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Re: Show HN: I built a tool for repeatable checklists

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Post by kspacewalk2 »

dbreunig wrote: post #31
kspacewalk2 wrote: post #23

Please consider being more explicit that this is a freemium product. You state it in the post, but pricing is nowhere to be seen on the index page. Until you sign up, I suppose. It's probably not done intentionally, but it's effectively one of those annoying sneaky anti-patterns.

Yes, better messaging about premium and what it enables is on my backlog. You can view details if you click the carot in the right-side of the menubar and click "Upgrade". Ironically, the lack of prominence of pricing is due to me hating how often apps remind you you're not paying. I didn't want it to be in everyone's face, all the time. Probably bad UX and business on my end...will fix shortly.

One of those things that is hard to gauge until you bravely submit your creation to the criticism of the peanut gallery (happy to oblige!). It looks like a wonderful product, BTW.

Re: Show HN: I built a tool for repeatable checklists

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Post by geor9e »

I sent a bunch of a Feature Request feedbacks for what seemed like obvious and easy improvements that maybe only a new user would notice.

There are hundreds if not thousands of to do list and productivity apps on the web, but something I've noticed is that many of the smaller ones have very devoted users. So my unsolicited advice is to try to make a niche happy, rather than trying to make the general population like it. Target feature improvements at the people who already want what you're making, ignore the folks who make feature creep suggestions because they're looking for something else.

Re: Show HN: I built a tool for repeatable checklists

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Post by onefinedayinmay »

geor9e wrote: post #52
onefinedayinmay wrote: post #49

Domain is flagged/blocked on corp firewall (Zscaler)

Use your hotspot or a VPN then. Your corp firewall probably just auto-blocks domains registered < x days ago.

Op might want to know to get on white lists or something that’s all sorry for interrupting your day

Re: Show HN: I built a tool for repeatable checklists

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Post by dbreunig »

geor9e wrote: post #53

I sent a bunch of a Feature Request feedbacks for what seemed like obvious and easy improvements that maybe only a new user would notice. There are hundreds if not thousands of to do list and productivity apps on the web, but something I've noticed is that many of the smaller ones have very devoted users. So my unsolicited advice is to try to make a niche happy, rather than trying to make the general population like…

Thanks, appreciate it.

Re: Show HN: I built a tool for repeatable checklists

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Post by dbreunig »

geor9e wrote: post #52
onefinedayinmay wrote: post #49

Domain is flagged/blocked on corp firewall (Zscaler)

Use your hotspot or a VPN then. Your corp firewall probably just auto-blocks domains registered < x days ago.

I've had this domain for awhile. I bet it's a rule specific to .app.

Re: Show HN: I built a tool for repeatable checklists

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Post by MikeTheGreat »

First - congrats on the launch!

I think I'd like something like this, but I'm not 100% sure what this is. Is it an app? A mobile app? A web app?

I click on a sample list and the only things I can do from there are download the list to print it, download markdown, and download JSON.

I'm not clear what I'm supposed to do with the Markdown/JSON files.

At this point I'm not ready to join. I'm assuming that if I joined there would be an app, but I'm not sure.

Maybe more clarity on the landing page about what, exactly this is and how a typical user would use it?

Regardless - this looks nice, sounds super-useful, and I wish you luck with it!

Re: Show HN: I built a tool for repeatable checklists

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Post by danielmarkbruce »

When someone signs up you automatically make it public they are using it? And what they are doing??

Like, does this person: https://steplist.app/users/253 know you've made it public?

On the surface this is awful. What about respect for people's privacy? Please tell me I'm missing something.

Re: Show HN: I built a tool for repeatable checklists

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Post by dbreunig »

MikeTheGreat wrote: post #57

First - congrats on the launch! I think I'd like something like this, but I'm not 100% sure what this is. Is it an app? A mobile app? A web app? I click on a sample list and the only things I can do from there are download the list to print it, download markdown, and download JSON. I'm not clear what I'm supposed to do with the Markdown/JSON files. At this point I'm not ready to join. I'm assuming that if I joined th…

Thanks for the feedback. I really appreciate it.

To answer your questions here: It's a webapp, designed to work fast and clearly on desktop and mobile.

When not signed in, there's a prompt to join next to the Download and print button. Perhaps I should make that more prominent.

The download options are so you aren't locked in if you create a list. There's no checklist standard txt format, so I provide lists in Markdown or JSON, take your pick.

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