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Instagram Web Interface (instagram.joshink.com)
1 points by ink 5593 days ago
Anybody know why Instagram doesn't have a web interface? I made this one up 2 nights. It doesn't do everything that the app does (yet), but at least you can view your feed, your photos and popular photos.
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ink 5591 days ago
I'd like to gather some feedback for http://instagram.joshink.com. It was built for the fun of it, but it's been gaining quite a bit of traction and I'd like to hear from the people using it:

what do you like, hate or want to see added?

I'm planning on rolling it out its own domain and I would like to add the top features requested here.

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RayMosley 5591 days ago
Great as it is and should really be how Instagram do their own site. The only thing you could possibly add that wouldn't just be noise is a notifications part such as followers or photo comments, if it's not in there already as I don't get many comments or follows to have tested this :(
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ink 5591 days ago
Unfortunately, Instagram hasn't released an API for accessing the news feed. Apparently they're making quite a bit of changes to it before they release it. I agree, though. That would be awesome!
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iconmaster 5591 days ago
Only two real complaints are:

- no "Load More" button on the main feed

- no way to Like a photo without clicking on it first

(if there were an Ajax-y way to comment on a pic without leaving the main feed, that'd be cool too. But the Liking seems more feasible and necessary.)

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ink 5591 days ago
I agree with both points. The only gotcha with liking the photo before drilling into it, has to do with the fact the their API returns a truncated result of all the likes on the media when using any endpoint other than /media/{id)/likes.

The reason that's a problem, is that there's no way for me to know for sure if you already liked something or not. I could A) Assume most people are only clicking on the heart to like something and not to unlike something they already liked, or B) Make a request to /media/{id}/likes for every image on the page. Given the two, I think it'd be safe to assume they just want to like something.

Leaving a comment should be pretty simple ;)

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