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Re: Show HN: ListMakr – Make and share fancy lists

#3

Post by fiatjaf »

This is great.

I don't know why would one use it (why on earth would I want to share a list?), but it is a very well done thing.

Maybe this great interface could be used to power: public forms, enterprise data, a CMS like http://contentful.com/, a general purpose customizable CRUD app for small businesses.

Re: Show HN: ListMakr – Make and share fancy lists

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Post by civilframe »

fiatjaf wrote: post #3

This is great. I don't know why would one use it (why on earth would I want to share a list?), but it is a very well done thing. Maybe this great interface could be used to power: public forms, enterprise data, a CMS like http://contentful.com/ , a general purpose customizable CRUD app for small businesses.

Thank you! Funny you should mention "general purpose customizable CRUD app for small businesses". That's exactly what I started building, then decided to make a smaller, simpler version first - and so ListMakr was born.

Re: Show HN: ListMakr – Make and share fancy lists

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Post by neogodless »

I had an idea somewhat like this a while back, but never worked out how to do it. Basically I wanted to "log anything" so basically you'd enter a quantity, a unit and what it was... and then later I'd figure out a way to make graphs and charts. This is clearly different, and the execution is good. I was a little confused by the interface early on, so some tooltips might be in order. I also wonder if a "date" type might make sense. I wanted to add a date to my list of items - maybe it would be a due date, or if you're listing things that took place, you'd like to add that to the list. Or just record when you had an idea that you want to add.

Re: Show HN: ListMakr – Make and share fancy lists

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Post by civilframe »

neogodless wrote: post #5

I had an idea somewhat like this a while back, but never worked out how to do it. Basically I wanted to "log anything" so basically you'd enter a quantity, a unit and what it was... and then later I'd figure out a way to make graphs and charts. This is clearly different, and the execution is good. I was a little confused by the interface early on, so some tooltips might be in order. I also wonder if a "date" type mig…

Thanks for the feedback :) The date type is on my to-do list, along with the appropriate views (like a timeline and a calendar). That'll make it easy to list historical events... or upcoming dates, etc.

Re: Show HN: ListMakr – Make and share fancy lists

#7

Post by jamessb »

neogodless wrote: post #5

I had an idea somewhat like this a while back, but never worked out how to do it. Basically I wanted to "log anything" so basically you'd enter a quantity, a unit and what it was... and then later I'd figure out a way to make graphs and charts. This is clearly different, and the execution is good. I was a little confused by the interface early on, so some tooltips might be in order. I also wonder if a "date" type mig…

Your idea sounds a little like the Dayta iOS app, or the Daytum webapp/iOS app:

https://www.macstories.net/iphone/dayta-review/

http://daytum.com/

Re: Show HN: ListMakr – Make and share fancy lists

#9

Post by gull »

I liked the idea. There's also an enthusiasm coming out of it.

I got confused after trying it, because I kept thinking on the first screen that I was using it, while in fact I wasn't: I was supposed to be clicking on Next. I'm not sure what would be best, but I think I want to not go through the four screens that show me how to use it.

I wish the "Save" button was closer to "Add Item" so I don't have to move the mouse.

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