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Re:Open Source Project Name Checker by philipov on Saturday October 14, 2017 @10:53AM (#15472406)
It seems like whatever APIs you're using are really inconsistent about providing results, and you give no user feedback for this. This makes it seem like the website is broken (because it is).

If your service providers are throttling you because you're sending too many requests, you need to indicate this to the user.

Re:Open Source Project Name Checker by sleavey on Saturday October 14, 2017 @02:21PM (#15473435)
Ugh... what's wrong with a good old fashioned submit button? Whatever behind-the-scenes JS is going on to find results isn't working for me.
Re:Open Source Project Name Checker by LiamPa on Saturday October 14, 2017 @02:41PM (#15473535)
Same for me on a iPad...
Re:Open Source Project Name Checker by hackeradam17 on Saturday October 14, 2017 @12:04PM (#15472736)
So, I like the idea of having an easy way to check for naming conflicts, but as others have said, the implementation definitely needs some work.

As others have pointed out, it seems very unreliable and there isn't really any feedback given to the user that the app is actually working, waiting for a response, failed to get a response, etc.

Re:Open Source Project Name Checker by yeukhon on Saturday October 14, 2017 @10:05AM (#15472213)
I don’t see any changes on mobile. Anyone? I typed Django and React, and then xywndienfn. Don’t see any change.
Re:Open Source Project Name Checker by hawski on Saturday October 14, 2017 @10:39AM (#15472346)
For me it's covered by virtual keyboard. But scroll is turned off...
Re:Open Source Project Name Checker by asicsp on Saturday October 14, 2017 @10:20AM (#15472265)
it was working for me few hours ago

now, it doesn't work.. am on desktop

Re:Open Source Project Name Checker by kbumsik on Saturday October 14, 2017 @02:52PM (#15473593)
No surprise this site doesn’t work. The last commit from this project is 2015.
Re:Open Source Project Name Checker by strathmeyer on Saturday October 14, 2017 @01:10PM (#15473088)
You've spent time making it so the text-entry field changes depending on whether it is selected but there doesn't seem to be any way to submit. There is no button and enter does nothing.
Re:Open Source Project Name Checker by mholt on Saturday October 14, 2017 @01:11PM (#15473091)
WebSocket connection is refused.
Re:Open Source Project Name Checker by vadiml on Saturday October 14, 2017 @10:46AM (#15472379)
Typing git... Nothing happens
Re:Open Source Project Name Checker by Spivak on Saturday October 14, 2017 @02:58PM (#15473620)
You have to hit enter.
Re:Open Source Project Name Checker by gsich on Saturday October 14, 2017 @10:57AM (#15472423)
Try kik.