News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Show HN: Screely – Instantly turn screenshots into beautiful images.

Re:Show HN: Screely – Instantly turn screenshots into beauti... by perk on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @07:57AM (#17081666)
Looks useful, congrats on the launch!. One thing, since the page says you're not uploading images to your server(s) - you might want to rename the "Upload the screenshot" button to something that reflects that. Good luck!
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Show HN: Screely – Instantly turn screenshots into beauti... by 0verAchiever on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @08:20AM (#17081767)
Hadn't even thought about that!

Replacing it by something like 'insert' does not feel accurate either but I'm not a native english speaker. Is there any synonym to 'upload' or 'insert' that would make more sense in this case and make it clear that everything is handled client-side?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Show HN: Screely – Instantly turn screenshots into beauti... by boaticus on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @12:18PM (#17083585)
Yeah, I think “Select Your Screenshot” or “Choose Your Screenshot” would be great options.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Show HN: Screely – Instantly turn screenshots into beauti... by troydavis on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @08:27AM (#17081817)
Maybe “Convert,” like “Convert a screenshot”
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Show HN: Screely – Instantly turn screenshots into beauti... by naikrovek on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @10:52PM (#17088357)
"Provide", "Select", "Choose", "Pick"... Anything but "Upload"
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Show HN: Screely – Instantly turn screenshots into beauti... by AdamJacobMuller on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @10:24PM (#17088221)
"Upgrade your screenshot"
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Show HN: Screely – Instantly turn screenshots into beauti... by natch on Thursday May 17, 2018 @08:58AM (#17090893)
How are they not uploading the image?

Maybe they mean they are not storing it permanently on disk. The upload is still happening, right? Or is it all being done in browser with JavaScript?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Show HN: Screely – Instantly turn screenshots into beauti... by 0verAchiever on Thursday May 17, 2018 @09:20AM (#17091034)
The last one:)

I'm using client-side JS to create the image on a HTML canvas element and turning that DOM element into an image. Server-side rendering would be easier since you don't have to deal with browser compatibility issues but I think there are enough websites collecting whatever data they can from you. No need for more ;)

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Show HN: Screely – Instantly turn screenshots into beauti... by natch on Thursday May 17, 2018 @07:43PM (#17097250)
Cool, thanks for clarifying.
[ Parent | on HN ]