PopKey
The world's first animated GIF keyboard
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PopKey - The world's first animated GIF keyboard

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Karl Clement
Maker
Hey Product Hunters, Head of API Relations of Workshop X here. What do you guys think of the app?
Eric Willis
@karlclement When is the launch?
Karl Clement
Maker
@erictwillis Hey Eric, we're in the process of submitting to the App Store and we're anticipating it being live shortly after the iOS8 launch.
Eric Willis
@karlclement Thanks Karl. I love posting gifs so I'll probably use this a lot.
Karl Clement
Maker
@erictwillis That's great to hear Eric! Let us know what you think once you download the keyboard.
Kevin William David
@karlclement Really cool.Would love to try this . Might be useful for an app we are working on currently!
jonathan
this is the greatest thing i've ever seen.
Karl Clement
Maker
@pomajp Thanks Jonathan!
Nick Barfoot
Maker
@pomajp Thank you!
Drew Wilson
Icon looks like my app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/... ;) all good though for real. Looks like a super fun app.
Adrian Salamunovic
@drewwilson damn that does look similar- not intentional though promise. Our app icon / mascot was designed by the same dude that made the Twitter bird for Biz Stone. Your app looks cool too.
Drew Wilson
@king_of_canvas ya no worries man :)
Marc Köhlbrugge
Cool. Was brainstorming about this idea a few weeks ago, but didn't think it was technically possible because of the limitations Apple puts on what a keyboard can return (only NSString's). Smart workaround by using copy/pasting! I was thinking of automatically suggesting GIFs based on what you're typing. Is that something you'll implement? I'm imagining a live search (maybe use www.giphy.com ?) where I can either 1) just tap an image any my text is replaced with that (e.g. "OMG" is replaced with an OMG picture), or 2) I can choose an image and my text is overlaid on it (white text, black border). Anyway, congrats on making this and working around Apple's limitations! Can't wait to see what other creative ways people can come up with to leverage these new keyboards.
Bram Kanstein (@bramk)
IT'S LIVE!! http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/01... OMG *EDIT* NOO @karlclement!! WHY ONLY US APP STORE? DUUUDE :'(
Karl Clement
Maker
@bramk Hey Bram, it should be live worldwide within the next 24 hours. Waiting for Apple now. Thanks for your support!
Claudio Gallo
"because Nicolas Cage GIFs are better than words" :)
Nick Barfoot
Maker
Hey all, I'm Nick and I'm the lead developer of the PopKey keyboard. Happy to answer any questions you might have at this stage. Cheers
Joe Dandachli
Where are all the gifs stored? Is it going to be on my phone or will the app read from your server? What about the GIFs we upload?
Nick Barfoot
Maker
Hi Youssef, all of the GIFs are stored in the cloud and are copied to your clipboard at the time of use. They are never stored on your phone unless you save them yourself. The GIFs are uploaded to the cloud from the app and we link them to your account from there. All uploaded GIFs remain private to only you, and only show up on your 'My GIFs' area of the keyboard.
emelyn
Oh god. I'm so ready for this.
Noah Lichtenstein
This looks so cool. Looking forward to the launch!
Karl Clement
Maker
@Noah_L Thanks Noah