Show HN: My first web app, DailyDo.it

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Post by michelle_ » Sat, May 19, 2012, 5:28 PM UTC

Show HN: My first web app, DailyDo.it
dailydo.it

Re: Show HN: My first web app, DailyDo.it

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Post by dragonbonheur » Sat, May 19, 2012, 5:31 PM UTC

Excellent! Great design! What languages/technologies did you use?

Re: Show HN: My first web app, DailyDo.it

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Post by easy » Sat, May 19, 2012, 5:49 PM UTC

I like it though I do think that changing the logo from daily to monthlydo.it and futuredo.it when people select those tabs will cause some folks to forget your url if they didn't bookmark the site on their first visit.

Re: Show HN: My first web app, DailyDo.it

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Post by sparknlaunch12 » Sat, May 19, 2012, 5:55 PM UTC

Like the design. Looks good for first web app. Do you mind sharing some background? How did you come up with product idea? What technologies did you use? What are your planned next steps for app?

Re: Show HN: My first web app, DailyDo.it

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Post by michelle_ » Sat, May 19, 2012, 6:33 PM UTC

dragonbonheur wrote: post #2

Excellent! Great design! What languages/technologies did you use?

Thank you! I used PHP and MySQL for the backend and jQuery for the front. :)

Re: Show HN: My first web app, DailyDo.it

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Post by michelle_ » Sat, May 19, 2012, 6:34 PM UTC

easy wrote: post #3

I like it though I do think that changing the logo from daily to monthlydo.it and futuredo.it when people select those tabs will cause some folks to forget your url if they didn't bookmark the site on their first visit.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll definitely keep it in mind.

Re: Show HN: My first web app, DailyDo.it

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Post by will_work4tears » Sat, May 19, 2012, 6:40 PM UTC

Beautiful site, love the simplicity of it, nice on the eyes.

Re: Show HN: My first web app, DailyDo.it

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Post by nitingarg » Sat, May 19, 2012, 6:48 PM UTC

Few suggestions from Interface point of view.

1.Firstly i would suggest move the task-input field to top instead of bottom. It would be much more intuitive . 2.Take the logo out of whole task window if possible. It's kind of distracting as of now. 3.Kill color from background and make it neutral. Give attention to task area as much as possible.

Re: Show HN: My first web app, DailyDo.it

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Post by Kilimanjaro » Sat, May 19, 2012, 6:48 PM UTC

I just closed HN to take a nap when I saw the last tab in the browser, played with the app, and came back to tell you good job. I like the mix of simplicity and beauty.

Re: Show HN: My first web app, DailyDo.it

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Post by michelle_ » Sat, May 19, 2012, 6:52 PM UTC

sparknlaunch12 wrote: post #4

Like the design. Looks good for first web app. Do you mind sharing some background? How did you come up with product idea? What technologies did you use? What are your planned next steps for app?

Thanks! The design started as a themeforest template, but at this point it has been very heavily modified. I used PHP and MySQL for the backend, and jQuery for the UI interaction.

I'm a chemistry major spending the summer learning to code, so this is all a learning experience. It's only been about 3 weeks so I'm happy to have gotten something functional out of it. I'm really hoping to get some good feedback from HN.

The about page on DailyDo.it genuinely describes what I set out to make. I have spent 3 years in university trying to keep track of everything I have to do; the result is usually a big mess of tasks on notepaper, my whiteboard, post-it notes, etc. I've tried using online versions, but they all seem so complicated and messy, which is the opposite of what I want. DailyDo.it is meant to be as simple as possible - the challenge of maintaining simplicity was certainly a surprise, but I think it worked out well enough.

As for the next steps, I'm aiming to have the team version (http://dailydo.it/about/team) up and running very soon. This will be a paid service that allows teams of people to share and collaborate on their tasks.