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_ankit_

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I love to build things. More about me at http://ankitahuja.com/about
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_ankit_··on Show HN: Make your Shelter at Home more Delicious
Maybe you can expand the theme to include interesting things folks are doing at home (in addition to cooking). You could also pull in interesting posts automatically from the social sites like twitter and instagram. Looking forward to more updates!
_ankit_··on Contextinator: Divide your web browsing into projects
Yes, a description on why every permission is required should go a long way in helping the user make an intelligent decision.

I will add those prominently on the Chrome Webstore Installation page (and maybe the homepage).

I agree, with the iOS App Store, one doesn't have to worry about it as much because you know that all apps go through a review process and wouldn't be approved if they were doing something terrible.

_ankit_··on Contextinator: Divide your web browsing into projects
Good to know!

One of the main ideas for future direction is to integrate it more with existing services for Todos (RememberTheMilk, etc.), Notes (Evernote, etc.), instead of rebuilding those tools.

So, imagine having an Evernote notebook for a project, and managing all notes from it on the homepage. That way your information is still in the cloud, in the service of your choice, but accessible within the context of a project.

_ankit_··on Contextinator: Divide your web browsing into projects
Yes, I understand that is a very scary sounding permission.

Maybe I need to explicitly mention on the extension installation page that we are not capturing any browser history or such.

Since we need to keep track of tabs for each project, maybe that's what pops up this message.

_ankit_··on Introducing DuckDuckHack
Can't wait to spend a weekend creating a plugin!
_ankit_··on The Horror of setting up a Google+ account for my mom
Thanks dewitt for the positive reply! It feels great to be heard.
_ankit_··on The Horror of setting up a Google+ account for my mom
Yes, it does depend how one is using Google+. I primarily use it to interact with small groups of friends and family who are using Google+ (which is not a lot), which might be very different from how you use it.

Also, these views are all mine, what triggered them was the annoyances I came across as I was trying to simplify the Google+ interface for my mom. I find Google+ great for sharing links, photos and doing hangouts and I definitely don't know of a better or simpler solution for private sharing among groups of people. Like you said, it is really simple to share.

I do feel strongly about letting users easily opt out of getting too much information. If I want to see what's trending, I can visit the Explore tab. Like the left navigation, maybe it makes sense to let you hide stuff on the right sidebar as well.

My main annoyance though is with the persistent adverts (the banners you see on Explore, Hangout and Photos pages). And the "in your face" banner that you cannot get rid of, if you have less than 10 people in Circles. The only way is to add strangers to your Circles to get rid of it. Would it be too bad to have a "X" icon on the top right to get rid of these?

_ankit_··on The Horror of setting up a Google+ account for my mom
To clarify, almost all the usability issues mentioned in the article are the ones I face myself too. The title is a bit misleading, it's just what prompted me to write it.
_ankit_··on The Horror of setting up a Google+ account for my mom
A big part of staying in touch is sharing photos, and video calling. Especially, if you live far away from your family.
_ankit_··on The Horror of setting up a Google+ account for my mom
I agree that you can't have every product fit every person, but isn't one of the primary selling points of Google+ that "you can have private conversations with small groups of family and friends". I would personally think the features and UX should be designed keeping that in mind.

Even saying so, a lot of the points I say there are potential usability issues for everyone (at least for me they are). For example, the big banner ads for mobile apps and Hangouts.

I agree, the title is a bit misleading. By "setup", I meant creating an account and simplifying the user interface, and explaining to my mom how to start hangouts, share photos, etc.

_ankit_··on [dead]
Link to the extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jbnnmgaglnnbbdfall...
_ankit_··on Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam
Amazing, the single gesture is very well implemented.

Can't wait to swish my hands around to skip songs! :) And once you have that, you should build a futuristic minority report kind of a demo video ;)

Also, if you're looking to hire, you should definitely put a "Team" page up on your site.

_ankit_··on Cleaner Hacker News
Really nice, thanks! If you've stylebot, I added it here: http://stylebot.me/styles/1146
_ankit_··on Cleaner Hacker News
Nice, I personally like this one better because it has bigger type:

http://stylebot.me/styles/248

_ankit_··on Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (December 2011)
I had actually applied a few weeks back and got a reply from Zac that you don't have any internship opportunities.
_ankit_··on Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (December 2011)
You should really have a Team page
_ankit_··on Backfire : Save css changes made in firebug
If you want to save the changes on the client side for when you're debugging, try the Stylebot Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/oiaejidbmkiecgbjei...

The up side: You can immediately use it with any of your sites. No setting up required. The down side: It works on top of your existing CSS and you'll still need to copy/paste the CSS into your live version.

_ankit_··on GleeBox
*img[src=http://ycombinator.com/images/grayarrow.gif]

You can make this a scraper command.

_ankit_··on GleeBox
Interesting concept to return matching links via the Omnibox.
_ankit_··on HackRSS - browse HN posts visually
How is this useful? I agree with bgraves, it is more of a proof-of-concept of url2png.
_ankit_··on GleeBox
No, the visited page doesn't need to use jQuery. It actually means any CSS selector along with any additional selectors supported by jQuery.

See this: http://api.jquery.com/category/selectors/

I should probably rename it to CSS Selectors :)

_ankit_··on GleeBox
Check out the tips and tricks here: http://tipjar.thegleebox.com/.

Includes several useful ESPs and scrapers created by gleeBox users

_ankit_··on [dead]
I don't see why you're mentioning Textmate as a skill. It's just an editor.

And I wouldn't mention jQuery as a skill. I would instead mention JavaScript. You could still mention the bits about jQuery in the skill description. I am not too sure about Sass/Compass either.

You went through so much trouble and no portfolio?

_ankit_··on Joe Hewitt : I'm an indie developer now.
This is great news for us developers and designers. Inspiring too
_ankit_··on Ask HN: Please Review My iPhone App - Search Ninja
ah!
_ankit_··on Visual Website Optimizer featured in India's national newspaper
Congrats! Way to go! You guys have a product with great potential.

I can say that seeing your current implementation.

_ankit_··on Ask HN: Please Review My iPhone App - Search Ninja
Only if this idea gets a little popular and starts generating some income for me.
_ankit_··on [dead]
Clickable link: http://searchninjaapp.com
_ankit_··on Show HN: Search Ninja, Power Search on the iPhone
This is my first iPhone app. It aims to speed up and make searching easier and faster using different search engines on the iPhone and iPod touch.

Looking for feedback! Thanks

_ankit_··on Show HN: glassList, my weekend project/first iOS app
Much better feature list. I think it is a good idea to drop the price to $0.99.

Why not have a video demo instead of the screenshots? That will give a much better sense of the user experience and that it is really fast and easy.

Good luck with the app. I have my first app waiting for review in the App Store :)

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