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Re: Show HN: Iorad - the tutorial builder

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Post by tudorw »

sunpatel wrote: post #16
mikhailt wrote: post #6

I'm not a big fan of the outline you used to indicate the next action. When I saw your tutorial, I couldn't see where the Login button is because of the thick orange outline hovering the login button making it hard to the "login" button. It needs to be outside of the labels and it should be easier to see. You should research for a different way to direct users there, the outline should be optional. Maybe an arrow or…

yup working on that...good thoughts

a pulse might work nicely http://moeedm.com/sandbox/pulse/

Re: Show HN: Iorad - the tutorial builder

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Post by CubicleNinjas »

gdilla wrote: post #9

The instructional dialogue windows dominate the screen visually so it distracts the user from what's actually happening on the website. They won't know where to focus their eyes, and the amount of time it takes for them to orient themselves for each dialogue could make it more cumbersome than a "regular" screencast.

I agree, but I think this could be solved with a better user interface.

If this dialogue was placed in a fixed position (say in a black bar across the bottom) it would add a consistent location to refer to the content. Instead of watching the black box jump around, you could watch the content change and push at your own pace.

Great idea that could be a game changer with a better UI!

Re: Show HN: Iorad - the tutorial builder

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Post by m_st »

This is awesome! I hate screencasts too so I hope this tool will be adopted widely. Just the name... How should it be pronounced? Does 'iorad' mean something? (I'm Swiss German) In any case thank's a lot!

Re: Show HN: Iorad - the tutorial builder

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Post by loeschg »

jherdman wrote: post #35

I like it. A VERY MINOR piece of feedback: the font is ugly as sin. I don't know why, but it kept distracting. It feels... off balance.

Yeah something about it made me feel like I was looking at a "GET A FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO AWESOME MAGAZINE" sort of sign up. Also even though the text was stating that NO credit card info was needed, my super quick initial scan of the page saw the words "free" and "credit card," and the brain got confused.

Overall, I love the idea. Potentially solved an issue I didn't know I had.

Re: Show HN: Iorad - the tutorial builder

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Post by sunpatel »

gdilla wrote: post #9

The instructional dialogue windows dominate the screen visually so it distracts the user from what's actually happening on the website. They won't know where to focus their eyes, and the amount of time it takes for them to orient themselves for each dialogue could make it more cumbersome than a "regular" screencast.

press the "quick guide" button in the playbar this might be a better alternative than the screencast...itll give you step by step instructions

Re: Show HN: Iorad - the tutorial builder

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Post by tathagatadg »

Really really impressed. But a question about the choosing the technology. While everybody is on the rails/express bandwagon ... its interesting to see someone using cold fusion to build cool stuff. Lesson for my inner voice: Stop telling me, "all cool kids are doing rails/node, so I have to learn rails/node/django/...".

I read somewhere just go with the tech you're most comfortable with - would it be wrong to assume the same here?

(Probably this should be directed to Binamra. And awesome frontend by Susrut and Amar!)

Congrats to you and the entire team!

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