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Show HN: my new app is fast user switching for the iPad (sort-of)

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Re: Show HN: my new app is fast user switching for the iPad (sort-of)

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"Ever get nervous leaving iPad around with your email account logged in?" Please don't use Apple's insufferable house style of ditching articles and possessives when mentioning the physical device. Thankfully you use "an iPad" and "your iPad" elsewhere, you just need to be consistent.

I'm cringing. That was a mistake, fixed.

Don't sweat it. It pales in comparison to "the ebay", "the google", and "the internets".

Re: Show HN: my new app is fast user switching for the iPad (sort-of)

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I'd lose the "mechanical teeth" branding unless it actually has something to do with anything - and even in that case, put in a corner somewhere. You appear to have something usable as "porn mode"; have you looked into keywords like "ipad private browsing"? I'm not sure you want the business, but...

I like the name but tbh it means nothing without a logo and it's obviously distracting so I've changed the site for now. How do you think it looks now?

Re: Show HN: my new app is fast user switching for the iPad (sort-of)

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I'd lose the "mechanical teeth" branding unless it actually has something to do with anything - and even in that case, put in a corner somewhere. You appear to have something usable as "porn mode"; have you looked into keywords like "ipad private browsing"? I'm not sure you want the business, but...

I like the name but tbh it means nothing without a logo and it's obviously distracting so I've changed the site for now. How do you think it looks now?

Pretty nice. Some comments:

* the url should probably be something like mechanicalteeth.com/switch. Or throw some keywords in the URL for SEO purposes (/ipad/switch-multi-user-web-browser/).

* the "coffer" graphic breaks consistency with the rest of your graphics. Not everything needs to be a screenshot, but if everything else already is...

* the dark bar should always be at the same height on the page.

* I'm not sure I like the moving (as you from page to page) "available on the App Store" graphic.

* Your headings look a bit plain next to your header, and next to Apple's (over)-slick websites.

* I'd add some more space about the tilde (~) in the header, especially to the right.

* The contrast between your gray page and white form is rather large.

* I was not actually aware that there was a form until a minute ago.

* The feedburner link throws a 404.

* The purpose of the form isn't very clear to me - you have no blog that I can see, almost no content on Twitter. Are you trying to build an audience (you'll need more content), is this a support channel, or..?

Notwithstanding the above, I think it does look nice and may be useful to the iPad-using part of humanity. Good luck with it!

Re: Show HN: my new app is fast user switching for the iPad (sort-of)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like the name but tbh it means nothing without a logo and it's obviously distracting so I've changed the site for now. How do you think it looks now?

Pretty nice. Some comments: * the url should probably be something like mechanicalteeth.com/switch. Or throw some keywords in the URL for SEO purposes (/ipad/switch-multi-user-web-browser/). * the "coffer" graphic breaks consistency with the rest of your graphics. Not everything needs to be a screenshot, but if everything else already is... * the dark bar should always be at the same height on the page. * I'm not sur…

That's awesome feedback, thanks! I agree with pretty much everything - my plan is to have a lot more on the site (which is based on a theme I bought), but I also wanted to release early and iterate.

Sounds like I have some iterating to do, but it's nice to be busy :)

Re: Show HN: my new app is fast user switching for the iPad (sort-of)

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Atomic Browser has a private browsing mode and PIN protection, but not user switching. That probably means they could add user switching reasonably easily and be a direct competitor.

But they also add tabs, gestures and so on.

Do you add any other features to mobile Safari, or do you plan to?

Re: Show HN: my new app is fast user switching for the iPad (sort-of)

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Atomic Browser has a private browsing mode and PIN protection, but not user switching. That probably means they could add user switching reasonably easily and be a direct competitor. But they also add tabs, gestures and so on. Do you add any other features to mobile Safari, or do you plan to?

I add an awesome bar and I have more stuff in the pipeline.

Atomic is a more complicated browser than Switch or Safari. It's a great app, but not for everyone.

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