Fireform
Web and SaaS
form backend service
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
4 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 6 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.
Design: 2 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean custom markup support versus Wufoo
From 2 comments
This. Wufoo is a PITA when it comes to doing custom stuff. I've spent hours mucking with css trying to overcome their layouts.
iandanforth on HNYes. Their process is backwards. Lots of folks don't want to start with their markup. It'd be much better to be able to code up your forms and submit whatever you want.
DLarsen on HN
Automatic schema creation from form data
From 1 comment
It automatically creates the schema based on the form data :)
christinericks on HN
Zapier email integration works well
From 1 comment
It's really awesome we were able to build this completely on Firebase's system. The zapier integration for email was clutch too. Ne sweat on the scaling.
jenkinsj on HN
Objections
Demo layout breaks on smaller browser windows
From 2 comments
Their demo is really a pain to use in my 1024x700 browser windows. And even when I switch to fullscreen actually (but I'd rather not).
p4bl0 on HNHi, On the demo backend, if I click on "download csv" or "get code" I can't go back except if I unzoom (because the closing X is out of my browser window, and it's almost true in…
p4bl0 on HN
Sorting leads to a blank javascript:null page
From 2 comments
When I click any sort I get brought to a blank page with javascript:null
wdewind on HNSame issue here in Firefox
TazeTSchnitzel on HN
No server-side spam filtering or validation
From 1 comment
What I want/need is a more robust system to handle spam/server side validation. i.e. filtering out known bad email addresses or domains, blocking IPs, blocking known spam phrases…
cooperx on HN
Requests
Spam and server-side validation filters
From 1 comment
What I want/need is a more robust system to handle spam/server side validation. i.e. filtering out known bad email addresses or domains, blocking IPs, blocking known spam phrases…
cooperx on HN
Self-hosted option
From 1 comment
I love the concept, but I'd much prefer to self-host such a tool. I'd pay for something that easily handle all the ad-hoc forms we want to cook up on our otherwise static…
DLarsen on HN
Ability to delete fields from schema
From 1 comment
Right now if you add fields, you'll automatically get that new column of data added. We haven't added a way to delete fields yet, so if you remove fields, you'll still see the…
christinericks on HN
Questions
How to tag submissions by environment or landing page
From 1 comment
Awesome!! Can I assign a custom tags on a form? I'd love to differentiate when the form was submitted on a dev environment, a landing page 1 or landing page 2..
gatopan on HN
Pricing plans
From 1 comment
What are your thoughts on pricing for this? How about a form builder?
ageyfman on HN
Alternatives named
Wufoo
From 1 comment
looks sharp, but doesn't wufoo have a pretty solid foothold in this market?
OhHeyItsE on HN
Formspree
From 1 comment
formspree.com, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7298195
jenkinsj on HN
MachForms and JotForm self-hosted
From 2 comments
Just in case it might be helpful for someone else (I know it's been helpful for us at the college the past few years). Here's a great Wufoo-like self-hosted Forms Application…
orware on HNWe have a simple version of JotForm in the same space. You can install it on any LAMP server: http://www.interlogy.com/products/jotform/ It does support LDAP as well.
aytekin on HN
BitBalloon form handling
From 1 comment
Also posted about it in the other thread, but in case you missed it. At https://www.bitballoon.com we do a slightly different take on it since we integrate form handling with…
bobfunk on HN