Show HN: I tried to build the ultimate Reddit gif viewer with Backbone.js

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by aith • 12 years ago

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nikentic• 12 years ago

I can't view the page on my Nexus 5. it's just a thin line of something!

aith6• 12 years ago

I seem get this effect while the image is loading. Are you using chrome or native browser?

dublinben• 12 years ago

I believe that chrome is the native browser on the Nexus 5.

seventytwo• 12 years ago

When I press "back" on my browser, it doesn't take me back. This is up there in annoyances with people stopping their car in a merge lane, websites that auto-play music, and people who speak exclusively with cliches.

This should be at the top of your list of bugs.

aith6• 12 years ago

Oops! Thats a bug with the first gif shown. Going to a subreddit will redirect you to the first gif. Thanks for pointing it out

Gmo• 12 years ago

It does not do anything when I click on the buttons, Firefox 27 on Windows 7.

aith6• 12 years ago

Try navigating with the keyboard arrows or simply clicking the image. You can enter any subreddit like this:

http://hugegif.com#/r/gifs/

actionscripted• 12 years ago

Same here on 27.0.1 under OS X, even with the console open. No errors reported. Works great in Chrome/Safari/Opera.

AceJohnny2• 12 years ago

Doesn't work in Chrome Beta (33.0.1750.117) Ubuntu either.

cadlacb• 12 years ago

There goes the rest of my day.

pritambaral• 12 years ago

Does it support gfycat (GIFs converted to HTML5 videos)?

aith6• 12 years ago

One of the next features is to use gfycat as default - Not sure if it works with the browser extension at the moment

robflynn2• 12 years ago

I dig it. It looks like linking to a specific image does not work:

http://hugegif.com/#r/reactiongifs/1yxipe

aith6• 12 years ago

Strange that it's not consistent, ill fix it... http://hugegif.com/#r/gifs/1yya9h

robflynn2• 12 years ago

I blame gremlins. I just squished a few of those myself. Great job on the site.

lnlyplnt• 12 years ago

this is awesome, but it would be really sick if there was a sidebar with the list of posts in a given sub.

tokenizerrr• 12 years ago

It just gives me "Not Found" when I press any of the subreddit buttons.

aith6• 12 years ago

Which OS/browser are you using?

darylfritz• 12 years ago

I'd like a filter for items flagged as "nsfw"

This one was embarrassing: http://hugegif.com/#r/perfectloops/1ys9hb

bobykarot• 12 years ago

some gifs are not properly resized : http://hugegif.com/#r/gifs/1yzv2t , we can't see the full content ;)

edit: link to the original : https://24.media.tumblr.com/15521bbe61104a84cf9c3cc824de3ca9...

kkl232• 12 years ago

Pretty awesome! Gif size goes up really quickly based on length, image size, dithering etc. So a lot of people reduce those so that their gifs are smaller and can load quickly. So maybe a full-screen treatment is not the best idea!

Atroxide• 12 years ago

Depends on the device.. This is perfect for phones.

Drexl• 12 years ago

Some things I've noticed:

* Aspect ratio is ignored causing many images to be cropped.

* Some gifs go on so long that the screen blanks on mobile devices. Where do I tap to keep the screen alive?

* Social network sharing links?

* A feature to star gifs as I go along and then share them all at once to <insert network here> or save them would be nice.

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