Piqtur

Creative

image editing

SHOW HN2012

41points
18comments
#574of 1,677 in 2012
Top 35%of 2012 by points

How HN took it

DebatedReal support and real criticism

4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.

Execution: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 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

  • Simple, clean and fast interface

    From 3 comments
    • This is beautiful, simple, and fast.
      instakill on HN
    • Wow, what an elegant and simple to use app. It feels a tiny bit sluggish though (or may be its just my firebug pulling me down)
      meow on HN
    • This is fantastic. I need something exactly like this most of the time. To be honest, I'd pay for this in the Mac Appstore. Nice job amigo.
      ZanderEarth32 on HN
  • Effects look good and render well

    From 2 comments
    • Very nice effects well rendered! Image quality was fine.
      Craiggybear on HN
    • Fornicating hell! Thanks for showing me what's possible with HTML5 and JS. I am inspired to do stuff like this myself now. No chance you will release the source?
      itmag on HN

Objections

  • No regular upload button; drag and drop only

    From 3 comments
    • Add a regular upload button (if you can). And maybe you should provide some sample images, that way I can start playing around right away without searching my hardware for a…
      CWIZO on HN
    • Looks cool, and your app might be landing at just the right time, considering Picnik is disappearing in a few weeks. Lots of people are looking for something just like this. As a…
      SyneRyder on HN
    • I agree with the need for an upload button. I'm on Ubuntu 11.10 and dragged an image from Thunar to Firefox. Firefox just opened the image instead of it opening in your…
      warp on HN
  • Exported image quality dropped

    From 1 comment
    • Add a regular upload button (if you can). And maybe you should provide some sample images, that way I can start playing around right away without searching my hardware for a…
      CWIZO on HN
  • Unclear whether uploaded images stay private

    From 1 comment
    • Looks cool, and your app might be landing at just the right time, considering Picnik is disappearing in a few weeks. Lots of people are looking for something just like this. As a…
      SyneRyder on HN
  • Toggling effects by clicking the name is confusing

    From 1 comment
    • Very nice job. The only thing is that it I had to click the text name of the effect to turn the effect off. That was a bit confusing at first.
      latchkey on HN

Requests

  • Add an upload button

    From 2 comments
    • Add a regular upload button (if you can). And maybe you should provide some sample images, that way I can start playing around right away without searching my hardware for a…
      CWIZO on HN
    • FWIW I actually bailed for the same reason. I do appreciate the simplicity but it seems like it would be easy enough to add an unobtrusive link in the bottom corner "...or click…
      peterii on HN
  • Provide sample images

    From 2 comments
    • Add a regular upload button (if you can). And maybe you should provide some sample images, that way I can start playing around right away without searching my hardware for a…
      CWIZO on HN
    • Looks cool, and your app might be landing at just the right time, considering Picnik is disappearing in a few weeks. Lots of people are looking for something just like this. As a…
      SyneRyder on HN
  • Release the source code

    From 1 comment
    • Fornicating hell! Thanks for showing me what's possible with HTML5 and JS. I am inspired to do stuff like this myself now. No chance you will release the source?
      itmag on HN

Questions

  • How was it built?

    From 2 comments
    • Add a regular upload button (if you can). And maybe you should provide some sample images, that way I can start playing around right away without searching my hardware for a…
      CWIZO on HN
    • I like it. Care to elaborate on what libraries/framework/tech you used?
      antonp on HN
  • Are images uploaded to the server?

    From 1 comment
    • Looks cool, and your app might be landing at just the right time, considering Picnik is disappearing in a few weeks. Lots of people are looking for something just like this. As a…
      SyneRyder on HN

Alternatives named

  • Picnik

    From 1 comment
    • Looks cool, and your app might be landing at just the right time, considering Picnik is disappearing in a few weeks. Lots of people are looking for something just like this. As a…
      SyneRyder on HN

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