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Re: Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker

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Like the design. Personally I think the barrier for a project deserving a domain is pretty low. "Try for free" is ominous. If you have a paid plan, please have that on the home page. Otherwise, I wouldn't use that wording.

That. When a page says “try” and “for free” in connection, I always research the hidden real long time cost before trying. If I can’t find it, I usually leave or Google to find out if the costs have been mentioned somewhere else.

Re: Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker

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This looks like a product a lot of effort and thought went into, including a consistent graphical design. Congrats!

The style that was chosen, to me is deeply unsettling. These Well-lit, colourful, rounded, smooth 3D objects remind me of a chaotic, visually complex and triggering while trying-to-be-baby-safe environment, and indeed puts me into thinking the exact opposite of what I'd want to achieve with this product (which is eliminating chaos, and get my adult daily life sorted out).

Note that this is rather a weird angle and not a criticism of your product. I'm pretty sure it's only me, or at most a handful of people who are triggered into this state of mind. I found it interesting.

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This looks like a product a lot of effort and thought went into, including a consistent graphical design. Congrats! The style that was chosen, to me is deeply unsettling. These Well-lit, colourful, rounded, smooth 3D objects remind me of a chaotic, visually complex and triggering while trying-to-be-baby-safe environment, and indeed puts me into thinking the exact opposite of what I'd want to achieve with this product…

That is very interesting feedback, thank you! You might not be alone though, from time to time we get similar feedback, and in fact, we are currently rethinking branding to make it more calm and positive.

Re: Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker

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Neat. I like it!

+1 for not requiring an account to try.

Needs debugging for iPad display sizes and on screen keyboards.

Might be helpful: [1] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2593139/ipad-web-app-det...

[2] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Visual_View...

Re: Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker

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Like the design. Personally I think the barrier for a project deserving a domain is pretty low. "Try for free" is ominous. If you have a paid plan, please have that on the home page. Otherwise, I wouldn't use that wording.

Thanks for the feedback, I updated the text.

My intention behind "try for free" was to keep the barrier for trying out the app low. But I didn't realize that it would also imply a hidden price or some premium level

Re: Show HN: A free minimalist daily habit tracker

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This looks like a product a lot of effort and thought went into, including a consistent graphical design. Congrats! The style that was chosen, to me is deeply unsettling. These Well-lit, colourful, rounded, smooth 3D objects remind me of a chaotic, visually complex and triggering while trying-to-be-baby-safe environment, and indeed puts me into thinking the exact opposite of what I'd want to achieve with this product…

I didn't even try to dive into why I left the page within 20 seconds.

> visually complex and triggering while trying-to-be-baby-safe environment resonates perfectly, though.

On a side note: sorting adult daily lives out needs to embrace and make space for the inner child. I observe it everywhere at the moment: parents, old friends, even in my younger brother and myself. An unhealthy kind of stress, burnout and depression build up if you don't.

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