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Re: Ask HN: Review My App | "LifesBook" = Twitter + A Diary

#11

Post by unalone »

unalone wrote: post #10

First off: You stole Tumblr's icons. That's a really, really shitty thing to do. They paid good money for those icons and you blatantly ripped them from the site. Not just that. You copy your "translucent borders" from Facebook, your "close window" dialogue from the original lightbox and your feedback tab links to Getsatisfaction. The one original idea you had, putting notebook lines in the background, you couldn't e…

Continuing use, signed up despite myself:

Wow, you are ripping off Tumblr bigtime. Those are its "submit" buttons, too. What's the red-box-with-x design from? I know it's a generic icon, so is the red-border layout just generic or is that ripped off, too?

Your search is broken - you should also not require me to open a pop-up box to get it - and surprise! The search field is ripped off of Tumblr! This is the moment where I fire off an email to Marco to let him know somebody's stealing his designs.

You're using some sort of CMS for this, because I just got an error sign trying to search. So you're prepackaging somebody else's code here to make money?

Get an actual FAQ.

Your welcome email: "My name is Peter Nicholls I am the founder of LifesBook so id firstly like to give a big thanks to you for signing up!"

Fix your spelling, fix your grammar, and fix your punctuation. This is your creation: show it some respect. Also, why pound signs for header info? Isn't bold better for that? Or better yet, CSS maybe?

Tumblr's buttons give me indication that I've clicked them. Yours are totally static. (I don't know why I go on giving feedback, since it looks like you utterly stole this idea. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.)

Why does deleting a post give me a JS prompt instead of one of your Facebook pop-up prompts?

Why does a text post give me a "WWW" symbol? They have a goddamned TEXT BUTTON. Can't you even rip off their paid-for design well?

"Dam" is spelled "Damn".

This site is very slow for some reason.

Re: Ask HN: Review My App | "LifesBook" = Twitter + A Diary

#12

Post by unalone »

unalone wrote: post #11
unalone wrote: post #10

First off: You stole Tumblr's icons. That's a really, really shitty thing to do. They paid good money for those icons and you blatantly ripped them from the site. Not just that. You copy your "translucent borders" from Facebook, your "close window" dialogue from the original lightbox and your feedback tab links to Getsatisfaction. The one original idea you had, putting notebook lines in the background, you couldn't e…

Continuing use, signed up despite myself: Wow, you are ripping off Tumblr bigtime. Those are its "submit" buttons, too. What's the red-box-with-x design from? I know it's a generic icon, so is the red-border layout just generic or is that ripped off, too? Your search is broken - you should also not require me to open a pop-up box to get it - and surprise! The search field is ripped off of Tumblr! This is the moment w…

One final thing, because I've hit the wall of your featureset: don't make me click to four pages to get to settings. Put it all on one page unless you have a good reason to do otherwise.

Re: Ask HN: Review My App | "LifesBook" = Twitter + A Diary

#13

Post by sjs382 »

peternicholls wrote: post #8
callahad wrote: post #6

"As you would expect after a user has been using the site for a few months the data (their entires) we store for them becomes really quiet valuable to the user." True enough, but please don't hold your users' data hostage.

Oh I don't plan to at all

We don't care what you plan to do. We care what you have in place already that allows data portability.

Re: Ask HN: Review My App | "LifesBook" = Twitter + A Diary

#14

Post by peternicholls »

unalone wrote: post #10

First off: You stole Tumblr's icons. That's a really, really shitty thing to do. They paid good money for those icons and you blatantly ripped them from the site. Not just that. You copy your "translucent borders" from Facebook, your "close window" dialogue from the original lightbox and your feedback tab links to Getsatisfaction. The one original idea you had, putting notebook lines in the background, you couldn't e…

The tumblr icons are all removed, I just put this site together quickly and admit it was the wrong thing to do, I apologize.

Im not sure about the facebook stuff your talking about I also thought using lightbox and Getsatisfaction the way I have is ok.

Header was never ment to offend, its was just a bit of fun. As most people would assume I am not implying that you die if you use this service. Has also been replaced.

I put the site together in a few days and design is not my strong point. The orignal diary type design is shown here: http://www.webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/design-watercolor-e.... I have permission to use this stuff, including the 404 page.

I honestly dont expect a HN user to use this site, its more geared towards people that havnt got a clue what wordpress or tubmlr is.

Re: Ask HN: Review My App | "LifesBook" = Twitter + A Diary

#15

Post by unalone »

peternicholls wrote: post #14
unalone wrote: post #10

First off: You stole Tumblr's icons. That's a really, really shitty thing to do. They paid good money for those icons and you blatantly ripped them from the site. Not just that. You copy your "translucent borders" from Facebook, your "close window" dialogue from the original lightbox and your feedback tab links to Getsatisfaction. The one original idea you had, putting notebook lines in the background, you couldn't e…

The tumblr icons are all removed, I just put this site together quickly and admit it was the wrong thing to do, I apologize. Im not sure about the facebook stuff your talking about I also thought using lightbox and Getsatisfaction the way I have is ok. Header was never ment to offend, its was just a bit of fun. As most people would assume I am not implying that you die if you use this service. Has also been replaced.…

Then you have to ask yourself whether or not people will pay $10 for a web site without first looking to see if there are major competitors who offer a service for free.

Re: Ask HN: Review My App | "LifesBook" = Twitter + A Diary

#17

Post by seekely »

peternicholls wrote: post #14
unalone wrote: post #10

First off: You stole Tumblr's icons. That's a really, really shitty thing to do. They paid good money for those icons and you blatantly ripped them from the site. Not just that. You copy your "translucent borders" from Facebook, your "close window" dialogue from the original lightbox and your feedback tab links to Getsatisfaction. The one original idea you had, putting notebook lines in the background, you couldn't e…

The tumblr icons are all removed, I just put this site together quickly and admit it was the wrong thing to do, I apologize. Im not sure about the facebook stuff your talking about I also thought using lightbox and Getsatisfaction the way I have is ok. Header was never ment to offend, its was just a bit of fun. As most people would assume I am not implying that you die if you use this service. Has also been replaced.…

"I honestly dont expect a HN user to use this site, its more geared towards people that havnt got a clue what wordpress or tubmlr is."

If the people you are targeting do not know what Wordpress or Tumblr are, how in the internet world would they stumble upon you before first landing on one of those sites?

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