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Show HN: Sprites – create online infographics with ease
5 points by volpav 4358 days ago
(there was a "Show HN" post about Sprites a while ago but I though it would be good to re-iterate since we've added some great features recently and also because my previous post went a bit unnoticed).

Sprites (https://spritesapp.com) is a simple to use web app which allows you to create animated, visual, data-driven presentations (infographics). All presentations are pure HTML5 content and are fully responsive (from mobile to projector) and embeddable (just like GitHub gists, for example). Some other key features include:

- Variety of building blocks (including good charting options).

- Number of options for power users (custom themes using plain CSS, custom elements using JavaScript).

- Data import from Excel, Google Spreadsheets or ordinary URLs.

- Analytics (either built-in or using Google Analytics).

- Public vs private (password-protected) content.

- Ability to download your presentation as an image.

- Free vs. Pro ($6/mo) subscription plans.

We're actively improving the product and adding features (you can read about some of the most significant ones at our blog: http://blog.spritesapp.com). We launched (semi-officially) some time in January and we're currently a team of two: myself (I made the first version) and my friend (joined me in March to help on the engineering front).

Here's a couple of examples of what you can make with Sprites:

- "Dubai Airport", https://spritesapp.com/view/embed/1825

- "Time on Internet", https://spritesapp.com/view/embed/3384

- (more examples can be found here: https://spritesapp.com/examples).

Visit us at https://spritesapp.com

Any kind of feedback is very welcome!

Pavel.

2 comments

When i clicked the demo button, everything locked up for about 10 seconds with no indication that anything was happening.I was worried that this might be a junker. Wrong! What a neat tool, you should be very proud.
Thanks! I'm not sure how (or whether it's possible) to make any links clickable within the post text (mb using Markdown or something else?)