I can't help but feel all these websites miss out on what makes Hacker News great: density of information leading to a quick scan of the zeitgeist. I just feel constrained looking at this website's frontpage.
I like the idea a lot. Nice work!<p>One slightly negative impression: while there are already lots of good submissions and it looks like people are using the heart button, there are very few feedback comments so far. I particularly like the idea of a smaller, more tight-knit group of HNers giving each other feedback, since it seems nearly impossible these days to get any attention for a Show HN post without preexisting internet fame or a voting ring, so I found it a bit unfortunate that Breakpoint seems be starting out more in the direction of show-off gallery than a place for substantive discussion and critique in the HN vein. I'm not really sure how to remedy this. Perhaps placing more emphasis on discussion vs. screenshots could help?
I love the idea! But I think it would be great if people would be able to change their thumbnail screenshot that is shown on the popular and latest list. I've added my project[1] but I changing the lead screenshot is not possible which is a shame. It's also not possible to delete screenshots, which should be a must-have feature.<p>[1]: <a href="https://breakpoint.io/65-instaghent/" rel="nofollow">https://breakpoint.io/65-instaghent/</a>
<a href="http://www.instaghent.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.instaghent.com/</a>
The phrase "hand-<i>whatever</i>" has lost its novelty. I'm reluctant to make such a short and flip comment, but I can't be the only person who cringes every time I see it.
Nice idea. I added one of my projects: <a href="https://breakpoint.io/84-quotepress-turn-your-customers-into-spokespeople/" rel="nofollow">https://breakpoint.io/84-quotepress-turn-your-customers-into...</a><p>Although it looks like one of the screenshots I added is not displaying. Could just be hackernews traffic maybe, I noticed there is also an image error with the ad in the sidebar.<p>[edit] Looks like both screenshots are showing now.
I'm getting server error 500 when I try to upload my project (dbinbox.com) :(<p>Edit: The developer (thanks Drew!) emailed me within ten minutes of posting this, figured out what the issue was, and pushed a fix. I'm impressed.<p>Here's my weekend project dbinbox: <a href="https://breakpoint.io/144-dbinbox-makes-it-easier-for-people-to-send-you-files/" rel="nofollow">https://breakpoint.io/144-dbinbox-makes-it-easier-for-people...</a>
Cool. I threw my side project up there:<p><a href="https://breakpoint.io/48-ringo/" rel="nofollow">https://breakpoint.io/48-ringo/</a><p><a href="http://www.tryringo.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.tryringo.com</a><p>Given that most Show HN's never hit the front page (mine was in the 1st page of the 'new' tab for just 20 minutes!), hopefully this fills in a niche that seems to be missing from HN. Good work!
Very fun, I've added one of my projects here: <a href="http://breakpoint.io/43-trackchat/" rel="nofollow">http://breakpoint.io/43-trackchat/</a><p>As others have said, the screenshots management bit needs to be improvement - it's a bit of a guess as to what'll work best right now. But I imagine that will come with time.<p>Good luck!
I like the idea and the design. This has some overlap with Launchsky (including a similar UI): <a href="http://launchsky.com" rel="nofollow">http://launchsky.com</a><p>The main difference is that we're a platform for sharing ideas, and you're sharing projects that already exist. In any case, good luck with this!
Nice work. I'm glad you are tackling it [1], now it's off my table. Hopefully your site is back up to let me signup. The UI could benefit from simplicity.<p>[1] = <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5030945" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5030945</a>
I really like it and I hope you're able to get some traction/traffic with it–but also balance it with having a solid community.<p>Frankly, submitting "Show HN" posts here is now useless and a bit frustrating. Most of them seem to get lost.
Cool site!<p>Suggestions:
- Use Gravatar for the avatar
- Add a field in the profile for GitHub<p>Also, just added mine... <a href="http://breakpoint.io/116-straply/" rel="nofollow">http://breakpoint.io/116-straply/</a>
Cool :) few minutes before it was inaccessible but now it works fine! I added my recent experiment : <a href="https://breakpoint.io/121-railyo/" rel="nofollow">https://breakpoint.io/121-railyo/</a>
Another site that tackles this from a non-social angle: <a href="http://criticue.com" rel="nofollow">http://criticue.com</a>
Interesting 1-for-1 review model. I've used it with good results.
I like this quite a lot. I hope you keep iterating on it. I've added my project: <a href="http://breakpoint.io/50-underspark/" rel="nofollow">http://breakpoint.io/50-underspark/</a>
I'd suggest adding features to keep people coming back. E.g' rss and email subscription for 'hot' projects. Otherwise it might get pretty lonely when you get off the hn front page.
Hi, I am sure you are aware, but as I tried to load my project, your site crashed. I ran this on a VM with a spoofed IP as well, so Im not sure whether it is all domains or not...
Nice - posted my own side project - would love some feedback on the idea from HN. <a href="https://breakpoint.io/153-bento/" rel="nofollow">https://breakpoint.io/153-bento/</a>
Great idea! Hope I get good feedback on one of my newer projects: <a href="https://breakpoint.io/103-awdio/" rel="nofollow">https://breakpoint.io/103-awdio/</a>