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Re: Ask HN: Review My Startup: Szpil

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For me that's an instant disqualification.

What!? You're joking I assume.. What % of the market does Opera have again?

That depends. Out of all browsers, about 1% or less. Among the tech saavy (presumably your target customers), much more than that.

Re: Ask HN: Review My Startup: Szpil

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Ok, I really like your app. It's very javascript based so I'll be viewing your source heavily, because I'm also creating similar javascript based applications and I get into a big problem with code growth/complexity, so I'm hoping to learn something from you. Here's some helpful criticism. I hope I don't come off too harsh, since I really actually like this app. Some questions: - What are your unique features? It see…

Thanks for the feedback and hope you get some good architecture ideas from the source. Copywriting re: "account" must be improved (an account could be a company/organization/project). Contact lists will come when I figure out how to do them right. For now, there's the search bar in top right. This is probably the easiest way to switch contacts or see all contacts in a company etc. Re: interface, the idea is to keep i…

Great!

You know colors really help out. You don't have to have colors all over the place, but humans are inherently bad at scanning for text and monotoned objects.

Maybe a word for accounts: Group ..?

Keep it up!

Re: Ask HN: Review My Startup: Szpil

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Just focusing on the design aspect, I'm split between thinking "I love the simple, clean, minimalistic look" and "It looks like it's half built, I'll come back when it's finished". Perhaps even just the inclusion of a small logo or a bit of colour anywhere, would give the added impression that at least "something" has gone into the design and that this isn't just the default look & feel of a CSS framework.

It doesn't look any more inviting after some data has been added. It's hard to tell what this site offers, since as far as I could see, it only stores name, email, and phone. I can get more than that free with more trusted, well-known services (Google, Plaxo, etc.). It's missing import/export, sorting, communications logging, attachments, related tasks, related documents, notes... As currently presented, this product…

Re: "it only stores name, email, and phone" that's true only when adding your first contact (to keep the landing page simple). Leave that specific interface within the app and come back and the form will show more fields, Skype etc. Re: "communications logging", once you've added a contact, click the link to their name in the success notice that pops up, or search in the top right. From there you can log.

Re: Ask HN: Review My Startup: Szpil

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the feedback and hope you get some good architecture ideas from the source. Copywriting re: "account" must be improved (an account could be a company/organization/project). Contact lists will come when I figure out how to do them right. For now, there's the search bar in top right. This is probably the easiest way to switch contacts or see all contacts in a company etc. Re: interface, the idea is to keep i…

Great! You know colors really help out. You don't have to have colors all over the place, but humans are inherently bad at scanning for text and monotoned objects. Maybe a word for accounts: Group ..? Keep it up!

"Group" was the first name I used for "Account" in fact.

Re: Ask HN: Review My Startup: Szpil

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Just focusing on the design aspect, I'm split between thinking "I love the simple, clean, minimalistic look" and "It looks like it's half built, I'll come back when it's finished". Perhaps even just the inclusion of a small logo or a bit of colour anywhere, would give the added impression that at least "something" has gone into the design and that this isn't just the default look & feel of a CSS framework.

It doesn't look any more inviting after some data has been added. It's hard to tell what this site offers, since as far as I could see, it only stores name, email, and phone. I can get more than that free with more trusted, well-known services (Google, Plaxo, etc.). It's missing import/export, sorting, communications logging, attachments, related tasks, related documents, notes... As currently presented, this product…

It is missing those features. It has just been launched.

Re: Ask HN: Review My Startup: Szpil

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Make a painless iPhone (and for some folks - Android) + GMail sync and I'll probably pay you $10. Although, I can still sync iPhone contacts with GMail (using a payed app because MS Exchange integration is a pain in the ass), so I'm not sure. I like that it's simple, but there should be some killer feature that would make me want to switch. But maybe I'm just not your target client. What's you target audience?

Are you on MacOS? You can sync your address book to gmail contact without using a paid app. Add you gmail account in address book preferences and use iSync...

Re: Ask HN: Review My Startup: Szpil

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Ok, I really like your app. It's very javascript based so I'll be viewing your source heavily, because I'm also creating similar javascript based applications and I get into a big problem with code growth/complexity, so I'm hoping to learn something from you. Here's some helpful criticism. I hope I don't come off too harsh, since I really actually like this app. Some questions: - What are your unique features? It see…

Hi Arnór, the method responsible for formatting your name including the Icelandic characters has been fixed.

Re: Ask HN: Review My Startup: Szpil

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

For me that's an instant disqualification.

What!? You're joking I assume.. What % of the market does Opera have again?

Not as a principle, but in practice: when I go to a website and it's broken, I don't exactly have great faith in the quality of their products if it's a technical offering.
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