Show HN: Blink – an iphone app for creating memes out of screenshots (blink.am)

16 points by abreckle 10y ago ↗ HN

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How is that different from one shot?

Oneshot is great for sharing a snippet of an article via Twitter. Blink is aimed at everything else, providing a way to share content from any app anywhere.

byjess 10y ago ↗

So basically Skitch for mobile?

abreckle 10y ago ↗

Kindoff...except it doesn't have the standard tools (arrows, text color customization) that you'd expect from a tool for PM's like Skitch. What you will find other features that help preserve context (hotlink blink & selective highlight/crop) and make sharing ad-hoc screenshots faster (blink instant) and more fun (scalable emojis).

kevinsimper 10y ago ↗

First I was like, "How does it detech screenshots in other apps?"

Then i was like, ahh, it must look at the images added to the Photoroll :) It should be added somewhere on their website like FAQ.

I need to try it out!

abreckle 10y ago ↗

For those who are curious, we explain a bit more how it works here: http://blink.am/help

kevinsimper 10y ago ↗

That gives me a 502 sadly.

abreckle 10y ago ↗

Try again now, we had a temporary maintenance outage.

scarface74 10y ago ↗

I don't have a problem with it myself, but I suspect using Location Services to allow for background processing is against Apple's App Store guidelines.