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Ask HN: Please review my start-up - planergize.com

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Re: Ask HN: Please review my start-up - planergize.com

#3

Post by dshingarev »

megamark16 wrote: post #2

The plan viewer was a little flaky for me as I scrolled along the timeline. All the bouncing around seemed to detract a little bit (at least for me), but than that's just a first impression, I might get used to it if I used to service a lot.

Thanks a lot for your comment! We will improve it. I just thought it would be nice to have something moving on the screen :-)

Re: Ask HN: Please review my start-up - planergize.com

#4

Post by Maciek416 »

Interesting idea.

I think the copy on your landing page needs some work. In particular, the intro paragraph ("Planergize is an online service that ..") seems a bit muddled. I wasn't sure at first whether your site was about plans, or about wedding planning (given the badge in the top left). I think you should easily be able to summarize what your service does without getting into the details of how you construct plans.

Good luck with the site!

Re: Ask HN: Please review my start-up - planergize.com

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Post by imp »

I thought the name was a take-off on "plagiarize". I was expecting it to be a system where you enter a student's homework and it would do a search and tell you if it was plagiarized. Sorry, I didn't actually try the service, but I just thought I'd share my confusion with the name.

Re: Ask HN: Please review my start-up - planergize.com

#6

Post by dshingarev »

Maciek416 wrote: post #4

Interesting idea. I think the copy on your landing page needs some work. In particular, the intro paragraph ("Planergize is an online service that ..") seems a bit muddled. I wasn't sure at first whether your site was about plans, or about wedding planning (given the badge in the top left). I think you should easily be able to summarize what your service does without getting into the details of how you construct plan…

Thanks for your comment - we are working on some nice graphics explaining what we do at the moment. And I agree - it is boring and doesn't work well...

Re: Ask HN: Please review my start-up - planergize.com

#7

Post by megamark16 »

dshingarev wrote: post #3
megamark16 wrote: post #2

The plan viewer was a little flaky for me as I scrolled along the timeline. All the bouncing around seemed to detract a little bit (at least for me), but than that's just a first impression, I might get used to it if I used to service a lot.

Thanks a lot for your comment! We will improve it. I just thought it would be nice to have something moving on the screen :-)

Well, I'm guessing you put some work into getting things to bounce around like that, so don't take anything out just on account of me :-) My own work is noticeably lacking in flare, but I certainly have an appreciation for the work you've put into this.

Re: Ask HN: Please review my start-up - planergize.com

#8

Post by dshingarev »

megamark16 wrote: post #7
dshingarev wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks a lot for your comment! We will improve it. I just thought it would be nice to have something moving on the screen :-)

Well, I'm guessing you put some work into getting things to bounce around like that, so don't take anything out just on account of me :-) My own work is noticeably lacking in flare, but I certainly have an appreciation for the work you've put into this.

:-) Thanks for that!

Re: Ask HN: Please review my start-up - planergize.com

#10

Post by dshingarev »

guiseppecalzone wrote: post #9

It's took me over 30 seconds to figure out what the site does and I'm still not 100 percent. If I were a normal user, I would have bounced by now. Improve the landing page? Pictures and some points on what it does could be helpful. Good luck!

Thanks! We are working on improving a landing page with some graphics and better explanation.
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