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Re:Ask HN: Please review my app: Was it up? - dead simple mo... by invisible on Saturday October 17, 2009 @11:04AM (#886997)
For one, you should mention on the front page a) 15 minute poll-times (then also say "with optional upgrades"), and b) multi-node checks to ensure you know when you are really down.
Re:Ask HN: Please review my app: Was it up? - dead simple mo... by joshuarr on Saturday October 17, 2009 @01:41PM (#887179)
I'm trying it out. I love it so far. Couple ideas for paid features:

- A chart showing uptime vs. downtime. I just like charts. - Ability to display server details like host etc. - Optional notifications via cell phone text - Ability to auto-notify hosting service via email of the downtime.

Re:Ask HN: Please review my app: Was it up? - dead simple mo... by uggedal on Saturday October 17, 2009 @05:16PM (#887441)
Glad you're liking it. I have most of these features written down as possible improvements and/or premium features. But it's good to get some validation of my own crazy ideas.
Re:Ask HN: Please review my app: Was it up? - dead simple mo... by joshuarr on Sunday October 18, 2009 @03:05PM (#888653)
I'm getting a lot of error notices of no response before five seconds, then immediate error resolved. Not sure what this indicates. As I'm just a designer, I don't know if this is a problem or not. I'm at the point where I ignore all the notices. So now if it did really go down I wouldn't believe it.
Re:Ask HN: Please review my app: Was it up? - dead simple mo... by uggedal on Monday October 19, 2009 @08:00AM (#889890)
Thanks for the feedback. I'll probably increase the max timeout.
Re:Ask HN: Please review my app: Was it up? - dead simple mo... by dzlobin on Saturday October 17, 2009 @11:42AM (#887046)
"with optional upgrades" there is your revenue model :-)