Maily: Your Kids' First Email • Hacker News Board

Re: Maily: Your Kids' First Email

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Post by ebzlo » Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 5:18 AM UTC

connortomas wrote: post #50

tomdeakin wrote: post #22

Having watched the video my first thoughts were why can't (for eg) the child's grandma reply using her email client. Why does grandma have to login to the website?

I presume one reason (as suggested in the video) is that Maily wants to promote "kid-friendly" email replies. I imagine kids (particularly the very young) would find it more fun to receive a visual reply than a standard email reply.

An account is still a barrier. They could create a "click to read and respond" link that contains an access token.

Re: Maily: Your Kids' First Email

#52

Post by wanghq » Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 6:36 AM UTC

Nice done! To UX/UI designers who are excited about Maily, contact me (wanghq@twitter) pls. You could make the next brilliant app too. (sorry for the spam)

Re: Maily: Your Kids' First Email

#53

Post by drallison » Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 9:05 AM UTC

I believe the maily folks should do some market research and learn more about their target users. Computer savvy kids will, I suspect, find this product too simplistic and condescending.

Re: Maily: Your Kids' First Email

#54

Post by simon » Tue, Oct 02, 2012, 9:52 PM UTC

michael37 wrote: post #42

tomgalle wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Glad you like Maily! We're planning to develop an android version in the coming months.

Another +1 for non-iPad application. Kids love sharing information, but even young reading kids can't type well. I'd see as much value in HTML5 in-browser app as in Android tablet app.

Yes, a browser version, even without the drawing stuff, would be great. A walled garden that I can let my kids use while they get used to that big old outside world. Not trying to over-protect, but expose gently.