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Re: YC startup Xobni launches beta at TechCrunch 40

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Post by gduffy »

tx wrote: post #29

I have been running it all day today and want to share my experience and thoughts. First, our company is about 60 people. And every person I click on is "connected" to everybody, I suppose simply because at some point he or she emailed to the entire company. That makes the entire panel kind of useless. Same happens to "Previous Conversations with Joe" panel: it contains a bunch of emails most of them I did not even r…

Good feedback. We do sort the connected people by how connected we think they are. We're also exploring more advanced ways to rank connections, as well as bringing you the conversations you actually care about.

Please keep in touch with us and let us know what else you need! We made our platform just to develop the stuff you are asking for. As our first beta stabilizes we will be integrating more features and improvements (especially w.r.t. culling the cruft).

This beta is really just the first step in our mission, to get feedback on something that is in the hands of real users.

Re: YC startup Xobni launches beta at TechCrunch 40

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Post by hello_moto »

some wrote: post #10

wow! i looked at the demo for the first time and i can see nothing useful or interesting about xobni. this project has raised millions in funding? a plugin that adds some functions to outlook? this project is as doomed as a project can be. next in line: etirovaf : a browser plugin that lets you search your bookmarks rabksat : a plugin that displays all your applications right on the desktop nwodtuhs : the easy power-…

I used Outlook a lot in various companies and definitely this is very useful.

Re: YC startup Xobni launches beta at TechCrunch 40

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Post by tx »

gduffy wrote: post #41
tx wrote: post #29

I have been running it all day today and want to share my experience and thoughts. First, our company is about 60 people. And every person I click on is "connected" to everybody, I suppose simply because at some point he or she emailed to the entire company. That makes the entire panel kind of useless. Same happens to "Previous Conversations with Joe" panel: it contains a bunch of emails most of them I did not even r…

Good feedback. We do sort the connected people by how connected we think they are. We're also exploring more advanced ways to rank connections, as well as bringing you the conversations you actually care about. Please keep in touch with us and let us know what else you need! We made our platform just to develop the stuff you are asking for. As our first beta stabilizes we will be integrating more features and improve…

Sure will do. By the way I should have mentioned things I loved :-) "Previous conversations" panel is very useful even though it has a bit too much noise in it. Connected people started to make sense a bit later (because of your sorting) - all hardware guys are at the bottom of that list: the top 10 are software/HR people. HR got there because of the company-wide announcements, I suppose.

"Previously attached documents" panel is priceless. And, finally, your search is the bomb: just don't over complicate it later on.

Re: YC startup Xobni launches beta at TechCrunch 40

#46

Post by axod »

I don't get it personally. What problem does it solve? How is it better than gmail? Why do I need it?

Listing "It extracts phone numbers" as a feature seemed to be scraping the barrel a bit to me. Gmail extracts loads of things. Heck it even recognizes parcel tracking numbers and provides a link to track them afaik.

Am I right in thinking it plugs into outlook express? eugh eugh and eugh.

Re: YC startup Xobni launches beta at TechCrunch 40

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Post by axod »

axod wrote: post #46

I don't get it personally. What problem does it solve? How is it better than gmail? Why do I need it? Listing "It extracts phone numbers" as a feature seemed to be scraping the barrel a bit to me. Gmail extracts loads of things. Heck it even recognizes parcel tracking numbers and provides a link to track them afaik. Am I right in thinking it plugs into outlook express? eugh eugh and eugh.

I forgot to say desktop email is pretty much dead or soon will be. Who uses a desktop email client these days?

Re: YC startup Xobni launches beta at TechCrunch 40

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Post by iamyoohoo »

axod wrote: post #47
axod wrote: post #46

I don't get it personally. What problem does it solve? How is it better than gmail? Why do I need it? Listing "It extracts phone numbers" as a feature seemed to be scraping the barrel a bit to me. Gmail extracts loads of things. Heck it even recognizes parcel tracking numbers and provides a link to track them afaik. Am I right in thinking it plugs into outlook express? eugh eugh and eugh.

I forgot to say desktop email is pretty much dead or soon will be. Who uses a desktop email client these days?

you will need to come out of silicon valley to get that answer - way more people (at least in the enterprise) use desktop email than web email ...

Re: YC startup Xobni launches beta at TechCrunch 40

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Post by some »

some wrote: post #10

wow! i looked at the demo for the first time and i can see nothing useful or interesting about xobni. this project has raised millions in funding? a plugin that adds some functions to outlook? this project is as doomed as a project can be. next in line: etirovaf : a browser plugin that lets you search your bookmarks rabksat : a plugin that displays all your applications right on the desktop nwodtuhs : the easy power-…

Etirovaf has come up now as a YC funded startup:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=104772

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