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Show HN: Vecta.io - Team diagramming with an advanced SVG editor

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Post by pzht » Mon, Jul 03, 2017, 1:25 PM UTC

Show HN: Vecta.io - Team diagramming with an advanced SVG editor
vecta.io

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#2

Post by fiatjaf » Mon, Jul 03, 2017, 1:34 PM UTC

It's awesome that you can try the product on the landing page.

Re: Show HN: Vecta.io - Team diagramming with an advanced SVG editor

#3

Post by RAWRfftfftfft » Mon, Jul 03, 2017, 1:40 PM UTC

Pop-up for Single sign-on logins will loose you visitors. Consider putting that in a workflow in-page instead.

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Post by gexla » Mon, Jul 03, 2017, 1:50 PM UTC

Product demo should probably be specific to your session. It's great to be able to try it. But unmoderated user content front and center on your main page doesn't work so well.

ETA: More specifically, there was a lot of flashing of offensive text.

Re: Show HN: Vecta.io - Team diagramming with an advanced SVG editor

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Post by have_faith » Mon, Jul 03, 2017, 1:51 PM UTC

Demo wouldn't load (Chrome 59 MacOS).

  objects.685ed2904d.js:1 Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: Cannot read property 'type' of null

Re: Show HN: Vecta.io - Team diagramming with an advanced SVG editor

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Post by stephenr » Mon, Jul 03, 2017, 1:54 PM UTC

No pricing, doesn't appear to be open source, so why would I rely on this?

Too many SaaS apps go the way of the dodo these days - if I can't run it myself it's going to be a hard sell, and if you can't make a case that you're profitable, I'm not gonna take a risk on your flash in the pan project.

Re: Show HN: Vecta.io - Team diagramming with an advanced SVG editor

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Post by pzht » Mon, Jul 03, 2017, 1:58 PM UTC

RAWRfftfftfft wrote: post #3

Pop-up for Single sign-on logins will loose you visitors. Consider putting that in a workflow in-page instead.

Ok will look into it, thanks!

Re: Show HN: Vecta.io - Team diagramming with an advanced SVG editor

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Post by tomyip » Mon, Jul 03, 2017, 1:59 PM UTC

have_faith wrote: post #5

Demo wouldn't load (Chrome 59 MacOS). objects.685ed2904d.js:1 Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: Cannot read property 'type' of null

TQ, remedied will look into it further.

Re: Show HN: Vecta.io - Team diagramming with an advanced SVG editor

#9

Post by pzht » Mon, Jul 03, 2017, 2:03 PM UTC

fiatjaf wrote: post #2

It's awesome that you can try the product on the landing page.

Yea, we think it makes more sense that way. Almost all features available on landing page aside from symbols & stencils and some team features. Thanks for checking us out btw.

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Post by tomyip » Mon, Jul 03, 2017, 2:04 PM UTC

stephenr wrote: post #6

No pricing, doesn't appear to be open source, so why would I rely on this? Too many SaaS apps go the way of the dodo these days - if I can't run it myself it's going to be a hard sell, and if you can't make a case that you're profitable, I'm not gonna take a risk on your flash in the pan project.

Thanks for the feedback. It's in beta now, and pricing is still in the works as we strive to provide value yet offer an affordable pricing. As the company behind Vecta, we have been profitable for a long time and has been making CAD software, for a while, and so we won't be going away anytime soon, well, at least that's the plan :)