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Panda: a tool for hackers and designers

73 pointsby fatiherikliabout 11 years ago

22 comments

joshdanceabout 11 years ago
I think the feeling of 'missing something' is a false fear. If something is really good, or really popular, you will see it (like 2048). When you need inspiration you can find it. But what most people need to do (myself included) is seek inspiration less and do more work.
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nkozyraabout 11 years ago
This seems like a muddled UX to me - either it could all be integrated&#x2F;aggregated and filtered or it should be more focused to start.<p>I&#x27;d also say from the UX perspective there&#x27;s a bit of an expectation that [ left side in a list right side in expanded view ] tends to denote a relationship between the two when in fact there is none.<p>Feels like an aggregator that didn&#x27;t want to <i>just</i> be an aggregator. It does look pretty, though.
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calgaryengabout 11 years ago
This might not have been the best name for a product, given the very popular Pandas[1] package that will probably win in Google.<p>[1]: <a href="http://pandas.pydata.org/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;pandas.pydata.org&#x2F;</a>
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duiker101about 11 years ago
I have to say that while all the info was in front of me, it still took me a while to understand what i was looking at...
usesabout 11 years ago
Looks nice, really like the left sidebar.<p>Since this site only works with a 5 sources at the moment, it could tell me a bit deeper info about the links it&#x27;s getting, besides the title.<p>4 of 5 sources (exception being sidebar.io) feature 2 similar metadatas: # upvotes and # comments. They&#x27;re important metrics for me as a browser figuring out what&#x27;s important. Show these on the page (optionally?).<p>And look how much work I have to do to say, see news from HN and DN:<p>1) load page (shows HN for instance) 2) click hamburger 3) click DN icon 4) (close hamburger?)<p>If this is an aggregator, it could do more to make this my awesome news dashboard, showing content from everywhere mixed together. Maybe mix HN, DN, and sidebar (textual content, i.e. titles) in the &quot;text list&quot; sidebar. Your hamburger menu would hide&#x2F;show these from the mix. And same with Dribble&#x2F;Behance (visual content) - show them as a mix in the right side. Or just keep separate sections&#x2F;columns for each source.<p>Though either way, I like the color coding to indicate what source I&#x27;m looking at, e.g. blue for DN, orange for HN.<p>There&#x27;s definitely value in this, and that value is a special purpose RSS-like reader bringing similar sites into a unified happy design aesthetic with crisp UI.
rinceabout 11 years ago
The Popular&#x2F;Latest buttons are a nightmare. It&#x27;s only by using the 2x&#x2F;1x button I realised that clicking on the button changes the view to what was previously on the button.
BorisMelnikabout 11 years ago
This is a fun little tool. I keep the &quot;use as website&quot; bookmarked on my toolbar. This tool actually used to be called &quot;geisha&quot; and the logo was of a geisha girl. IT was deemed offensive so they changed it to Panda. I personally like to use it just for inspiration before I am getting ready to do a new design. Not to copy anything, but just to get my creative juices flowing.
fkaabout 11 years ago
I already use it, but the last update with &quot;Latest&quot; and &quot;Popular&quot; switches made me a little confused. When I press &quot;latest&quot; button, does it switches to latests or already showing the latests? Maybe a slider switch instead of toggle switch would be more clear.<p>Also, as a non-designer user, I&#x27;d like to use designs section to see 9gag items :)<p>So, It&#x27;s a great, every-day-use tool for me :)
jamesmcbennettabout 11 years ago
Supernice feed that is simple for me to use. I clicked the buttons and everything seemed easy enough to understand. I don&#x27;t really get some of the comments here as I find the UI easy to understand as in I clicked everything, it worked, then I understood it.same as I do for every new site I encounter..<p>(Disclaimer: Friend of one of the guy&#x27;s behind this.)
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mimighostabout 11 years ago
No offense, but I think &quot;a tool for hackers and designers&quot; is a pretty bad title for what you want to publicize.
ChrisArchitectabout 11 years ago
I actually really like Panda but it&#x27;s old news <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7386597" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=7386597</a> the Geisha renaming thing was pretty high profile as far as our community goes&#x2F;happened so quickly...so I dunno how it was missed
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jonnyparrisabout 11 years ago
I think it&#x27;s a sweet solution conceptually even if it needs a bit of work on the UI to be more intuitive. Not a designer myself, but I see the value in being able to indulge in a sort of binge scrapbooking.<p>(Disclaimer: Also a friend of one of the guy&#x27;s behind this.)
chunkstuntmanabout 11 years ago
Small bug: when clicking on an &quot;Ask HN&quot; or any HN link that just drops to the comments section, an error page [0] appears.<p>[0] <a href="http://usepanda.com/app/item?id=7743604" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;usepanda.com&#x2F;app&#x2F;item?id=7743604</a>
xemokaabout 11 years ago
Previously seen as Geisha: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7319937" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=7319937</a><p>However they renamed due to seeing their name as belittling to female developers&#x2F;designers.
louisfranklandabout 11 years ago
Personally don&#x27;t really have much time to browse through but its a nice tool for quickly browsing through at a glimpse. Looks really nice too
foc247about 11 years ago
If you design every day, this is definitely a good way to simplify the supply of inspiration. Decent start.
xpop2027about 11 years ago
Would be awesome if this incorporated inbound.org and growthhackers.com
niixabout 11 years ago
Really like the UI. Reminds me of Designspiration.
davidhaririabout 11 years ago
I like the chrome extension
kovrikabout 11 years ago
Very complicated UI
rememberlennyabout 11 years ago
The internet just got a little more distracted
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rssemsabout 11 years ago
love it