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Show HN: Iorad - the tutorial builder

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Re: Show HN: Iorad - the tutorial builder

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Post by brittohalloran »

sunpatel wrote: post #15
solutionyogi wrote: post #10

LOVE it. I always hated screen casts. I prefer creating a Word or PDF document with annotated screenshots which user can go through at their own pace. One of the idea in my idea list was to make it easy to take screenshots and annotate them and create a polished PDF. But what you have created is even better. It is highly interactive and user can follow the steps as they work on the actual application. Extremely well…

thanks much...we're going to follow a github type model..public tutorials are free...for premium we are going to offer pdf, ppt, doc and html export to deploy on your own servers...

Love it -- put that simple sentence up on the pricing page even if it's half baked.

Re: Show HN: Iorad - the tutorial builder

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Post by jiaaro »

gdilla wrote: post #9

The instructional dialogue windows dominate the screen visually so it distracts the user from what's actually happening on the website. They won't know where to focus their eyes, and the amount of time it takes for them to orient themselves for each dialogue could make it more cumbersome than a "regular" screencast.

I disagree - the instructional dialog is the whole point.

I'm not sure if you can control it's position, but that is probably the only thing you'd need to solve any problems (though I strongly disagree this is more difficult for users than a traditional screencast)

Re: Show HN: Iorad - the tutorial builder

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Post by JacobSingh »

DAMN! This has been my million dollar idea I'll build one day for 2 years. Oh well, at least someone else did a good job of it.

Pretty much exactly what I was thinking. I even wireframed the same interaction. Frustrated but happy. At least someone did it.

How long did it take you guys to put this together? It's quite slick. I hadn't though of using a java applet to record stuff. That locks in the IP and helps with some things, but I was imagining more of a browser extension approach.

Re: Show HN: Iorad - the tutorial builder

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Post by sunpatel »

septerr wrote: post #18

Very nice. Does it record audio? I am thinking of suggesting this to a local ruby users' group that currently records using video cameras. If it did audio, this would be perfect for them. And I have more use cases in mind.

audio is on the drawing board, using text to speech, but wont be till September...but thanks so much for getting the word out..much appreciated

Re: Show HN: Iorad - the tutorial builder

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Post by thedillio »

mikhailt wrote: post #6

I'm not a big fan of the outline you used to indicate the next action. When I saw your tutorial, I couldn't see where the Login button is because of the thick orange outline hovering the login button making it hard to the "login" button. It needs to be outside of the labels and it should be easier to see. You should research for a different way to direct users there, the outline should be optional. Maybe an arrow or…

I agree, the next buttons are too invasive. I'd love to see them as left and right arrows near the edges that bold with mouseover. I think that users would be more familiar with that as well. Also love the idea to have voiceover too by another HN reader.

I too dislike screencasts. This is a great concept. Good luck.

Re: Show HN: Iorad - the tutorial builder

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Post by sunpatel »

brittohalloran wrote: post #23

Awesome, I love it. I think needs an "auto-play" function though, so people can just sit back and treat it like a video. When I click the "play" triangle, I'm expecting video.

yes - this was our thinking ..for people that want just the video they would prefer just the step by step document version like when you press the "quick guide" button in the playbar...agree? disagree?

Re: Show HN: Iorad - the tutorial builder

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Post by solutionyogi »

sunpatel wrote: post #15
solutionyogi wrote: post #10

LOVE it. I always hated screen casts. I prefer creating a Word or PDF document with annotated screenshots which user can go through at their own pace. One of the idea in my idea list was to make it easy to take screenshots and annotate them and create a polished PDF. But what you have created is even better. It is highly interactive and user can follow the steps as they work on the actual application. Extremely well…

thanks much...we're going to follow a github type model..public tutorials are free...for premium we are going to offer pdf, ppt, doc and html export to deploy on your own servers...

Making public tutorial free is a GREAT idea. You should also create various tutorials for common tasks and host it on your website like 'http://iorad.com/tutorial/how-to-link-to-particular-time-in-...

I think it will be a PERFECT SEM strategy.

Re: Show HN: Iorad - the tutorial builder

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Post by solutionyogi »

sunpatel wrote: post #29

here's a demo we made using for salesforce on how to create a new lead http://www.iorad.com/?a=app.htmlplayer&accessCode=GUEST&...

You should definitely focus on URLs and content on the landing page to help your search engine ranking. The current URL structure is not optimal.

Is there a email I can reach you at? Alternatively, please contact me at me@solutionyogi.com. Would love to share some more ideas.

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