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Ask HN: Review our Startup: Wireframing via Recognition (video)

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Re: Ask HN: Review our Startup: Wireframing via Recognition (video)

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Post by twanschik »

ed209 wrote: post #9
wkornewald wrote: post #3

Hi, I'm one of the founders of pentotype. We're creating a new kind of wireframing software and we'd really love to hear your feedback. We have been working on this for more than half a year now, doing some customer interviews and building a prototype. We're planning on launching an MVP in a few months, but we've gotten to a point where we'd really appreciate some broader feedback. Especially, we would like to know i…

I haven't found my ideal route from wireframing to prototyping. I'd be interested to give some feedback. I'm a designer by trade @ed_lea Your concept sounds great!

Which part do you like the most? Do you need to communicate with customers? Or do you like the way the software let's you draw freely while still giving you benefits of software like copy&past?

Re: Ask HN: Review our Startup: Wireframing via Recognition (video)

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Post by wkornewald »

mark_ellul wrote: post #4
wkornewald wrote: post #3

Hi, I'm one of the founders of pentotype. We're creating a new kind of wireframing software and we'd really love to hear your feedback. We have been working on this for more than half a year now, doing some customer interviews and building a prototype. We're planning on launching an MVP in a few months, but we've gotten to a point where we'd really appreciate some broader feedback. Especially, we would like to know i…

Just this week we had an issue with a web application I am working on, where we had 3 forms to get started using our application, which we thought was ok. Then our commercial team complained that there were too many steps. We realized after they screen shotted each step that before the 3 forms there were 3 more pages to get to that point. With the pentotype service we would of seen and addressed this issue months ago…

Thanks, this is great real-life feedback. I'll let you know once we have a beta ready for testing.

Re: Ask HN: Review our Startup: Wireframing via Recognition (video)

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Post by miles_matthias »

That looks awesome. For most of the video I couldn't help but think about how I could do the same thing on Google Docs, but your "Export" and "Simulate" features are obviously your money makers. And I would definitely pay for this product and use it a ton. Great work!

From a technical perspective, great choice sticking to browser technologies instead of native apps. I think it fits your product extremely well and I love seeing HTML5 technologies being pushed.

One piece of advice - remove the bit about not having your computer so you have to resort to paper and then transfer to software when traveling part. There is the same issue with your product as you've described it. So unless you're planning to add some easy transfer option, remove that bit.

Re: Ask HN: Review our Startup: Wireframing via Recognition (video)

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Post by twanschik »

miles_matthias wrote: post #14

That looks awesome. For most of the video I couldn't help but think about how I could do the same thing on Google Docs, but your "Export" and "Simulate" features are obviously your money makers. And I would definitely pay for this product and use it a ton. Great work! From a technical perspective, great choice sticking to browser technologies instead of native apps. I think it fits your product extremely well and I l…

Thanks, really happy to get your feedback.

So, if i understand correctly you don't need the collaboration part

About the transfer part: We often use our iPad on the go and we thought that it's more likely that you have your tablet on the go (compared to a notebook). However, it's always good to know if other people do have an iPad on the go too.

Thanks

Re: Ask HN: Review our Startup: Wireframing via Recognition (video)

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Post by rhizome »

twanschik wrote: post #8
rhizome wrote: post #6

I had a different sense of "recognition" going in than what was portrayed in the video.

What exactly did you mean by "a different sense of recognition"?

in this context it would involve some kind of media-transformation, say from paper to mockup via webcam.

Re: Ask HN: Review our Startup: Wireframing via Recognition (video)

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Post by MetalMASK »

Synchronized Collaboration Environment is also a topic attracting academic interest. There were desktop white boards GUI that are similar to this, but I think porting it onto tablet and the recognition part is a game-changer. Question: will the backend be open source?

Re: Ask HN: Review our Startup: Wireframing via Recognition (video)

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Post by squeee »

wkornewald wrote: post #3

Hi, I'm one of the founders of pentotype. We're creating a new kind of wireframing software and we'd really love to hear your feedback. We have been working on this for more than half a year now, doing some customer interviews and building a prototype. We're planning on launching an MVP in a few months, but we've gotten to a point where we'd really appreciate some broader feedback. Especially, we would like to know i…

I too find it irritating when other wireframing tools don't have that one thing I am looking for. The ability to easily create your own on the fly sounds interesting.

Handful of questions:

Drawing with a finger/pen on a tablet... will the lines auto-smooth? Is there a scripting language under new elements? Would I be able to combine elements and make a reusable gallery type super element?!

Will my clients have to install something to view my templates? Can I send them a URL or will I have to export an image?

Am I asking too many questions?

Re: Ask HN: Review our Startup: Wireframing via Recognition (video)

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Post by draggnar »

wkornewald wrote: post #3

Hi, I'm one of the founders of pentotype. We're creating a new kind of wireframing software and we'd really love to hear your feedback. We have been working on this for more than half a year now, doing some customer interviews and building a prototype. We're planning on launching an MVP in a few months, but we've gotten to a point where we'd really appreciate some broader feedback. Especially, we would like to know i…

you almost lost me 30-40 seconds into it because i thought - oh this is just another wireframing app. glad i stayed to the end! nice work guys

Re: Ask HN: Review our Startup: Wireframing via Recognition (video)

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Post by mark_ellul »

rhizome wrote: post #16
twanschik wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What exactly did you mean by "a different sense of recognition"?

in this context it would involve some kind of media-transformation, say from paper to mockup via webcam.

I interpretted the recognition to be of the actual wireframes itself, which allows for the user experience at the wireframe stage. Is that correct?
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