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Re: Vote up if you're refreshing your email once a minute today

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Post by woot »

casta wrote: post #73
knewjax wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Rejected. I am curious. Did all the accepted applications provide a demo or prototype link in their application?

We provided a demo link: novlet.com, but apparently they didn't visit it.

Dont feel bad, but the fact that novlet.com got rejected looks like a right decision. The home page has only a small block of usable information [Top stories section ]. Everything else is just space fillers.

Last registered users, Top usrs.. are all sections that should become prominent once the community gets strong.To let the section take a major portion of page doesnt make sense at this point of time .

Yes its an alpha, but when you do alpha,you should be DOING alpha.

Not that you guys have done a bad job, but the site gives an impression that it was cooked up without developers themself having no genuine interest in the site.

Please dont get discouraged even a little bit..Keep working with an open , positive mind. Best of everything to you . :)

Re: Vote up if you're refreshing your email once a minute today

#92

Post by philc »

casta wrote: post #73
knewjax wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Rejected. I am curious. Did all the accepted applications provide a demo or prototype link in their application?

We provided a demo link: novlet.com, but apparently they didn't visit it.

Why do you have ads on your about page?

Re: Vote up if you're refreshing your email once a minute today

#93

Post by herdrick »

randallsquared wrote: post #68
herdrick wrote: post #60

For American teams who got interviews and need to fly to Silicon Valley: Southwest has a sale that includes flights to San Jose. Sample fare: $79 each way from Seattle to San Jose. Here: http://www.southwest.com/hotfares/hotfares2.html You'll need to book before Thursday midnight (now is that midnight between Thursday and Friday, or...?).

It's too late for that: "with 14-day advance purchase"

Ah, yes. Oops.

Re: Vote up if you're refreshing your email once a minute today

#94

Post by casta »

woot wrote: post #91
casta wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We provided a demo link: novlet.com, but apparently they didn't visit it.

Dont feel bad, but the fact that novlet.com got rejected looks like a right decision. The home page has only a small block of usable information [Top stories section ]. Everything else is just space fillers. Last registered users, Top usrs.. are all sections that should become prominent once the community gets strong.To let the section take a major portion of page doesnt make sense at this point of time . Yes its an…

Thanks for the advice!

The only thing that makes us feel bad is the impression that we developed it without interest. We built novlet in our spare time while graduating, so we couldn't spend the time we would have liked to, however we were very interested in the project and it's a pity that it doesn't seem so.

The site was initially meant mainly as a proof that we could work togheter, but it would be great to work on it full time, but apparently they didn't even look at it.

We are not discouraged, it would have been a fantastic experience. We'll keep on working.

Re: Vote up if you're refreshing your email once a minute today

#95

Post by nostrademons »

casta wrote: post #73
knewjax wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Rejected. I am curious. Did all the accepted applications provide a demo or prototype link in their application?

We provided a demo link: novlet.com, but apparently they didn't visit it.

I actually kinda like the concept. Some feedback:

1.) Every alpha test should have an easily acceptable "Feedback" link in the layout. I know you've got "Contact Us" on the about page, but most people won't look that far (I wouldn't have had someone not commented about ads on the About page). Feedback is for your benefit, not really your users, so users will not jump through hoops to give it to you.

2.) The front page is too cluttered. A lot of sites try to give a taste of every bit of functionality on the front page, but it doesn't work well. Which do you go to: Google or Yahoo? Why did AltaVista die (hint: it had something to do with "portal")? I'd take the Most Active and Last Registered users off the front page and onto a separate "Stats" page.

3.) You need to display more than a couple sentences of each story in the summary. Typically, readers decide whether they'll read a book after the first 2 paragraphs or so (that's an oft-quoted statistic from the dead-tree publishing world). I'd display about that much, and avoid cutting stories off in mid-sentence.

4.) The language links should also filter the stories visible to a casual browser. I can't read Italian, and so have no interest in Italian stories. Also, duplicate the language links on the story box itself. I was looking for some way to filter the languages and didn't see any until my eyes moved up to the top left corner.

Re: Vote up if you're refreshing your email once a minute today

#96

Post by casta »

nostrademons wrote: post #95
casta wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We provided a demo link: novlet.com, but apparently they didn't visit it.

I actually kinda like the concept. Some feedback: 1.) Every alpha test should have an easily acceptable "Feedback" link in the layout . I know you've got "Contact Us" on the about page, but most people won't look that far (I wouldn't have had someone not commented about ads on the About page). Feedback is for your benefit, not really your users, so users will not jump through hoops to give it to you. 2.) The front pa…

Thanks for the feedback. Good advice, definitetly.

The only problem is about the language filter: we already thought about it, but now we have only one story in english, so you wouldn't have seen anything. This is one of the first things we'll fix in the next days.

Re: Vote up if you're refreshing your email once a minute today

#98

Post by blored »

blader wrote: post #39

FYI: Just received an interview email. No joke.

does anyone want to share a hotel room for Saturday and Sunday night? Conversely, if anyone wants to house a Ycombinator interviewee for two nights, I would be eternally in their debt.

Thanks, Mark

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