Mote.io
Dev tools
remote control app
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
9 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.37.
Idea: 5 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Neat, useful idea using phone as a remote
From 3 comments
Using a chrome extension was a brilliant idea, man! I don't recall the name of it, but there was another app that was along the same idea of using your phone as a remote. It was…
goostavos on HNI'm in full support of this idea. Pretty sick of the limitations Chromecast is putting on this concept. Is there any easy way to develop our own remotes?
thebiglebrewski on HNThis is awesome. Glad there's an iphone version now so I can actually put it to use. Great work!
theyCallMeSwift on HN
Purchased and enjoyed by commenters
From 2 comments
Bought it.
joshdance on HNpurchased. love it.
stupidideas on HN
Objections
Website header design hard to read in an older Firefox
From 1 comment
Is it me or is the design really distracting? I'm using Firefox and I see a blue background with gray text and it's really hard to read. I suspect it might be because I'm using…
jlebron2 on HN
Header logo not clickable to reach the app page
From 1 comment
I HIGHLY recommend making the Mote.io in your header clickable. I had to hunt around the page to figure out how to get to your actual app's web page. Super annoying.
wmeredith on HN
Requests
Voice command mode
From 2 comments
Nice app! Have you considered adding a voice command mode, so that when I'm out of reach of my phone or too lazy to read/touch the phone screen, I can still remote-control…
alxbrun on HN"iPhone, make me a sandwich". But, seriously, voice commands could be sweet and done through the chrome extension + mic.
theyCallMeSwift on HN
Open source extension so developers can write remotes
From 2 comments
I'm in full support of this idea. Pretty sick of the limitations Chromecast is putting on this concept. Is there any easy way to develop our own remotes?
thebiglebrewski on HNThanks. I played with many of these apps and hated running those Java servers. I'll be making a presentation about the technology behind the app at HackNY in NYC. If you can't…
tomatohs on HN
Support for additional sites
From 1 comment
Using a chrome extension was a brilliant idea, man! I don't recall the name of it, but there was another app that was along the same idea of using your phone as a remote. It was…
goostavos on HN
Control of non-browser players such as mpg123
From 1 comment
Can you use this to control things outside the browser? i.e. mpg123 command-line player etc? A standalone listener/API could be great for plugging this into, well... anything.…
gingerlime on HN
Haptic feedback option
From 1 comment
Maybe I'm missing something, but are there any options for the app? I'd like to disable the haptic feedback. EDIT: Your welcome email could use a better sender name. My spam…
mrhazel on HN
Questions
Is there a write-up on the technology behind it?
From 1 comment
Using a chrome extension was a brilliant idea, man! I don't recall the name of it, but there was another app that was along the same idea of using your phone as a remote. It was…
goostavos on HN
How to develop your own remotes?
From 1 comment
I'm in full support of this idea. Pretty sick of the limitations Chromecast is putting on this concept. Is there any easy way to develop our own remotes?
thebiglebrewski on HN
Alternatives named
Chromecast
From 1 comment
I'm in full support of this idea. Pretty sick of the limitations Chromecast is putting on this concept. Is there any easy way to develop our own remotes?
thebiglebrewski on HN
Java-server-based phone remote apps
From 1 comment
Using a chrome extension was a brilliant idea, man! I don't recall the name of it, but there was another app that was along the same idea of using your phone as a remote. It was…
goostavos on HN