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Re: Show HN: WhatsNew – Show your users new features since their last visit

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Post by prateekdayal » Wed, Jun 05, 2013, 2:55 PM UTC

GBiT wrote: post #8

jonny_eh wrote: post #7

This a great idea! I just wonder how users will react.

I had same reaction about users. If they see it a lot, it sure looks like ad. I prefer tooltips for introducing users to new features.

Thanks for checking it out. We show updates only if there is something new since you last visited so you will not see the widget on every visit. Also, if you don't want to see it anymore, you can unsubscribe in one click.

Also with analytics you can see how your users are reacting. If you guys have any other ideas, we would love to chat more.

Re: Show HN: WhatsNew – Show your users new features since their last visit

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Post by prateekdayal » Wed, Jun 05, 2013, 2:57 PM UTC

bliker wrote: post #10

Love the idea. But I prefer to implement it myself to tailor it myself using some implemented functionalities. But thank you!

Do you have anything specific in mind that you find missing? We just launched and we are hungry for feedback to improve.

Also, we have a JS API that lets you customize quite a bit - https://whatsnew.io/docs. Thanks!

Re: Show HN: WhatsNew – Show your users new features since their last visit

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Post by prateekdayal » Wed, Jun 05, 2013, 3:14 PM UTC

kristaps wrote: post #9

Probably a typo: the large plan on the pricing page shows "10,00,000", was it supposed to be "1,000,000" or "10,000,000"

Thanks for pointing this out. It was supposed to be 1,000,000. We have fixed it now.

Re: Show HN: WhatsNew – Show your users new features since their last visit

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Post by andypants » Wed, Jun 05, 2013, 3:19 PM UTC

prateekdayal wrote: post #12

bliker wrote: post #10

Love the idea. But I prefer to implement it myself to tailor it myself using some implemented functionalities. But thank you!

Do you have anything specific in mind that you find missing? We just launched and we are hungry for feedback to improve. Also, we have a JS API that lets you customize quite a bit - https://whatsnew.io/docs . Thanks!

You should be able to query for just the data with the JS API. Not everybody wants to use an overlay. Maybe I want to show it inside a box in my layout. Or maybe provide different preset templates for displaying the data.

Re: Show HN: WhatsNew – Show your users new features since their last visit

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Post by ashastry » Wed, Jun 05, 2013, 3:21 PM UTC

andypants wrote: post #14

prateekdayal wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have anything specific in mind that you find missing? We just launched and we are hungry for feedback to improve. Also, we have a JS API that lets you customize quite a bit - https://whatsnew.io/docs . Thanks!

You should be able to query for just the data with the JS API. Not everybody wants to use an overlay. Maybe I want to show it inside a box in my layout. Or maybe provide different preset templates for displaying the data.

We have plans to open up the API more and provide callbacks to handle these requirements

Re: Show HN: WhatsNew – Show your users new features since their last visit

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Post by coherentpony » Wed, Jun 05, 2013, 3:34 PM UTC

jonny_eh wrote: post #7

This a great idea! I just wonder how users will react.

Personally, if I see a pop-up then I close the page.

"Download our mobile app."

"Give us feedback."

"What's new."

No. If I want to know what's knew, I'll click a "What's new?" link. Put it at the top of the page and make it obvious, but not so obvious that it feels like it wants to move in with me.

Re: Show HN: WhatsNew – Show your users new features since their last visit

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Post by prateekdayal » Wed, Jun 05, 2013, 3:38 PM UTC

coherentpony wrote: post #16

jonny_eh wrote: post #7

This a great idea! I just wonder how users will react.

Personally, if I see a pop-up then I close the page. "Download our mobile app." "Give us feedback." "What's new." No. If I want to know what's knew, I'll click a "What's new?" link. Put it at the top of the page and make it obvious, but not so obvious that it feels like it wants to move in with me.

Hey coherentpony! This is a direction we want to pursue. We will be adding this very soon (and let you pick between a few styles). We have some big ideas and this is just our MVP. Thanks!

Re: Show HN: WhatsNew – Show your users new features since their last visit

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Post by bliker » Wed, Jun 05, 2013, 4:11 PM UTC

prateekdayal wrote: post #12

bliker wrote: post #10

Love the idea. But I prefer to implement it myself to tailor it myself using some implemented functionalities. But thank you!

Do you have anything specific in mind that you find missing? We just launched and we are hungry for feedback to improve. Also, we have a JS API that lets you customize quite a bit - https://whatsnew.io/docs . Thanks!

For me, it would be a great help if I just got array of message objects. One function call for new features and and thats it.

Re: Show HN: WhatsNew – Show your users new features since their last visit

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Post by tjohns » Wed, Jun 05, 2013, 4:23 PM UTC

Nice idea. One piece of feedback though: I'd rather see a list of actual features, rather than a list of blog posts.

In this implementation, I'd have to click through to each individual blog post to figure out everything that's changed.

Re: Show HN: WhatsNew – Show your users new features since their last visit

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Post by dominic_cocch » Wed, Jun 05, 2013, 4:42 PM UTC

Cool idea and it looks very nice. After scrolling for a bit the first things I wanted to know were "How much?", which you have covered, and "Can I see a demo site?", which seems to be missing.

It would also be cool to have options other than an immediate modal, like a what's new link with a red circle containing the number of new features. Click the link and then show the modal.