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Re: Show HN: CaptainObvio.us - a place to share ideas

#11

Post by Aaronontheweb »

jarin wrote: post #10
Aaronontheweb wrote: post #2

I made this in the course of a couple weekends and wanted some feedback on how I can make it better. I've heard email notifications for comments and easier social sharing features so far, but I would love to know what else I can do to make it better.

Great idea and great domain name, but I would suggest that monospaced fonts and #6A6A6A text on white are not exactly the best thing ever for readability. You can probably leave the colors the same if you just switch to a proportional font, add a smidge more of padding, and bump up the line-height just a bit: http://cl.ly/3x1n103K472Z1J2t3Q3k

Jarin,

your mock-up looks FANTASTIC! Could you tell me what font that is you used there? I'm not a designer by any stretch of the imagination and am generally clueless about these sorts of things.

Re: Show HN: CaptainObvio.us - a place to share ideas

#12

Post by Aaronontheweb »

awfulcoder14 wrote: post #8

I love this idea. Good implementation too, the only thing i'd change is: 1) Add an overview page with a much bigger list of ideas. 2) Decrease the font size a bit. I could only see two or so ideas at once on the home page. 3) Perhaps add a voting system of some type? You also might want to seed it with a bit more content, otherwise you'll have a hard time breaking out of the chicken and egg problem (that's what ended…

Voting and tagging are on my roadmap. I'm working on seeding it with more content too (just posted an idea myself!)

As for your comment in the EDIT - does it make you think you're going to end up tweeting your idea without a chance to opt out? Currently it doesn't tweet anything out if you comment or submit an idea, so if that's not clear I'd like to improve it.

Re: Show HN: CaptainObvio.us - a place to share ideas

#13

Post by jarin »

Aaronontheweb wrote: post #11
jarin wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great idea and great domain name, but I would suggest that monospaced fonts and #6A6A6A text on white are not exactly the best thing ever for readability. You can probably leave the colors the same if you just switch to a proportional font, add a smidge more of padding, and bump up the line-height just a bit: http://cl.ly/3x1n103K472Z1J2t3Q3k

Jarin, your mock-up looks FANTASTIC! Could you tell me what font that is you used there? I'm not a designer by any stretch of the imagination and am generally clueless about these sorts of things.

Hey no problem, maybe try one of these:

  .ideaBody {
    font-family: Helvetica, Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif;
    line-height: 1.6em;
    padding: 0.9em 1.2em;
  }
Or the one in the screenshot:

  .ideaBody {
    font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Tahoma, sans-serif;
    line-height: 1.7em;
    padding: 0.9em 1.3em;
  }

Re: Show HN: CaptainObvio.us - a place to share ideas

#14

Post by awfulcoder14 »

Aaronontheweb wrote: post #12
awfulcoder14 wrote: post #8

I love this idea. Good implementation too, the only thing i'd change is: 1) Add an overview page with a much bigger list of ideas. 2) Decrease the font size a bit. I could only see two or so ideas at once on the home page. 3) Perhaps add a voting system of some type? You also might want to seed it with a bit more content, otherwise you'll have a hard time breaking out of the chicken and egg problem (that's what ended…

Voting and tagging are on my roadmap. I'm working on seeding it with more content too (just posted an idea myself!) As for your comment in the EDIT - does it make you think you're going to end up tweeting your idea without a chance to opt out? Currently it doesn't tweet anything out if you comment or submit an idea, so if that's not clear I'd like to improve it.

Great :)

Nothing about your site indicates you'll spam me, but plenty of sites do. I am, and i think a lot of people are, reluctant to log in with Twitter without some reassurance that they and their followers won't be spammed. Just a quick note can't hurt imo.

Re: Show HN: CaptainObvio.us - a place to share ideas

#15

Post by Aaronontheweb »

awfulcoder14 wrote: post #14
Aaronontheweb wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Voting and tagging are on my roadmap. I'm working on seeding it with more content too (just posted an idea myself!) As for your comment in the EDIT - does it make you think you're going to end up tweeting your idea without a chance to opt out? Currently it doesn't tweet anything out if you comment or submit an idea, so if that's not clear I'd like to improve it.

Great :) Nothing about your site indicates you'll spam me, but plenty of sites do. I am, and i think a lot of people are, reluctant to log in with Twitter without some reassurance that they and their followers won't be spammed. Just a quick note can't hurt imo.

I'm planning on doing that eventually, but it will be opt-in with a big TWEET THIS checkbox next to the submit button. Do you think that will be clear enough?

Re: Show HN: CaptainObvio.us - a place to share ideas

#17

Post by thecroth »

I also love this - funny cause I think that every creative/idea-generating mind with any regard to the internet has had this idea before, but I'm glad that someone is finally making it happen.

My guess to your idea's success is that you need to wire in with the right people and it'll explode.

Re: Show HN: CaptainObvio.us - a place to share ideas

#19

Post by auritus »

Aaronontheweb wrote: post #2

I made this in the course of a couple weekends and wanted some feedback on how I can make it better. I've heard email notifications for comments and easier social sharing features so far, but I would love to know what else I can do to make it better.

I think the key missing feature is being able to register interest or activity for an idea.

It would be extremely useful to see if anyone else is working on an idea, who they are and what their focus and status is.

e.g. When seeing the idea about selling twitter names, it would be helpful for everyone if I could say "Oh yes, Twitter are launching this next Friday" or "Like the idea, have a prototype, need a designer."

Comments do help, but a structured solution would make things much easier.

Ideally this wouldn't be only first-person, so that people can report other projects which seem similar. You'll need moderation either way (votes or active moderation, whatever.)

If implemented well enough, this could breed a sort of communal start-up site. Maybe the originator of the thread gets to choose from respondents and splits equity among them, at which point the idea is locked.

Re: Show HN: CaptainObvio.us - a place to share ideas

#20

Post by Aaronontheweb »

pero wrote: post #16

I found scrolling up and down the page to be very laggy--without much investigation, it appears to be caused by the background image.

Could you let me know what browser you're using and what your machine specs are? You're not the first to report the issue, so I'm trying to see where I should begin testing.
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