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MetaLab launches "Flow" Asana competitor

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Re: MetaLab launches "Flow" Asana competitor

#61

Post by faramarz »

Very well designed. The quality is so well done in fact, that I'm surprised it's not behind a pay wall. This would be perfect for the iPad. I suppose giving us a 14-day play time should help convert.. but If I were MetaLab, i'd charge from day one.

Treat it like an iPhone app. plenty of folks waiting to click Install. Not only that, people tend to make time for the apps they pay vs. free apps. Get them to commit from day one. I think this is critical!

Regardless, Congrats! +1 for the Canada :D

Re: MetaLab launches "Flow" Asana competitor

#62

Post by rmoriz »

rmoriz wrote: post #52
boor wrote: post #33

What framework/language was this coded in? Cappuccino?

I see traces: https://app.getflow.com/assets/standard_interface.js - backbone.js (~44 controllers extend from FlowViewControllerAbstract) - underscore.js - jQuery - iscroll https://github.com/cubiq/iscroll - socket.io - Modernizr - SWFupload - Showdown.js (Markdown parser) Server (heroku): - Rails - nginx/0.7.67 - varnish

More on the backbone.js part:

Models:

    Flow.Models.BaseModel

  - Flow.Models.Account
  - Flow.Models.Activity
  - Flow.Models.Attachment
  - Flow.Models.Comment
  - Flow.Models.Count
  - Flow.Models.Invitee
  - Flow.Models.ListItem
  - Flow.Models.Tag
  - Flow.Models.Task
  - Flow.Models.TrackedChange
Collections

  - Flow.Collections.Accounts
  - Flow.Collections.Activity
  - Flow.Collections.Attachments
  - Flow.Collections.Collaborators
  - Flow.Collections.Comments
  - Flow.Collections.Folders
  - Flow.Collections.Invitees
  - Flow.Collections.List
  - Flow.Collections.Projects
  - Flow.Collections.Tags
  - Flow.Collections.Tasks
Controllers:

  View:

  - FlowAccountTasksInfobarProjectsListViewController
  - FlowAccountTasksViewController
  - FlowActivityPopoutViewController
  - FlowBillingSettingsAccountsDivisionViewController
  - FlowBillingSettingsCreditCardDivisionViewController
  - FlowBillingSettingsDeleteDivisionViewController
  - FlowBillingSettingsSubscriptionDivisionViewController
  - FlowBoxDetailViewController
  - FlowDelegatedTasksInfobarPeopleListViewController
  - FlowDelegatedTasksViewController
  - FlowFolderDetailViewController
  - FlowFolderInfobarPeopleListViewController
  - FlowPopoutListViewController
  - FlowProjectDetailViewController
  - FlowProjectInfobarPeopleListViewController
  - FlowQuickSearchResultViewController
  - FlowSearchResultsViewController
  - FlowSidebarPeoplePaneViewController
  - FlowSidebarProjectsPaneViewController
  - FlowSidebarTagsPaneViewController
  - FlowSWFPhotoUploadViewController
  - FlowTaskDetailInfobarPeopleListViewController
  - FlowTaskPopoutFormViewController

  Event:

  - FlowAppEventController

  Front:

  - FlowFrontController

Re: MetaLab launches "Flow" Asana competitor

#63

Post by sirwitti »

looks very professional to me, but... you have to click on sign up to get any price information. if i´d be a "normal" user i´d perhaps had left the site before even knowing that it´s quite expensive.

the video is cool, though the voice sounds bored.

maybe a more interesting example and screenshots/videos of the mobile app versions could be included in the video. i woulldn´t sign up without seeing how the mobile versions look. but anyway, quite interesting! (kept me from finishing, ok starting with, my paper :)

Re: MetaLab launches "Flow" Asana competitor

#64

Post by jcfrei »

btucker wrote: post #44

Their intro video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxF7F5T-_Z8 ) is beautifully produced, but man does it make me uninterested in trying out Flow. The video presents a use case (planning a simple party) that already has multiple "free" solutions (SMS, Email, Cellphones...) which seems like a much easier approaches. Do people really want to assign todo items to their friends? I get that Flow is probably capable of muc…

As you pointed out, the video was beautifully crafted and the tune used was quite catchy as well. It's called "Up From The South" by The Budos Band, in case anybody was looking for it.

Re: MetaLab launches "Flow" Asana competitor

#65

Post by al_james »

faramarz wrote: post #61

Very well designed. The quality is so well done in fact, that I'm surprised it's not behind a pay wall. This would be perfect for the iPad. I suppose giving us a 14-day play time should help convert.. but If I were MetaLab, i'd charge from day one. Treat it like an iPhone app. plenty of folks waiting to click Install. Not only that, people tend to make time for the apps they pay vs. free apps. Get them to commit from…

>Treat it like an iPhone app. plenty of folks waiting to click Install.

In the App Store maybe, but not many people are waiting to pay for web apps.

Re: MetaLab launches "Flow" Asana competitor

#67

Post by jasonwebster »

jashkenas wrote: post #66

I'd be very interested in hearing if someone from Flow could talk a bit about their client-side code. It appears to meld Backbone.js with Socket.IO, for live updates to models via remote collaboration...

I'm looking forward to writing a bunch about that. I'll be drafting a series of blog posts over the next little while that will cover our choices, problems, and experience developing the app so far--and, more importantly, going forward.

Re: MetaLab launches "Flow" Asana competitor

#68

Post by thomasdavis »

rmoriz wrote: post #52
boor wrote: post #33

What framework/language was this coded in? Cappuccino?

I see traces: https://app.getflow.com/assets/standard_interface.js - backbone.js (~44 controllers extend from FlowViewControllerAbstract) - underscore.js - jQuery - iscroll https://github.com/cubiq/iscroll - socket.io - Modernizr - SWFupload - Showdown.js (Markdown parser) Server (heroku): - Rails - nginx/0.7.67 - varnish

Any idea how long it's been in development?

Re: MetaLab launches "Flow" Asana competitor

#69

Post by biot »

subpixel wrote: post #29
nicksergeant wrote: post #4

As a user of Flow for the past few weeks, I've been blown away by its UI and usefulness. Unfortunately, the pricing seems a bit steep for personal use. I'd also like to see some clarity on how pricing works with groups of people.

I respectfully call this a ridiculous proposition. How is $10/mo expensive for this, or for anything in life? It seems to me Flow pricing is learning a valuable lesson from MobileMe: if it's useful, people will pay.

Would you pay $1000/month for the top 100 personal (not business related) sites that you visit in a given month?

If you're using it to help generate income, then it's a tiny price to pay. But the demo video shows "planning a party" as a use case and that can be done almost as effectively for $0 using email.

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