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Show HN: I tried to build the ultimate Reddit gif viewer with Backbone.js (hugegif.com)
12 points by aith on Feb 26, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 23 comments


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.


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


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


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

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


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


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


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.


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!


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


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

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


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

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


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


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


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...


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


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


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


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


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


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


Which OS/browser are you using?


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


There goes the rest of my day.




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