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Re: Duuble: microblogging diary

#21

Post by iaskwhy » Sun, Sep 04, 2011, 8:19 PM UTC

liu3hao wrote: post #10

_urga wrote: post #8

Well done on shipping. Here are some things that can be improved: 1. Increase the font-size from 13px to 16px and set line-height 24px to make the type friendly. 2. Increase the height of your input fields and buttons to 28px to make them easier to focus and click on. 3. For the diary image on your front page, show a diary that has something written in it. Even better, show a screenshot of a Duuble diary. 4. Combine…

Woah, that's quite a list. Thanks though!

The "tweet" button is completely out of place, I guess some people can fill all the inputs and click on it by mistake.

Re: Duuble: microblogging diary

#22

Post by jh3 » Sun, Sep 04, 2011, 9:41 PM UTC

shpoonj wrote: post #20

Scoured the front page. Still have no idea what this is.

Is it not obvious that it is an online diary?

Re: Duuble: microblogging diary

#23

Post by mkopinsky » Mon, Sep 05, 2011, 12:03 AM UTC

iaskwhy wrote: post #21

liu3hao wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Woah, that's quite a list. Thanks though!

The "tweet" button is completely out of place, I guess some people can fill all the inputs and click on it by mistake.

Agreed about the Tweet button.

Also, consider renaming the location dropdown to "Timezone/Country", and either auto-populating it based on IP or using a "Please select item." Don't autopopulate with some obscure location where almost none of your users live.

Re: Duuble: microblogging diary

#24

Post by crazydiamond » Mon, Sep 05, 2011, 6:37 AM UTC

Interesting. I wanted to edit a post in order to add a tag. Unable to edit. Also, why not use the same tag format as twitter since people will be used to that.

Is there any API so I can send feeds through command-line. I already have a bash script called "whatidid" which logs to a text file and mails the file to my gmail account. I could push it to duuble.

Re: Duuble: microblogging diary

#25

Post by Auguste » Mon, Sep 05, 2011, 11:05 AM UTC

_urga wrote: post #8

Well done on shipping. Here are some things that can be improved: 1. Increase the font-size from 13px to 16px and set line-height 24px to make the type friendly. 2. Increase the height of your input fields and buttons to 28px to make them easier to focus and click on. 3. For the diary image on your front page, show a diary that has something written in it. Even better, show a screenshot of a Duuble diary. 4. Combine…

I think this could really use screenshots (as above) or some kind of visual tour. Usually if I can't figure out why I would want to use something within 30 seconds, I don't bother coming back. You need to sell the product. :)

I didn't even notice the 'read more about Duuble' button until I saw it mentioned by jorangreef above (point 6). It isn't in a very obvious location and isn't particularly eye catching, mostly due to looking like the other buttons and having a small font.

By comparison, Springpad has an easily visible 'How it works' button in the top-right corner, next to the create account button (https://springpadit.com/) and Simplenote has a link called 'More reasons to use Simplenote...' in the bottom-right corner (http://simplenoteapp.com/). These are much easier to find.

Also, I assumed your headings (It's Simple, Private, Posting, etc) were links to more information, since they didn't have any content below them explaining /why/ Duuble is simple, private, etc.

In summary, you really need to sell the product by clearly explaining what it is and why I would want it. I think the front page design could use some general improvement, as suggested by jorangreef.

Good work so far.

Re: Duuble: microblogging diary

#26

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Sep 05, 2011, 12:40 PM UTC

mkopinsky wrote: post #23

iaskwhy wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The "tweet" button is completely out of place, I guess some people can fill all the inputs and click on it by mistake.

Agreed about the Tweet button. Also, consider renaming the location dropdown to "Timezone/Country", and either auto-populating it based on IP or using a "Please select item." Don't autopopulate with some obscure location where almost none of your users live.

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Re: Duuble: microblogging diary

#27

Post by _urga » Mon, Sep 05, 2011, 12:40 PM UTC

mkopinsky wrote: post #23

iaskwhy wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The "tweet" button is completely out of place, I guess some people can fill all the inputs and click on it by mistake.

Agreed about the Tweet button. Also, consider renaming the location dropdown to "Timezone/Country", and either auto-populating it based on IP or using a "Please select item." Don't autopopulate with some obscure location where almost none of your users live.

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