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Re: Show HN: Final Touch

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Post by cbr » Tue, Sep 13, 2011, 2:06 PM UTC

evlapix wrote: post #29

roel_v wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a software developer, I find it depressing that people would find 16$ (about 15 minutes of billable work?) too much for an application that, presumably, would be used all the time by people who need high precision pointing.

Agreed. If you were to add up the number of seconds a designer spends chasing that pixel color with the color picker, or drawing that selection/slice bounding box, or selecting that path handle... I'm sure it adds up over the year. Not to mention, there will be an immense amount of satisfaction derived from having overcome these obstacles time and time again. It seems to me that if you really want to experiment with…

I currently deal with these on my mac by holding ctrl and scrolling to zoom in.

Re: Show HN: Final Touch

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Post by blparker » Tue, Sep 13, 2011, 2:07 PM UTC

Nice idea. I seen it initially on Forrst. I'm interested by the fact that you plan on being transparent about the numbers. Where do you plan on posting these figures?

Re: Show HN: Final Touch

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Post by nroach » Tue, Sep 13, 2011, 2:08 PM UTC

nhebb wrote: post #39

ThomPete wrote: post #3

Hello HN peeps. I would like to invite you to a little experiment. I have created probably the smallest niche app on the mac app store and I would like you to help me sell and optimize the marketing around it. Now you might think, "who does this guy think he is? – doesn't he know I have my own business to run?" and you are right it would be unfair to just ask you to help me market my product. So instead I would like…

Do you really have a registered trademark already? If not, you should remove the registered trademark symbol.

There is no live registered trademark in the US for "Final Touch" or "FinalTouch" in a relevant class. There was one in the computer software field from 1992 that has since been abandoned.

The proper way to indicate a claim to mark by usage is to use the "TM" (trademark) or "SM" (service mark) designation which indicates a common-law or state law mark. This is also the proper designation if you have filed an application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) but the mark has not yet been granted registration.

You can only legally use the federal registration symbol "®" after the USPTO actually registers a mark, and not while an application is pending or based on common law rights.

Re: Show HN: Final Touch

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Post by mootothemax » Tue, Sep 13, 2011, 2:09 PM UTC

pxlpshr wrote: post #23

15.99 is too expensive, IMO, but I guess you can make that decision based on sales data. I would experiment with 4.99. Something else a lot of people don't realize is that mouse acceleration is turned on in OSX and it's 'impossible' to disable without an app like USB Overdrive. Mouse accel is terrible for gaming -- especially FPS. I would add this feature to your product and call it out.

15.99 is too expensive, IMO

Out of interest, would you buy this right now if it was priced at $4.99?

Re: Show HN: Final Touch

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Post by Hyena » Tue, Sep 13, 2011, 2:09 PM UTC

The price seems incredibly high, sales would probably be better at a lower price point. I would think that you would benefit more from an "impulse purchase" price vis-a-vis a professional utility price.

Re: Show HN: Final Touch

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Post by mootothemax » Tue, Sep 13, 2011, 2:11 PM UTC

ThomPete wrote: post #40

pxlpshr wrote: post #23

15.99 is too expensive, IMO, but I guess you can make that decision based on sales data. I would experiment with 4.99. Something else a lot of people don't realize is that mouse acceleration is turned on in OSX and it's 'impossible' to disable without an app like USB Overdrive. Mouse accel is terrible for gaming -- especially FPS. I would add this feature to your product and call it out.

Several people have told me that now. Consider it part of the next update if possible

Several people have told me that now. Consider it part of the next update if possible

Definitely have a play with pricing, but make sure to remember that if you have three times the sales at one third of the price, all you've done is increased your support costs :)

Re: Show HN: Final Touch

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Post by pyrtsa » Tue, Sep 13, 2011, 2:13 PM UTC

elisee wrote: post #18

Sounds like a neat app! The tooltip on "Support" says "Got problems. We got solutions". You might want to turn that dot into a question mark. Also, the support page has 3 P in Support at the top

Also, the Updates link on the bottom of the home page is broken, points to /update.php, not /updates.php like it should. ;)

Re: Show HN: Final Touch

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Post by mootothemax » Tue, Sep 13, 2011, 2:14 PM UTC

Is one possible angle to sell this to people not using their regular equipment and going mad using a crappy mouse or so on?

I know that I'm not the target audience, but when forced to use someone else's computer for a few days, things like this have briefly driven me mad :)

Re: Show HN: Final Touch

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Post by ig1 » Tue, Sep 13, 2011, 2:16 PM UTC

Wouldn't most of your target group be using a graphics tablet for precision ?

Re: Show HN: Final Touch

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Post by kennystone » Tue, Sep 13, 2011, 2:16 PM UTC

Hyena wrote: post #45

The price seems incredibly high, sales would probably be better at a lower price point. I would think that you would benefit more from an "impulse purchase" price vis-a-vis a professional utility price.

Disagree. It's targeted at professionals. Why sell it cheap? He won't sell that many.