postcards.lekevicius.com

Consumer and social

greeting cards

SHOW HN2013

109points
27comments
#209of 1,739 in 2013
Top 13%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

5 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 3 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.09.

Idea: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.

positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Simple and intuitive

    From 2 comments
    • This is excellent. Extremely simple and fairly intuitive, I wish I had heard about it days sooner. It's somewhat surprising to continuously encounter such (seemingly) simple…
      tannerc on HN
    • Very nice.
      gorhill on HN
  • Funny gallery

    From 2 comments

Objections

  • Does not work well on tablets or mobile without a space bar

    From 2 comments
    • Doesn't work in Chrome on a tablet. Start drawing zoomed to some a flipped view of the backside and there is no space bar to tap without a text field. Hacks for desktop only is…
      ryanwatkins on HN
    • It works on mobile, but please add an on page button to clear card, since I don't have a space bar.
      judk on HN
  • Instructions disappear in Firefox

    From 2 comments
    • Nice site! It seems like the initial instructions don't show up in Firefox though. The drawing still works.
      kevining on HN
    • Same here, in Firefox the instructions disappeared on load. Had to experiment to see what it did. Cool otherwise.
      51Cards on HN
  • Mouse-up events dropped in IE 11

    From 1 comment

Requests

  • Add an on-page clear button

    From 1 comment
    • It works on mobile, but please add an on page button to clear card, since I don't have a space bar.
      judk on HN
  • Write up how it was built

    From 3 comments
    • Very nice. You should either open-source it or do a write up on how you made it. As a newbie to web development, I'd love to read it.
      eugmill on HN
    • This is excellent. Extremely simple and fairly intuitive, I wish I had heard about it days sooner. It's somewhat surprising to continuously encounter such (seemingly) simple…
      tannerc on HN
    • beautiful work! would love a breakdown on how you built this (I made a postcard app a few years back picsicle.com)
      frankdenbow on HN

Questions

  • Is it a postcard or a Christmas card

    From 2 comments
    • Isn't this a family Christmas card, rather than a postcard? Isn't a postcard something you send back from a vacation?
      charlesgarson on HN
    • No, a postcard is a very specific type of mail, which can have any image you desire on the other side (vacation, Christmas, save the date, etc). The key characteristics of a…
      jinushaun on HN

Alternatives named

  • Spirograph

    From 1 comment
    • This reminds me so much of a toy I had when I was a kid, with a catchy commercial... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirograph commercial…
      aestra on HN
  • Picsicle

    From 1 comment
    • beautiful work! would love a breakdown on how you built this (I made a postcard app a few years back picsicle.com)
      frankdenbow on HN

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