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Is this easy to use? Your goal is to open a new savings account. http://www.mybanktracker.com/savings We just launched our new style of rate tables, but we need more testing. It would be great to have your opinion.
Clicked on link out of curiosity. Immediately lost interest upon discovering it's US-only.
I'm really looking for anyone's feedback on HN, if you care to comment!
Mike, this is an awesome gesture. I just filled out your survey. If you have a few spare moments, I'd love UI feedback on http://flock.fm (no big deal if you're overwhelmed with requests and don't have time)
I've tried the app a couple of time in the last few weeks. I've been a bit disappointed by the music recommendation and what was suggested to me. I.e. I don't care about "What everyone is listening" as I don't like it. I have no friend on it. I understand that with friends and probably lots of like/dislike of music, it'll be easy to narrow down my taste. But, I think you need to find a way to get the user started wit…
I think you're right. Our recommendation system has seemed a bit weak, especially for new users - I think we're going to bury this somewhere as a Custom option rather than emphasizing it as one of the four major streams.
Orienting new users is probably our biggest challenge at the moment, and I think our product's biggest weakness. We have some solutions in the pipeline, but we still don't have an elegant solution to immediately connecting a new user to friends. Any ideas/suggestions?
Maybe you could help me with an iOS API build question? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3110572
Hi,thanks for your offer! Can you go to http://www.codemaps.org/e/Lucene and play around with the diagrams and explorations? Its the prototype for the system we are building to help open source developers explore the source code online. We'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback! :)
I can see this tool being very useful from a functional point of view. However, the UI is sluggish and there are some unexpected reactions that the SW makes to my interactions with it. I don't believe anything is wrong at this point because I'm certain there will be some training required to understand what the software is trying to relate to me. But from playing with it for 5-10 minutes, I feel that the learning cur…
Hi Mike, I have created a free service for app developers to connect with their user base through discussions, bug fixes and a static FAQs section. I have some features I will be working on soon (closing bugs, assigning bugs, "private" apps, RSS feeds). Is the idea just not good enough, or is there something I'm missing that I should be highlighting? The site is http://www.dcmntr.com/ Thanks!
I have to echo much of the sentiment of other comments here. The project is so busy. It does so many great things, but does it do any of them really well? I would identify the primary features the people appreciate most from your project and mercilessly slash the rest off. (If anyone wants to keep it, you've open sourced it so tell them to fork off!) In all seriousness, if you focus your project and show how simple it is to use, you'll find your adoption will improve.
Once you have simplified your offering, start improving your messaging to the public. Walk-through or tours will help greatly with communicating your value. People are typically visual. Large blocks of text tend to scare people away from the page. (You've got approx 3-5 seconds to grab a visitor's interest before they hit the back/close button.)
Hope this is helpful. :)
Hi Mike. You are making this thread really interesting. Can you give us some feedback on http://www.tringify.com ? we are still in beta phase, but would love to have some feedback.
I love the initiative and using the opportunity... what is your opinion about my recently launched project http://www.mindthebook.com and what would you change to make it a better user experience?
Cheers
Any ideas how to promote .NET WinForms control? Our Better ListView is designed to replace the inbuilt crappy regular ListView control, and it rocks - we just don't know how to promote it. Check it out: http://www.componentowl.com
- Sponsor .NET Hack-a-thons?
- Help feverishly in .NET forums and community sites like Stackoverflow. (Put the service in your profile...people really look!)
- Create programs that provide incentive for your customers to spread the word about a product they already love. Word of mouth is the best/cheapest/most-effective variety of advertising that I know of.
I'm not much of a marketing guy, but this is where I would start at first thought. :) BTW, the control really does look quite nice. If I were a .NET developer I'd be interested in using it.
Note: Tag line states "No Learning Needed", then in your advantages section you state "Minimum learning needed." Strive to be consistent.