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Re: Show HN: QuickSend

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Post by mustpax »

reedlaw wrote: post #13
mustpax wrote: post #12

I don't mind this sort of marketing most of the time. I do mind that you're abusing "Show HN." People generally use this "tag" to ask for advice which is so generously offered here. By using it as a part of your marketing ploy you're reducing the usefulness of the said tag and stealing from the trust the community has built for eachother over time. How sad it is to see HN get big enough to be gamed liked this...

How do you determine the intent of the poster, whether it was a marketing ploy or a genuine plea for advice?

I call it a marketing ploy because "Show HN" carries a strong implication that an existing product is being showcased. This implication is being used to drive click-throughs. This is a beautiful landing page and the author is clearly a very capable designer, is it too much to ask for higher standards of honesty in our precious corner of the web? Any of these titles would have been perfectly fine:

Show HN: Help me build QuickSend

Show HN: QuickSend, an app concept

Or even simply, QuickSend

Re: Show HN: QuickSend

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Post by moeedm »

mustpax wrote: post #21
reedlaw wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you determine the intent of the poster, whether it was a marketing ploy or a genuine plea for advice?

I call it a marketing ploy because "Show HN" carries a strong implication that an existing product is being showcased. This implication is being used to drive click-throughs. This is a beautiful landing page and the author is clearly a very capable designer, is it too much to ask for higher standards of honesty in our precious corner of the web? Any of these titles would have been perfectly fine: Show HN: Help me bui…

My apologies if the format isn't correct.

This is in no way a marketing ploy, but a sincere effort to find someone who would be genuinely interested in working on it and to gather feedback. Someone mentioned adding in a email opt-in field for example, which was a great idea.

Again, apologies if it has felt like anything else.

Re: Show HN: QuickSend

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Post by kerben »

Nice landing page. I did have one question under the first paragraph it says: "...the to field will be pre-selected so all you have to do is start typing." How would it know which contact to fill the "to:" field with?

Re: Show HN: QuickSend

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Post by cmontgomeryb »

kerben wrote: post #23

Nice landing page. I did have one question under the first paragraph it says: "...the to field will be pre-selected so all you have to do is start typing." How would it know which contact to fill the "to:" field with?

By preselected he means it will be the active field. So you can "start typing" - type "Han" and "Hannah" will pop up. You just don't have to manually click on, or tab to the contact field.

Re: Show HN: QuickSend

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Post by [deleted] »

kerben wrote: post #23

Nice landing page. I did have one question under the first paragraph it says: "...the to field will be pre-selected so all you have to do is start typing." How would it know which contact to fill the "to:" field with?

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Re: Show HN: QuickSend

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Post by Newky »

Never mind the fact that this is vapourware, but I'm just not sure I would use such an application.

What separates this in terms of functionality from the likes of google's free compose mail chrome extension.

I don't argue that the looks are nice, but in my opinion panel notifiers or buttons such as these are rather infuriating to use.

As someone else has mentioned, Keyboard shortcuts would make this a more attractive option.

Re: Show HN: QuickSend

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Post by blake8086 »

incandenza wrote: post #20

Sparrow already does virtually all of this. The only real differences are the Subject thing (not sure how this saves you time, other than pressing TAB once), and displaying images from the address book.

It's just unnecessary.

for example:

Subject: Sparrow already does virtually all of this

Body: The only real differences are the Subject thing (not sure how this saves you time, other than pressing TAB once), and displaying images from the address book.

Re: Show HN: QuickSend

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Post by moeedm »

Newky wrote: post #26

Never mind the fact that this is vapourware, but I'm just not sure I would use such an application. What separates this in terms of functionality from the likes of google's free compose mail chrome extension. I don't argue that the looks are nice, but in my opinion panel notifiers or buttons such as these are rather infuriating to use. As someone else has mentioned, Keyboard shortcuts would make this a more attractiv…

Keyboard shortcuts would be an absolutely essential feature of the application. You could be in a browser, Photoshop, full screen app, and just press control + n and the interface pops up. All you have to do is type. After the first email, you'll have the workflow memorized. Shortcut > Type email > message > enter.

Re: Show HN: QuickSend

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Post by moeedm »

ffumarola wrote: post #14

"Skip the subject field and just start typing your message. QuickSend will turn the first paragraph of your message into the subject, saving you time." Meanwhile, the body of the text has to do with meeting for dinner and the subject has to do with the baseball game tomorrow. So, that was my first question. How are we skipping the subject line? Oh, it builds it off of your text! Wait, it doesn't seem like it did? May…

The interface suggests the user has used the application more than once and is familiar with the workflow.

After the first email, it will be quite apparent to the user that the first line would become to subject, which will become an action without the user thinking too much about it.

Also, lets just assume that John knows about the Baseball Game tomorrow, but has no idea about the dinner plans.

Hope that clears it up!

Re: Show HN: QuickSend

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Post by moeedm »

cmontgomeryb wrote: post #24
kerben wrote: post #23

Nice landing page. I did have one question under the first paragraph it says: "...the to field will be pre-selected so all you have to do is start typing." How would it know which contact to fill the "to:" field with?

By preselected he means it will be the active field. So you can "start typing" - type "Han" and "Hannah" will pop up. You just don't have to manually click on, or tab to the contact field.

Exactly.

Also, please realize this is just a concept and further research will be put into the it if it goes into development. A swift workflow is the biggest goal.

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