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Re: Show HN: Chalkboard, a better way to plan/spec software projects

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Post by thenotself »

thenotself wrote: post #9

It's hard to review the app without bias when I immediately had to scroll to the bottom to see if 37signals created this product. So much of the website, sales pitch, and product sensibility has been inspired by 37signal that there is some serious brand confusion. It makes me wonder how well you know your own product, or how unique it is. After registering, I see the value. 10 years ago, I used to have to plan websit…

One other note: it emails me about every change or addition I make to a project. There appears to be no way to opt out of this. By creating a page with 10 user actions, I'd get 11 different emails from you. Please add a way to opt out, and consider instead sending a digest of all changes made daily.

Re: Show HN: Chalkboard, a better way to plan/spec software projects

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Post by hajrice »

thenotself wrote: post #9

It's hard to review the app without bias when I immediately had to scroll to the bottom to see if 37signals created this product. So much of the website, sales pitch, and product sensibility has been inspired by 37signal that there is some serious brand confusion. It makes me wonder how well you know your own product, or how unique it is. After registering, I see the value. 10 years ago, I used to have to plan websit…

Hey. Thanks for the feedback. The website is horrible...and while we had many variations of the design which looked nothing like this, we went with this design. We're not really trying to sell the product yet, our billing isn't working well so we're not charging anyone until we get that fixed.

The design of this website isn't really that cool, it's more (like you said) a standard SaaS website, as we're still validating our assumptions regarding our solution to the problem with an MVP.

Re: Show HN: Chalkboard, a better way to plan/spec software projects

#13

Post by hajrice »

thenotself wrote: post #11
thenotself wrote: post #9

It's hard to review the app without bias when I immediately had to scroll to the bottom to see if 37signals created this product. So much of the website, sales pitch, and product sensibility has been inspired by 37signal that there is some serious brand confusion. It makes me wonder how well you know your own product, or how unique it is. After registering, I see the value. 10 years ago, I used to have to plan websit…

One other note: it emails me about every change or addition I make to a project. There appears to be no way to opt out of this. By creating a page with 10 user actions, I'd get 11 different emails from you. Please add a way to opt out, and consider instead sending a digest of all changes made daily.

Great idea. We'll add that to our next release(should be implemented in a matter of a couple hours). I'll disable the email notifications for now.

Re: Show HN: Chalkboard, a better way to plan/spec software projects

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Post by hajrice »

hajrice wrote: post #13
thenotself wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One other note: it emails me about every change or addition I make to a project. There appears to be no way to opt out of this. By creating a page with 10 user actions, I'd get 11 different emails from you. Please add a way to opt out, and consider instead sending a digest of all changes made daily.

Great idea. We'll add that to our next release(should be implemented in a matter of a couple hours). I'll disable the email notifications for now.

Hi there. I just pushed the disabled email notifications. Sorry if Chalkboard flooded you, it's totally our fault.

Re: Show HN: Chalkboard, a better way to plan/spec software projects

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Post by johnny22 »

hajrice wrote: post #13
thenotself wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One other note: it emails me about every change or addition I make to a project. There appears to be no way to opt out of this. By creating a page with 10 user actions, I'd get 11 different emails from you. Please add a way to opt out, and consider instead sending a digest of all changes made daily.

Great idea. We'll add that to our next release(should be implemented in a matter of a couple hours). I'll disable the email notifications for now.

reminds me of a redmine option called "stealth mode" . On issue/ticket pages you can choose to enable stealth mode when doing housecleaning tasks or initial setup to stop the deluge of email temporarily

Re: Show HN: Chalkboard, a better way to plan/spec software projects

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Post by carols10cents »

I just crashed it. Signed up for an account with the same username as on here, then tried to create a new project as directed and on submission of that form I got a rails error page. The url was http://chalkboardhq.com/projects/31. Please let me know if there is additional information that would be helpful...

ETA: Sorry, I didn't read the error message. It's a 404, not a 500. Reproducible every time I try to create a project.

Re: Show HN: Chalkboard, a better way to plan/spec software projects

#18

Post by clyfe »

thenotself wrote: post #9

It's hard to review the app without bias when I immediately had to scroll to the bottom to see if 37signals created this product. So much of the website, sales pitch, and product sensibility has been inspired by 37signal that there is some serious brand confusion. It makes me wonder how well you know your own product, or how unique it is. After registering, I see the value. 10 years ago, I used to have to plan websit…

I think 37 inspiration is a good thing it ultimately leeds to a good product with familiar feel. There is no trademark on layout or "less is more" is it? That is like saying we can't do gui apps based on the window metaphor because MS.

PS.

I was struck by the same feeling. The layout, the -hq suffix, the big sign-up button, the scroll, the minimalism, the friendly phrase, and not to mention "the product" (collaboration), AND THE PRICING (149$) :) worth building on other's market study.

Re: Show HN: Chalkboard, a better way to plan/spec software projects

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Post by dabeeeenster »

carols10cents wrote: post #16

I just crashed it. Signed up for an account with the same username as on here, then tried to create a new project as directed and on submission of that form I got a rails error page. The url was http://chalkboardhq.com/projects/31 . Please let me know if there is additional information that would be helpful... ETA: Sorry, I didn't read the error message. It's a 404, not a 500. Reproducible every time I try to create…

Me too
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