Pasteboard
Productivity
image sharing
SHOW HN2012
64points
42comments
#363of 1,677 in 2012
Top 22%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
11 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 3 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score +0.29.
Execution: 4 for, 1 againstDesign: 4 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, simple, beautiful interface
From 4 comments
Gorgeous UI! This is an interesting case because I've always wondered how users interact with drag and drop ui in the browsers. Are users accustomed to the concept or does it…
arkitaip on HNThe interface is beautiful, good job. It would be brilliant if you could now extend the simple interface to some additional features like cropping, rotating, maybe even some…
leejw00t354 on HNThis is truly a beautiful web app. Very nice work.
fudged71 on HNThis is nicely done! The interface is dead-simple, and well-built. Good work.
alexobenauer on HN
Works well and is simple to use
From 3 comments
Very neat interface. App just works.
Chirag on HNNice webapp. It is dead simple to use and works very well. Being able to crop the image before uploading is a great plus.
js4all on HNSuper slick, love the design. Uploading a few test images was painless and the workflow was straightforward. Great work!
tmchow on HN
Objections
Clipboard paste and drag-and-drop from other sites do not work in some browsers
From 3 comments
I like the UI and it seems pretty nice. But under Firefox the image does not upload at first (stays a 00%). I first have to cancel and reclick Upload for it to work. When I'm on…
koopajah on HNPretty damn cool. On Firefox, though, I can't drag and drop an image straight from another webpage, or choose "Copy Image" in FF then paste - in both cases it says either "not an…
thenomad on HNDoes it work in Safari in the Mac? I tested it there but no joy (Safari 6 on 10.8) I've been struggling with Safari myself - it only allows you to catch paste events if the user…
OliverM on HN
No way to delete uploaded images
From 2 comments
I like the UI and it seems pretty nice. But under Firefox the image does not upload at first (stays a 00%). I first have to cancel and reclick Upload for it to work. When I'm on…
koopajah on HNSo where do the images go - sorry to ask a dumb question but if I want to delete the uploaded snap, is it possible ? If you can enable batch upload that'll be fantastic. Kudos to…
deepGem on HN
Requests
Clickable link or button to open the generated image URL
From 2 comments
I like the UI and it seems pretty nice. But under Firefox the image does not upload at first (stays a 00%). I first have to cancel and reclick Upload for it to work. When I'm on…
koopajah on HNStrangely the bug does not seem to appear anymore sorry I cannot give you more info on this now. A clickable link or maybe a button with an image representing "Go to" action!…
koopajah on HN
Batch upload
From 1 comment
So where do the images go - sorry to ask a dumb question but if I want to delete the uploaded snap, is it possible ? If you can enable batch upload that'll be fantastic. Kudos to…
deepGem on HN
Show the raw image URL right after upload
From 1 comment
Show the raw URL immediately after upload. Nobody wants a link where you get to see stuff other than the image just uploaded.
recroad on HN
Questions
Where are images stored and for how long
From 2 comments
I like the UI and it seems pretty nice. But under Firefox the image does not upload at first (stays a 00%). I first have to cancel and reclick Upload for it to work. When I'm on…
koopajah on HNSo where do the images go - sorry to ask a dumb question but if I want to delete the uploaded snap, is it possible ? If you can enable batch upload that'll be fantastic. Kudos to…
deepGem on HN
Alternatives named
Dropbox for sharing files by link
From 1 comment
Your first use case seems perfect for Dropbox... just share a link to the specific files in question. The second use case, I'm unaware of anything that legally provides that…
btown on HN
Amazon S3 for storing images
From 1 comment
Your first use case seems perfect for Dropbox... just share a link to the specific files in question. The second use case, I'm unaware of anything that legally provides that…
btown on HN
Corkboard.me
From 1 comment
Nifty. Reminds of Corkboard.me from awhile back.
kellysutton on HN
imageshar.es
From 1 comment
I built this too, but with sweet user accounts: http://imageshar.es/ I, however, did not spend much time on the UI. :)
ctide on HN