ChromeCast was a pleasure and I was also really happen trying out Digital Ocean.
Ask HN: Any great product onboarding experiences you've had lately?
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Re: Ask HN: Any great product onboarding experiences you've had lately?
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why can't I play the tour levels without network?! It makes no sense, and seriously undermines the value of the app as something to do on the train.
Nintendo amazes me: as an organization they make incredible games yet are terrible at everything else.
Don't forget, they are very new to mobile. Things that may be obvious to mobile devs are overlooked by a large company used to a captive console audience. Nintendo doesn't move quickly but they are very adaptable in the long run.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why can't I play the tour levels without network?! It makes no sense, and seriously undermines the value of the app as something to do on the train.
Nintendo amazes me: as an organization they make incredible games yet are terrible at everything else.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Their Super Mario Run example is great for the "what not to do" department. http://www.useronboard.com/how-supermariorun-onboards-new-us...
Why can't I play the tour levels without network?! It makes no sense, and seriously undermines the value of the app as something to do on the train.
It looks like it's either console devs doing this, or Nintendo wrote some strict console-like requirements. Like login before you see anything and "you have to interact after the loading screen" silliness.
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#25We've put quite a bit of effort into our onboarding process at https://visualteamstatus.com/. Takes less than 60 seconds to go from nothing to a full account and dashboard with analytics. We think that's pretty good considering the integrations required between VTS and Visual Studio Team Services.
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#26Not sure about the question is about new user on boarding. Recently, I just installed WhatsApp desktop app on my mac and hooked app on iOS device with desktop app and was blown away by simple QR code trick. I wish we build one click experiences for every integration/on boarding.
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#27The plex app for the ps4 had a painless onboarding process that took about 30 seconds. It had you log in on a browser and put in a code the app gave you. It worked right away and left me impressed.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Their Super Mario Run example is great for the "what not to do" department. http://www.useronboard.com/how-supermariorun-onboards-new-us...
Why can't I play the tour levels without network?! It makes no sense, and seriously undermines the value of the app as something to do on the train.
To discourage piracy. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/12/super-mario-run-online...
Re: Ask HN: Any great product onboarding experiences you've had lately?
#29AnyDesk, a german cross-platform remote desktop access thing.
https://anydesk.com/remote-desktop
When you download an app on e.g. Windows you're used to first going through the installation dance. This app surprised and delighted me by having the downloaded .exe launch into running mode immediately. After I had tried it out and closed it, it then asked me whether I wanted to keep it installed.
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#30Headspace's 10 day guided intro sold me pretty much after the first session: https://www.headspace.com/
It's kind of a tutorial run so I think that counts as an onboarding?