cats
Consumer and social
photo sharing
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
3 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 2 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.11.
Execution: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Good idea with potential
From 2 comments
This a great start, I think there's definitely something here. I think the biggest issue right now is just making the experience of browsing more dynamic. Endless scroll would…
ForrestN on HNIt might not be possible, but I would love to see this website scaling so fast it would become the place for cat pictures, hence forcing all social media back to doing some…
why-el on HN
Objections
Browsing needs to be more dynamic, e.g. infinite scroll
From 2 comments
I feel like this would benefit from infinite scrolling. Having to stop and paginate gives me too much time to evaluate just what I'm doing with my time.
fishtoaster on HNThis a great start, I think there's definitely something here. I think the biggest issue right now is just making the experience of browsing more dynamic. Endless scroll would…
ForrestN on HN
Rough layout on iPad
From 1 comment
Looks pretty rough on my iPad. I'm sure the normal layout would be fine if you could just mirror that.
ForrestN on HN
Uploaded photos did not appear on the newest cats page
From 2 comments
It would be nice to have next / previous / random buttons on the detail pages. I tried to add a couple pictures, and they haven't shown up on the "newest cats" page (and yes, I'm…
laurasbadideas on HNYes, they both had titles (something like "My cat is not a Twilight vampire" and "Holly and Thunder on a sunny afternoon". One other thing that might be relevant is that they…
laurasbadideas on HN
Requests
Infinite scroll
From 2 comments
I feel like this would benefit from infinite scrolling. Having to stop and paginate gives me too much time to evaluate just what I'm doing with my time.
fishtoaster on HNThis a great start, I think there's definitely something here. I think the biggest issue right now is just making the experience of browsing more dynamic. Endless scroll would…
ForrestN on HN
Keyboard navigation for voting and browsing
From 1 comment
Add keyboard nav to upvote, downvote, and cycle through pics. The internet needs a streamlined cat experience.
harlanlewis on HN
Flag inappropriate photos
From 1 comment
My suggestion: allow users to flag inappropriate photos. Only a matter time before someone uploads a dead cat pic.
AlecM on HN
Import photos from Flickr, Reddit and similar sites
From 1 comment
Nice idea. I would totally love to have an option to import pics from some other websites, such as Flickr, Reddit, etc.
botolo on HN
Tags and category browsing
From 1 comment
This a great start, I think there's definitely something here. I think the biggest issue right now is just making the experience of browsing more dynamic. Endless scroll would…
ForrestN on HN
Questions
Which JavaScript layout plugin is used
From 1 comment
What javascript plugin do you use for Pinterest layou?
felixchan on HN
Alternatives named
kittenwar.com
From 2 comments
http://kittenwar.com/
anthonyb on HNThis a great start, I think there's definitely something here. I think the biggest issue right now is just making the experience of browsing more dynamic. Endless scroll would…
ForrestN on HN
Reddit cat subreddits
From 2 comments
You should really submit this to Reddit (if you haven't already),. This is exactly the thing that the Reddit community would die for.
bobbypage on HNCrosspost to: http://www.reddit.com/r/cats http://www.reddit.com/r/aww http://www.reddit.com/r/lolcats etc.
christiangenco on HN