Quotably

Consumer and social

quote discovery

SHOW HN2012

142points
75comments
#138of 1,677 in 2012
Top 9%of 2012 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

18 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 7 critical, out of 41 comments about the project. Thread score +0.35.

Design: 11 for, 3 againstIdea: 4 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Clean, simple, elegant design

    From 4 comments
    • I don't always find weekend project to be as fancy but this one is exception. Good job, I really like its simplicity!
      vandershraaf on HN
    • Absolutely beautiful. Great job
      ecubed on HN
    • Nicely done. Simple neat idea and the execution is perfect. :)
      chinmoy on HN
    • I love simple and elegant apps like this! Kudos and I wish you to keep it growing! Shared...
      vividmind on HN
  • Good idea and execution

    From 2 comments
    • Nicely done. Simple neat idea and the execution is perfect. :)
      chinmoy on HN
    • '"Quotably" shares the most highlighted quotes from the Amazon Kindle' ^ excellent tag line. Explains exactly what I'm looking at. Good job. Nice idea.
      user24 on HN

Objections

  • Background image too large and slow to load

    From 2 comments
    • Nice app and concept...the most-highlighted passages feature of Amazon is definitely something worth mining. My first reaction: Is it really necessary to load a 2.33MB background…
      danso on HN
    • Yes, it does make the concept suffer because the concept is the power of the (crowd-sourced) quote. The slow-loading background is a strong visual distraction from that,…
      danso on HN
  • Forward/back navigation loads random quotes

    From 2 comments
    • I really like the design and the interface, nice work. One thing I found a little confusing is that if you go "back" and then "forward", the "forward" action seems to load a…
      wldlyinaccurate on HN
    • There was a great quote, I clicked left, and it went to the previous quote, then right, and it went to a new quote with the one I liked gone. Maybe a grooveshark or youtube-like…
      adrianwaj on HN
  • Too many religious quotes

    From 1 comment
    • The app is really cool, there's lots of room for design flair with this. I was a little disheartened to see so many religious quotes, the same book (persuit of god) came up three…
      hnriot on HN
  • Book title hard to read below quote

    From 2 comments
    • 1. There actually is a title and author, it's just in blue below the box and hard to read.
      austenallred on HN
    • Beautiful design. To my eye (and my personal taste), the book image should be valign=top. With the longer quotes, the book image at the middle looks strange. Also, again with the…
      kafkaesque on HN

Requests

  • Browse by book or genre categories

    From 3 comments
    • Really cool idea (and nice design). I know it was a weekend project so I bet most of my feedback are things you've already considered, but here it is: 1) It's a little hard to…
      patrickambron on HN
    • That's a nice app you have come up with. I like it. Here are some suggestions to create a better experience: 1. Use of arrow keys to navigate between the quotes will deliver a…
      vrishabh on HN
    • This is great. I hope you get some sort of referral payment for linking back to books for purchase on Amazon. A site like this could inspire a lot of people to buy a lot of new…
      alainbryden on HN
  • Dynamic loading without page refresh

    From 2 comments
    • Really cool idea (and nice design). I know it was a weekend project so I bet most of my feedback are things you've already considered, but here it is: 1) It's a little hard to…
      patrickambron on HN
    • That's a nice app you have come up with. I like it. Here are some suggestions to create a better experience: 1. Use of arrow keys to navigate between the quotes will deliver a…
      vrishabh on HN
  • Easier sharing buttons inside the quote box

    From 1 comment
    • Really cool idea (and nice design). I know it was a weekend project so I bet most of my feedback are things you've already considered, but here it is: 1) It's a little hard to…
      patrickambron on HN
  • RSS feed or embeddable widgets

    From 2 comments
    • I think you should keep it in, instead of filtering it out. It will make the site feel more authentic, and the out-of-place quotes can become viral (in the sense of "no publicity…
      coverband on HN
    • This is great. I hope you get some sort of referral payment for linking back to books for purchase on Amazon. A site like this could inspire a lot of people to buy a lot of new…
      alainbryden on HN

Questions

  • Is affiliate revenue being earned and how much

    From 2 comments
    • I'd like to see a blog post in a month to show how much affiliate revenue you've made from this.
      unreal37 on HN
    • Definitely interested to read this as well! Funny, this has more of a business model than say (gasp) Instagram.
      mbesto on HN
  • What technology is behind it

    From 1 comment
    • It is a very nice site, clean and elegant. Can you share the technology behind this?
      praveenhm on HN

Alternatives named

  • kindle.amazon.com most popular highlights

    From 1 comment
    • https://kindle.amazon.com/most_popular - simple interface, aggregated view with different filters.
      unclegene on HN
  • quote.fm and quotevault.org

    From 1 comment
    • Why not also add a plugin that can collect quotes from web-pages with a right-click? I think that's what quote.fm and quotevault.org sort of already do. But you could make a kind…
      adrianwaj on HN
  • Wisbit

    From 1 comment
    • Something similar with an interesting mashing feature: http://wisbit.akeelali.com/
      hackly on HN

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