I'm sure he means installing a native client on the OS. Using a tool like this internally is fine, but really, something like this shines in the hands of the end-user. A…
maratd on HN
Questions
How does it differ from browser-based ScreenR?
From 1 comment
What does this add over http://screenr.com/ (which works 100% in the browser on all platforms)?
judofyr on HN
Why host the demo video on Vimeo?
From 1 comment
Why do you host your screencast on the landing page on Vimeo? It feels kind of wrong that a company that integrates video into web bug trackers needs to host their own video on a…
caillou on HN
Alternatives named
ScreenR
From 2 comments
What does this add over http://screenr.com/ (which works 100% in the browser on all platforms)?
judofyr on HNI would prefer a multi-os, non-intrusive solution like http://business.screenr.com/ except for it's price for small startups which is enterprisey
rmoriz on HN
Jing
From 1 comment
www.jingproject.com can also be used for this purpose. You'll capture a screenshot or video, click on a button and get a url back.
MortenK on HN
Java-based screencast tools
From 1 comment
Nicely done. I was looking at screencasting software and I saw a competitor of yours doing this too - recording problems for user support. Theirs used java, so there's nothing to…
teyc on HN