If this supported docx format, you could sell it to law firms
You think so? We've talked to a few law firms, and it seems it's a really hard market to crack. Docx support was our next feature before we decided to halt new feature development.
Ask HN: Should we abandon our product?
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Re: Ask HN: Should we abandon our product?
#12the concept looks cool!
but I can't think of too many cases where we need multiple versions of a same document.
Re: Ask HN: Should we abandon our product?
#13we made an editor that tries to solve document versioning issues
Document versioning is orthogonal to text editors and text editors are a mostly solved problem for most people anyway. Solving people's document versioning issues means meeting them where they are and providing additional capabilities not sending them back to ground zero. To put it another way, if a customer adopts your solution and your company goes out of business, the customer should be no worse off than if they had not adopted your solution.
The minimum viable product is not a text editor because text editors are complicated -- never mind Vim or Word or Emacs, the current state of even Notepad and Nano reflect many years of development.
The great news is that you have people who will talk to you. Ask them what their current versioning problems are. Become an expert in actual document versioning problems before deciding on a solution. Solve one organization's document versioning problems first. Go deep before going broad.
Good luck.
Re: Ask HN: Should we abandon our product?
#14It looks like a wiki to me. Packed with some "interesting" features (blocks/tabs). Don't see the connection with the headline "document versioning".
Re: Ask HN: Should we abandon our product?
#15If this supported docx format, you could sell it to law firms
You think so? We've talked to a few law firms, and it seems it's a really hard market to crack. Docx support was our next feature before we decided to halt new feature development.
Maybe sell it as a plugin for MS Word? Querystorm[1] (ThingieQuery, previously), a plugin that allows SQL queries on Excel spreadsheets, seems to be doing pretty well.
Re: Ask HN: Should we abandon our product?
#161.- name is ugly
2.- you don't have a target market
3.- while the Lawyers seem like a great target market, they like to use Word.
4.- there are Word products already in the market, so it's a Proven niche.
5.- I would drop the name and go for a Product that works inside Word with minimal fuss.
6.- Do you have the time and energy?
7.- why did you make this product?
Re: Ask HN: Should we abandon our product?
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
You think so? We've talked to a few law firms, and it seems it's a really hard market to crack. Docx support was our next feature before we decided to halt new feature development.
Maybe sell it as a plugin for MS Word? Querystorm[1] (ThingieQuery, previously), a plugin that allows SQL queries on Excel spreadsheets, seems to be doing pretty well. [1]: http://www.querystorm.com/
A plugin could be an interesting option, thanks.
Re: Ask HN: Should we abandon our product?
#18Your presentation needs improvement.
Re: Ask HN: Should we abandon our product?
#19Your presentation needs improvement.
You mean the landing page: how we pitch the product? Or video presentation?