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Re: Ask HN: Any great product onboarding experiences you've had lately?

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Post by pyro2927 »

jamesgeck0 wrote: post #28
evanb wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why can't I play the tour levels without network?! It makes no sense, and seriously undermines the value of the app as something to do on the train.

To discourage piracy. http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/12/super-mario-run-online...

I refuse to buy it purely for this fact. Not because I want to pirate it, but because I do most of my mobile gaming while on a plane. And I'm not paying for in-flight WiFi just for Mario.

Re: Ask HN: Any great product onboarding experiences you've had lately?

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Post by jdietrich »

drewrv wrote: post #11
mikerg87 wrote: post #5

There is a collection on boarding critiques that you might find helpful. https://www.useronboard.com/onboarding-teardowns/

Their Super Mario Run example is great for the "what not to do" department. http://www.useronboard.com/how-supermariorun-onboards-new-us...

The Duolingo example is an excellent illustration of good practice.

https://www.useronboard.com/how-duolingo-onboards-new-users/

Re: Ask HN: Any great product onboarding experiences you've had lately?

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Post by whatnotests »

philip1209 wrote: post #9
whatnotests wrote: post #3

* https://www.sendinblue.com/ (like Mailchimp, but easier) * https://logz.io/ (log aggregation FTW) * https://www.skylight.io/ (application performance monitoring for Ruby, similar to New Relic, written in Rust)

logz.io does not appear to support TLS on their homepage. I'm getting mixed content errors that are preventing stylesheet loading. So, correct link may be http://logz.io instead of https://logz.io

Wow that is really weird.

Thanks for pointing that out. Should probably let them know.

UPDATE: I've let them know [0] and the root cause is simple.

[0] https://twitter.com/devstack/status/823762402382475265

Re: Ask HN: Any great product onboarding experiences you've had lately?

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Post by whatnotests »

unethical_ban wrote: post #13
whatnotests wrote: post #3

* https://www.sendinblue.com/ (like Mailchimp, but easier) * https://logz.io/ (log aggregation FTW) * https://www.skylight.io/ (application performance monitoring for Ruby, similar to New Relic, written in Rust)

So logz.io is literally ELKaaS?

Yeah it sets up pretty quick and they even have a free level.

Re: Ask HN: Any great product onboarding experiences you've had lately?

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Post by rawfan »

johansch wrote: post #29

AnyDesk, a german cross-platform remote desktop access thing. https://anydesk.com/remote-desktop When you download an app on e.g. Windows you're used to first going through the installation dance. This app surprised and delighted me by having the downloaded .exe launch into running mode immediately. After I had tried it out and closed it, it then asked me whether I wanted to keep it installed.

Wow. Thanks for the tip. This is really nice compared to TV.

Re: Ask HN: Any great product onboarding experiences you've had lately?

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Post by philip1209 »

whatnotests wrote: post #45
philip1209 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

logz.io does not appear to support TLS on their homepage. I'm getting mixed content errors that are preventing stylesheet loading. So, correct link may be http://logz.io instead of https://logz.io

Wow that is really weird. Thanks for pointing that out. Should probably let them know. UPDATE: I've let them know [0] and the root cause is simple. [0] https://twitter.com/devstack/status/823762402382475265

I talked with them. They're using wordpress, so it may not have been easy. (If they're terminating SSL at an LB or cloudflare, these things can be really annoying to debug with wordpress too!)
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