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       Show HN: I developed an app that creates interactive product demos
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       Author : koushikmarka90
       Score  : 64 points
       Date   : 2022-10-08 15:41 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (supademo.com)
        
       | r2sk5t wrote:
       | Why would anyone spend a minute looking at software without
       | having some idea of the cost? There is no pricing to be found:
       | https://www.walnut.io https://www.demostack.com
       | https://www.reprise.com
       | 
       | (Dear Walnut/DemoStack/Reprise CEO- I know your stuff is
       | invaluable and literally spits out money for each company who
       | adopts it, but you're underachieving pretending to be a mission
       | critical enterprise system of record. I would be demoing your
       | system right now if you showed me your pricing.)
        
         | teamspirit wrote:
         | This was my exact thought as well. This trend of hiding pricing
         | until after sign up (getting my eval address) feels really
         | sleazy, to me. I'd much rather see the pricing upfront as that
         | has a huge impact on my decision. Then I can quickly decide if
         | this product is for me or not. This is an instant bail, again,
         | for me.
        
       | anandrmedia wrote:
       | Loved it. I'm gonna try this for Engagespot :)
        
         | koushikmarka90 wrote:
         | Thanks for giving it try, Anand. Let me know if you have any
         | feedback.
        
       | capableweb wrote:
       | This looks really cool, and easy to use! Results, as far as the
       | demo can tell, seems nice as well, nicely done!
       | 
       | However, I'm afraid that the service would only work in a hosted
       | context, correct? So I'm embedding some JS from a external
       | website + loading the data about what the would do, all remotely
       | to your running external website?
       | 
       | Personally I try to avoid this as much as possible for my own
       | websites and websites I create for clients. Always try to either
       | inline stuff that gets used, or at least store it together with
       | the site itself, so everything loads from one domain (CSP becomes
       | a lot easier to control) and the site itself is self-contained.
       | 
       | I'm guessing there is no way to achieve that with this tool?
       | 
       | I really like the results, but bit wary of the implementation.
        
       | piotrkaminski wrote:
       | FYI, the sample demo is broken for me. When I hit play it the
       | whole frame "vibrates", apparently switching between two (nearby)
       | sizes every frame or so. (Hotspots are still clickable.) Resizing
       | the window or moving to a different DPI screen doesn't help.
       | Chrome 106.0.5249.103 on Win10.
        
         | pookeh wrote:
         | Works for me. Chrome on iPhone
        
         | koushikmarka90 wrote:
         | Thanks for letting me know, guys.
         | 
         | I tested it on different MacBooks, and it works without any
         | issues.
         | 
         | I guess the problem is mainly with Windows. I will try to fix
         | this.
        
           | jettblu wrote:
           | Same here. The main splash vibrates on Windows.
        
           | cortesoft wrote:
           | Seems strange to not test on windows at all
        
           | mahesh_rm wrote:
           | I got a 500 on macbook and chrome.
        
           | codegeek wrote:
           | It is vibrating for me on Chrome on a Macbook Pro (Catalina)
        
           | jonas-w wrote:
           | just fyi, it seems to be working on firefox/chrome on
           | linux/android
        
           | fuzzy2 wrote:
           | Probably the issue is with DPI rather than Windows or macOS.
        
             | gernb wrote:
             | you can often test dpr issues by zooming and refreshing.
             | Different zoom levels give different devicePixelRatio
             | values including many non-interger ones. At least in
             | Firefox/Chrome
        
         | solardev wrote:
         | Same, totally broken for me with overlapped/vibrating
         | screenshots that keep changing size. And it captures scroll on
         | occasion so it makes the mousewheel all wonky. And it keeps
         | trying to steal focus even after I've scrolled past it.
         | 
         | Windows and Chrome.
        
         | petilon wrote:
         | I am seeing the same issue
        
           | limaoscarjuliet wrote:
           | +1 windows chrome Version 105.0.5195.127 (Official Build)
           | (64-bit)
        
       | spoonjim wrote:
       | Looks like a 100% clone of https://www.arcade.software/
        
       | joshuajomiller wrote:
       | There seems to be a glutt of demo services gaining popularity
       | recently (walnut, demostack, etc). What's the USP for this one?
        
       | metadat wrote:
       | I signed up on mobile not realizing it requires a Chrome
       | Extension in order to work.
       | 
       | Is there a Firefox extension yet? I think those can work on
       | mobile.
       | 
       | Enabling people to create product demos from their phones would
       | be badass!
        
       | mpaepper wrote:
       | Very cool idea! Unfortunately not working for me. I tried with
       | the Chrome extension, but when I stop a recording I get forwarded
       | to "https://app.supademo.com/demo/undefined" and there is no demo
       | anywhere.
        
         | pagade wrote:
         | Same
        
         | acapybara wrote:
         | Likewise
        
       | lagrange77 wrote:
       | Look interesting, but i'm sorry, i don't quite get it.
       | 
       | By interactivity you mean the clicking on the pulsating circles
       | right? And the 'slides' of the demo are flat screenshots?
        
       | jswartz wrote:
       | On a Mac using chrome and also seeing the frame vibrating. No
       | issue on Safari.
        
       | spinlock wrote:
       | Does it give you the callouts based on the areas that you've
       | clicked? I'd love to know how you did this. I should have done
       | something similar on a project but we never quite figured it out.
        
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