The Toolbox
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How HN took it
8 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.
Idea: 6 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 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
Useful collection of tools and a good index to bookmark
From 3 comments
Thanks for this great site - I hope it gets some traction and grows. There are so many great sites/services out there that because I've forgotten about them. Having a simple…
empire29 on HNThis is awesome - a number of tools i've never seen before. I think i'll find them very handy.
MaxwellM on HNExcellent, bookmarked. Feature suggestion: a suggestion box for people to request tools they would like to have but don't seem to exist.
talmand on HN
Companion article on setting up the site is useful
From 1 comment
Love it. Especially the companion article about the proecess to set up thetoolbox.cc Well done!
justinavery on HN
Objections
Site went down under traffic due to caching plugin not being active
From 2 comments
Really sorry for the downtime… I thought my WordPress install was ready to go, but for some reason the caching plugin was not activated. So everything came crashing down under…
sgdesign on HNSorry, the site you're trying to access is busy! Error code 502 PHPFog
import on HN
Hard to browse as the list grows
From 1 comment
I would love the ability to create my own toolbox based off of the sites you link. The basic idea would be I login, select the sites that I use and then can see them via my…
citricsquid on HN
Link text contrast was hard to read
From 1 comment
i think you might want a better font for the "I use it" links, they were difficult to read on my screen (it could also be the contrast between the text color and button color)
aeeeee on HN
Requests
Let users create personal toolboxes from selected sites
From 1 comment
I would love the ability to create my own toolbox based off of the sites you link. The basic idea would be I login, select the sites that I use and then can see them via my…
citricsquid on HN
Add more sites such as favicon and validator tools
From 2 comments
A couple more: http://www.favicon.cc/ http://www.stripegenerator.com/ I don't think I've ever actually used the stripe generator, but there should definitely be at least one…
Alex3917 on HNThought of a few more things to add: http://validator.w3.org/ One of the browser testing tools: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/08/07/a-dozen-cross-browser-testing-tools/…
Alex3917 on HN
Add a suggestion box for requested tools
From 1 comment
Excellent, bookmarked. Feature suggestion: a suggestion box for people to request tools they would like to have but don't seem to exist.
talmand on HN
Questions
Whether WordPress with a theme was the fastest route to build it
From 1 comment
Is Wordpress (along with a professional theme) the fastest route to a site as visually appealing as this one? In other words, what would other HN readers have chosen in order to…
ezequiel-garzon on HN
Alternatives named
OneForty
From 1 comment
OneForty.com (before being acquihired by HubSpot) tried to do this for Twitter apps - which were often just as you described: JS-Heavy, not terribly crawl able and they had what…
michaelbuckbee on HN
Chrome Web Store
From 2 comments
Not loading for me right now. The web really needs the equivalent of an app store. Search engines don't do apps justice. They don't have enough content to index and are often…
mmahemoff on HNI don't know about "no-install"--I for one prefer the Chrome Web Store's model, because it gives users a definitive point (hitting install) where they can grant my app extra…
derefr on HN