Show HN: Wildex – we built Pokémon Go for real wildlife

Re:Show HN: Wildex – we built Pokémon Go for real wildlife by dylan604 on Monday February 16, 2026 @05:21PM (#47041161)

Do you put up anything when ID'ing a dangerous situation like "RUUUUUN!!!" or similar? Maybe a more serious idea would be to give some sort of visual indication of danger vs loading some text to read that says it's dangerous.

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Re:Show HN: Wildex – we built Pokémon Go for real wildlife by AnujNayyar on Monday February 16, 2026 @05:30PM (#47041244)

Yeah the first thing that comes up is a full page splash screen saying ‘DANGEROUS SPECIES Be careful’

So hopefully people will get the memo immediately!

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Re:Show HN: Wildex – we built Pokémon Go for real wildlife by shermantanktop on Monday February 16, 2026 @06:43PM (#47041854)

If i have learned anything about UX, it's that 1) people don't read, 2) people also don't read, and 3) if you have something important to tell them, don't make them read.

What that leaves you as options is pretty limited.

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Re:Show HN: Wildex – we built Pokémon Go for real wildlife by dylan604 on Monday February 16, 2026 @07:06PM (#47042013)

Depends on the situation though. If you've taken an image of something you want to identify, people are going to read it when you give them text to read. If that text as any longer than just the name of the thing you IDd then they'll probably stop reading.

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