I released http://www.searchforphp.com/ and im looking to roll out python java and dotnet versions soon.
Ask HN: How did everyone do with Launch an App Month?
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Re: Ask HN: How did everyone do with Launch an App Month?
#102Inspired by patio11 and Bingo Card Creator, I launched Quick Brown Frog: http://www.quickbrownfrog.com http://quickbrownfrog.wordpress.com It's at the MVP stage, and while a technical success (I think it's an awesome in-browser app), no one seems to be interested in paying for it. I reduced the price to $10 prior to launch, and I still haven't had a nibble. I burned through about $200 in Adwords/Bing/Facebook ads so…
I think this is really well made and only have a few comments on the speed test portion. I'm not sure if you scale the dial showing your speed, but at 100 words per minute, it's not maxed out, but it is at 123 words per minute (I'm assuming the max is 120 words per minute). I'm assuming so that people can target 60 wpm? I would actually suggest it go either up to 100 or have it go up to where 50% would be the target…
The WPM gauge is set to go from 0..120. I didn't expect to have many customers that can type > 100WPM, but perhaps I was mistaken. If anything, I thought that I might end up dialing that down to 0..75, so that most users at the lower-end of the range feel like they're getting a positive result. Maybe I could make that a configurable option in a future release.
As for measuring typing accuracy, that's surprisingly complicated. I wrote up a blog posting on this:
http://quickbrownfrog.wordpress.com/2010/11/22/measuring-typ...
Thanks for the feedback!
Re: Ask HN: How did everyone do with Launch an App Month?
#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's really nothing I can take out and still be Fanorona. (Well, maybe Undo, but that'd be insanely frustrating.) Maybe an ad-supported version.
If you have the chops to do multiplayer (either by turns or bluetooth/network-based), you can charge a premium for that. Play the CPU for free, play your _friends_ for 99 cents.
That would be nice—and, yes, I can certainly do the network programming involved. The app is even built with an MVCish architecture that would let me just drop in the network player.
Re: Ask HN: How did everyone do with Launch an App Month?
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Very nice application. I like the graphing of your progress over time. Maybe you could expand it to include DVORAK? I would have paid far more than $9.95/mo for DVORAK lessons when I was learning it. :) One thing, though: http://i.imgur.com/rCTzE.png I type between 130 and 140 WPM. The fastest I could get on your speed test was less than 100 WPM. Maybe some other fast typers can verify that this is a bug? Good work!
98 WPM @ 100% accuracy is probably not my main demographic. :-) It is a known bug though, and on my list to fix, but thanks for taking the time to screen cap it. What tool have you used previously to measure your rate at 130-140 wpm? QBF counts every 5 characters as a "word"; other apps might measure differently. Did the tool not keep pace with your typing? Thanks for the feedback!
I've used a lot of sites, but I'm most fond of typeracer.com's racing system. Most sites peg me around the 130-140 WPM mark.
Good luck with the site!
Re: Ask HN: How did everyone do with Launch an App Month?
#105We lauched videolla.com in the beginning of month, so most of the month was spend on customer development, support and iterating product. We have some exciting results so far, paying customers, traffic is growing, partnerships, requests for features, etc. So things are going great so far.
BTW we are working on some kicking ass API to allow developers use premium licensed content in your apps, sites, games. So thing you can make your Guitar Hero with Lady GaGa music or something like watch Netflix movies with friends and Facetime. How cool is that, huh? Signup on our site if you want to stay in touch :)
Re: Ask HN: How did everyone do with Launch an App Month?
#106Inspired by patio11 and Bingo Card Creator, I launched Quick Brown Frog: http://www.quickbrownfrog.com http://quickbrownfrog.wordpress.com It's at the MVP stage, and while a technical success (I think it's an awesome in-browser app), no one seems to be interested in paying for it. I reduced the price to $10 prior to launch, and I still haven't had a nibble. I burned through about $200 in Adwords/Bing/Facebook ads so…
I think this is really well made and only have a few comments on the speed test portion. I'm not sure if you scale the dial showing your speed, but at 100 words per minute, it's not maxed out, but it is at 123 words per minute (I'm assuming the max is 120 words per minute). I'm assuming so that people can target 60 wpm? I would actually suggest it go either up to 100 or have it go up to where 50% would be the target…
I second the subscription idea. Probably you could charge like $5(or more) per month with a minimum commitment of 6 months.
Re: Ask HN: How did everyone do with Launch an App Month?
#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just signed up for your contact list. I'm itching to move off of Google App Engine, but not looking forward to jumping back into the sysadmin game, which is what I'd need to do in order to move to AWS or Rackspace or whatever. I have no idea what your pricing will be like (and I'm guessing that you don't either, at this stage), but it would be great if you had something for micro-ISV type shops (read as: cheap). As a…
As of now, this is what exactly I am planning, One-time fee for setting up the server, hardening for security, installing/configuring software etc. I think the price should have a bearing on the complexity of the setup.
Question: you will do all the configuration by yourself helped by some scripts or everything will be fully automated?
Re: Ask HN: How did everyone do with Launch an App Month?
#108I submitted stk8.co few days ago but it barely got the attention. stk8.co allows you to stack several Links or Text and share them under one shortened url. It embeds a preview of the link for common services like youtube, vimeo, amazon, cnn, scribd, etc... Here are couple of examples: http://stk8.co/gkbbbc http://stk8.co/sample It also has a bookmarklet for easy stacking. The bookmarklet is transparent, one click is…
Thanks for the feedback! :)
Re: Ask HN: How did everyone do with Launch an App Month?
#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
As of now, this is what exactly I am planning, One-time fee for setting up the server, hardening for security, installing/configuring software etc. I think the price should have a bearing on the complexity of the setup.
Question: you will do all the configuration by yourself helped by some scripts or everything will be fully automated?
It will be automated with a GUI to customize the server build,firewall rules and software installations etc.
Re: Ask HN: How did everyone do with Launch an App Month?
#110Based on the idea of justbuythisone.com > I did a North American version http://b.estprice.com as a proof of concept.
Sample page: http://b.estprice.com/laptop/under-1000