Simplist is old is it not?
edit: ahh..i was thinking simpy the social bookmarking site
Ask YC: Opinion of new startup Simplist?
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Re: Ask YC: Opinion of new startup Simplist?
#12Your site put a lot on weight keyword ‘simple’ and fail to tell the user what it’s all about. I understand as your building the product you are convinced anyone should get it as much as you do; I’ve been there too, I think you must find people, have them try it and get usability feedback.
Also I think it has a lot of TV-commercial-like aspect to it with the oversized banner; I think it people don’t like overkill signs. Make it a bit user friendly, use colors and a bit of style.
Overall I think the idea is pretty cool.
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#13Solid design. Don't necessarily get the value prop. in a world of Google Docs/wikis - try to make that more obvious. Good start though.
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#141. Explain what it does on the main page - if I'd seen the link somewhere else, I never would've gone past the front page. 2. Maybe some screenshots of the embeddable widget - it sounds cool but I'm not exactly sure what it does. 3. A bookmarklet or something might be a good idea, so I can tag/add stuff as I browse other sites. Overall seems pretty good, the UI looked really complicated at first but the help area was…
Thanks for the suggestions! I put a screenshot on the home page and basically moved the "what" page content there, too.
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#15Notepad + tabbed indenting, anyone? ^^
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#16Notepad + tabbed indenting, anyone? ^^
Tree expanding/collapsing, emailing, Quicklist (like bookmarks), widget, mobile version... No, notepad can't do all that! At least Vim could do folding ;-)
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#17I would put the 'what can you use it for' stuff on the front page, to give people an idea who it's for. ... Also - is this really a startup or just kind of a cool project? With all the other list things out there, how are you going to emerge enough to make money at it?
I searched through the many list things out there, and none of them gave me the flexibility I wanted. This is something I wrote for myself, and I decided to make it something everyone can use. Most other list apps are one-dimensional. You have a shopping list and a to-do list. This is a tree that lets you make lists of lists of lists. You can put your entire life into your Simplist and it won't be overwhelming or dif…
Another question would be - why would you want your shopping list inside a to-do list?
(www.protopage.com has great to-do list functionality)
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#18For pete's sake, screenshots! I have no idea what this thing does. sounds like a todo list, but the interface is the differentiator in this market, so you need to SHOW us what it looks like!
Even better - let us create them without registering as people said earlier. One idea is to make them expire within 24hrs if they don't register.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nope. ;-) I understand why you don't like this, if you're highly security conscious or mad about the spam you get. But my privacy policy is very simple and clear, and it's linked right next to the text input for the email. Some site features use your email address, and future features will, too.
What percentage of users do you want to turn away automatically? It's not a privacy issue.
Ok, how would you suggest I change it? I would really like to have a valid email address because, as I said above, some site functionality depends on it. Should I allow them to immediately use the Simplist and just disable email-dependent features until it's confirmed?
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#20I visited your site, looked around the front page, and wanted to leave. Don't make me click to find out what your product is about. Use all that wasted banner space to explain what the product is with a few images to give me an idea of what I'm dealing with. That banner image looks a bit cheap and doesn't even come close to explaining to me what's going on. Anything in my life can be simpler. Keep it down to one nice…
Why not...or how about todoist.com