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Re: Show HN: Someone.io – Task management for teams made easy

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Post by dspillett »

PhilWright wrote: post #8

I would be more tempted to try this if there was a demo board that could be viewed and interacted with without having to sign up. I am wary of giving my email address before I can even see a basic example working.

I tend to think similarly, but there are many ways to generate a temporary email address.

It isn't the case here but site/app makings take note: this is why I never "sign-in using " so if that is the only option you offer I won't be trying your service/app/other.

For email I have a sub-domain set as catch-all and give out addresses in that to new sites. If an address starts getting junk I can just block it. If the sub-domain as a whole gets deluged then I kill it and start another (any site/app/other I continue using gets given an address on my main domain so I'd lose nothing, though I've never actually had to do that). Because it is a sub-domain it gets skipped by junk mailers guessing commonname@domain.tld addresses. Some sites have bad email address checking that rejects something@sub.domain.co.uk (I assume their regexp doesn't like the extra dot in the server name) but if someone gets that wrong I don't trust the code in the rest of their app so I move on.

Re: Show HN: Someone.io – Task management for teams made easy

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Post by aytekin »

PhilWright wrote: post #8

I would be more tempted to try this if there was a demo board that could be viewed and interacted with without having to sign up. I am wary of giving my email address before I can even see a basic example working.

Or, let them use the product fully without signup. That's what we have been doing at JotForm.

Re: Show HN: Someone.io – Task management for teams made easy

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Post by awjr »

arsalanb wrote: post #3

I used to use Trello + Burndown for Trello + Scrum for Trello prior to this. This looks better. It will have to be very fast loading and should have burndown & scrum like features before I can convince my team to switch, but thumbs up for the great job! I will give it a shot :) Kudos! Edit — Tried it out! is awesome! A few minor things though – It's a little too similar to Trello for me to bother switching, but looks…

This feels like this should have been a chrome plugin sitting on top of Trello. I might be thinking about this wrong.

Re: Show HN: Someone.io – Task management for teams made easy

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Post by terjeto »

garrensmith wrote: post #2

How is this different to trello?

Hi garrensmith.

I'll admit that there are some similarities, but our focus is very different. What you see today is perhaps closer to Trello than what the experience of Someone.io will be a few months from now.

We have heard from many users who tell us that it is our design and attention to detail that they prefer over Trello. We know that won’t be the case for everyone, but there is plenty of demand for products that serve a similar purpose to Trello, but do things a little differently.

With that said, I think there are 3 main differences between us and Trello. 1. We are team focused. Someone.io is specifically focused on delivering value to teams in a work environment, where Trello has much broader aims. Our focus on teams allows us to better meet their needs. 2. We have simple but beautiful design. We want to be the easiest and most engaging task management tool on the market. Our research tells us that some users find Trello to be “dull" and “uninspiring" and we’ve found particular traction with creative teams who enjoy our approach. 3. We are in the process of becoming the first "Social Task Management” tool. Together with our research partners, we have developed some features designed to make users feel more interconnected with their team and more engaged with their work which we’ll start deploying soon.

Thanks for your question, have a great day!

Re: Show HN: Someone.io – Task management for teams made easy

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Post by staticelf »

dspillett wrote: post #11
PhilWright wrote: post #8

I would be more tempted to try this if there was a demo board that could be viewed and interacted with without having to sign up. I am wary of giving my email address before I can even see a basic example working.

I tend to think similarly, but there are many ways to generate a temporary email address. It isn't the case here but site/app makings take note: this is why I never "sign-in using " so if that is the only option you offer I won't be trying your service/app/other. For email I have a sub-domain set as catch-all and give out addresses in that to new sites. If an address starts getting junk I can just block it. If the su…

Then it comes down to wether you are interested enough to go through and create a temporary email to check it out. I was not that interested and rarely is.

Re: Show HN: Someone.io – Task management for teams made easy

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Post by kristiandupont »

staticelf wrote: post #15
dspillett wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I tend to think similarly, but there are many ways to generate a temporary email address. It isn't the case here but site/app makings take note: this is why I never "sign-in using " so if that is the only option you offer I won't be trying your service/app/other. For email I have a sub-domain set as catch-all and give out addresses in that to new sites. If an address starts getting junk I can just block it. If the su…

Then it comes down to wether you are interested enough to go through and create a temporary email to check it out. I was not that interested and rarely is.

mailinator takes care of that (use a random address @mailinator.com and go check it afterwards). Of course, some sites block it but most do not.

Re: Show HN: Someone.io – Task management for teams made easy

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Post by garrensmith »

terjeto wrote: post #14
garrensmith wrote: post #2

How is this different to trello?

Hi garrensmith. I'll admit that there are some similarities, but our focus is very different. What you see today is perhaps closer to Trello than what the experience of Someone.io will be a few months from now. We have heard from many users who tell us that it is our design and attention to detail that they prefer over Trello. We know that won’t be the case for everyone, but there is plenty of demand for products tha…

Thanks terjeto, that gives a really nice summary. I will take a look.

Re: Show HN: Someone.io – Task management for teams made easy

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Post by yitchelle »

phillc73 wrote: post #7
garrensmith wrote: post #2

How is this different to trello?

If you want a self-hosted Trello clone, check out Wekan ( http://wekan.io/ ). I've recently installed Kanboard ( http://kanboard.net ) on the smallest DI instance and it works a treat. Kanban board, task list, calendar view, Gantt chart, it has a view for everyone. Simple enough for non-technical team members, yet enough features to effectively manage development projects. It's not perfect, there are a few small bugs…

Just tried the demo Wekan, and I have to say that it does not give me any good feelings about it. The screenshot of Wekan on the landing page is totally different to the demo.
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