right/left was pretty snappy for me, but I found myself wishing it would preload the reddit page each time. I found myself hitting [up] for every single image (because I needed the explanation that often..)
Well, all the "christians suck, athiest rule!" posts do give it a more hostile tone. I'm not aware of any other subreddits with what amounts to hate-speech being allowed on the front page.
Yes, we, the rest of the world understand that the 'religious issue' in the US has become tied in with the 'political issue'. But (again speaking on behalf of the rest of the world) we just wish the US would grow the @@@@ up and get the @@@@ over it.
I was trying to make a joke about the addictiveness of reddit, but I agree, several of the subreddits are just complete bigoted shit. I've taken to just unsubscribing from them rather than getting angry everytime a post comes up.
Thanks. We actually had subreddit support in an earlier version but decided to take it out for the sake of simplicity. It's definitely a feature that we'd like to add back in though.
It's probably worth noting that in other parts of the English speaking world, the word "mong" is derogatory and offensive.
I'm not sure if "MongOut" is a derivative of MongoDB, but if you're aiming at a maintream global audience you might want to consider the sensitivities.
Thanks, we've got similar feedback previously, but decided to stick with the name as it was memorable. I do realize that this is something that could put people off though.
I have popslide.com that I will probably never get around to using. Might be useful here? Make the images slide in a little and add some popping element or branding component.
In UK slang, to "mong out" is to relax on a sofa in a state of immobility, generally after overenthusiastic herbal indulgence.
It may be related to the insult against those with downs syndrome, but people aren't thinking about that when they say it. They're thinking about lying on their bed with a laptop having just woken up at lunchtime, browsing through funny pictures using only the arrow keys.
I like it. Imgur actually has left / right arrow support as well. (Example: http://imgur.com/gallery/ExxXR then hit →) I find it works well for a few chuckles if I happen to be eating at my desk in search of some web bubblegum.
Right, I'll just round up my suggestions and those I agreed with from other comments:
- In portuguese, and I imagine a lot of other languages, "mongo" is a pretty nasty word. Think "retard", only worse.
- Have this linked with your reddit account so you can up/down vote. Also, then you could, by default, show pics from the user's default subreddits. You should allow an user to add/remove subreddits to get pics from, independently from the user's default subreddits.
- Gamify this. Think up some sort of achievements (opting out has to be an option, of course). First step: you have that bar filling up, what about having a counter nearby, which increments everytime the bar fills?
- You should do some preloading up to a max of USER_CONFIGURABLE_NUMBER images, have a sane default like 1 or 2.
That's it for now.
Edit:
- I just got a imgur "this image is no longer available" thingy. I think you can scratch those from showing up entirely.
- You could add some sort of sharing feature. A permalink would be a nice step in that direction. I just found an image I'd like to share with a friend and I noticed mongout wasn't gonna be a part of that process.
No, I don't think so. I've heard the phrase "to mong out" before. But still, the word is in the URL. Just like how Expert's exchange didn't mean to create a reference to gender reassignment with expertsexchange.com.
I'm fairly sure not, but it was one of the first things that I thought about when reading the URL.
The portuguese/brazillian web users are suckers for this sort of quick-fix, instant-gratification entertainment [1]. I, personally, would take no chances with the apps name. It wouldn't be the first time the portuguese language had a play on significant naming decisions [2] :)
- We didn't realise that mongo had such a negative connotation Portuguese - in british english it doesn't. We'll probably stick with it for the time being but change it if we offend people.
- Yes, we really want to add in a way to select different subreddits. Not too sure about letting people sign in though but definitely a good idea.
- We might go for non-obtrusive game mechanics, so the progress bar + points + leaderboard + tweet progress. It just didn't make it into this release.
- Preloading images is a good idea that we didn't think about.
Well done. Kept me engaged to the last picture. A couple of observations though:
The left-right keys still advance to the previous / next picture in the background, when the comments are in the foreground. Suggest that a left or right hides the comments as well as moving forward or back.
I second the comment made elsewhere on pre-loading the next picture to save your users waiting for the load-time.
How do I navigate the comments with the keyboard? I use the cursor keys to scroll down, and it doesn't work, as up / down is mapped to show / hide comments.
I was happy to see the onscreen arrows since many experimental UIs seem to be relying on the keyboard exclusively. I figured those keys meant some thought went into iOS support.
Regardless, I'm still having fun just clicking thru the pics. Thanks.
Slick site! It would be good if going back through the navigation history took you through the images you had viewed. Currently it just goes in and out of thread view.
Neat! Intuitive, no explanation needed except for the diagram of the arrow keys below. Suggestion: Add a timer to show people how much time they waste (of course, not everybody wants to see that).
We've got some pretty granular analytics on the site. It'll be interesting to measure how much people are engaging with it. We'll probably write a blog post sometime over the next few days regarding this if anyone is interested.
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http://107.20.224.248:8000/#pics;funny;humor;comics;reddit.c...
hack the URL to control subreddits
source here https://github.com/mwhooker/procrastinatr
Nice site, btw.
I'm not sure if "MongOut" is a derivative of MongoDB, but if you're aiming at a maintream global audience you might want to consider the sensitivities.
'MongoOut' would be fine
'MongOut' is not.
It may be related to the insult against those with downs syndrome, but people aren't thinking about that when they say it. They're thinking about lying on their bed with a laptop having just woken up at lunchtime, browsing through funny pictures using only the arrow keys.
Feature request: filter out photos of cats.
[1] http://fuseki.net/home/linked-images-bookmarklet.html
- In portuguese, and I imagine a lot of other languages, "mongo" is a pretty nasty word. Think "retard", only worse.
- Have this linked with your reddit account so you can up/down vote. Also, then you could, by default, show pics from the user's default subreddits. You should allow an user to add/remove subreddits to get pics from, independently from the user's default subreddits.
- Gamify this. Think up some sort of achievements (opting out has to be an option, of course). First step: you have that bar filling up, what about having a counter nearby, which increments everytime the bar fills?
- You should do some preloading up to a max of USER_CONFIGURABLE_NUMBER images, have a sane default like 1 or 2.
That's it for now.
Edit:
- I just got a imgur "this image is no longer available" thingy. I think you can scratch those from showing up entirely.
- You could add some sort of sharing feature. A permalink would be a nice step in that direction. I just found an image I'd like to share with a friend and I noticed mongout wasn't gonna be a part of that process.
Were they going for "mongo" when they called it "mongout"?
The portuguese/brazillian web users are suckers for this sort of quick-fix, instant-gratification entertainment [1]. I, personally, would take no chances with the apps name. It wouldn't be the first time the portuguese language had a play on significant naming decisions [2] :)
[1] http://www.appappeal.com/maps/9gag/
[2] https://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2012/01/19/1025...
Historically mong is an abbreviation of mongoloid, as in mongoloidism. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome)
- We didn't realise that mongo had such a negative connotation Portuguese - in british english it doesn't. We'll probably stick with it for the time being but change it if we offend people.
- Yes, we really want to add in a way to select different subreddits. Not too sure about letting people sign in though but definitely a good idea.
- We might go for non-obtrusive game mechanics, so the progress bar + points + leaderboard + tweet progress. It just didn't make it into this release.
- Preloading images is a good idea that we didn't think about.
Achievement unlocked:
I should be working
Browse for one hour straight.
Although that adds some complexity to the codebase, of course.
Btw: appropriate user name.
Outstanding job, the interface is as simple as it could be.
Consider mapping a key to share links too
The left-right keys still advance to the previous / next picture in the background, when the comments are in the foreground. Suggest that a left or right hides the comments as well as moving forward or back.
I second the comment made elsewhere on pre-loading the next picture to save your users waiting for the load-time.
How do I navigate the comments with the keyboard? I use the cursor keys to scroll down, and it doesn't work, as up / down is mapped to show / hide comments.
Agree, this behavior was very unintuitive.
I was happy to see the onscreen arrows since many experimental UIs seem to be relying on the keyboard exclusively. I figured those keys meant some thought went into iOS support.
Regardless, I'm still having fun just clicking thru the pics. Thanks.