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Re: Show HN: Yoleo – A Beautiful RSS Reader

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Post by jtheory »

aroch wrote: post #48
jamiebikies wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey there, good questions! I'm a developer in Toronto, Canada and I love to ride bikes and write code. I work at a place called Unspace ( http://unspace.ca/team ), I'm the third one down (Jamie Gilgen). Yoleo is a self funded project. I would like to keep it that way if I can. That's why donations are very welcome. I do however offer Yoleo up for free for those who are unable to pay. Yoleo is written in Ember, and is…

Please force SSL/TLS on the accounts page if not everywhere (should be everywhere)...You're currently sending Stripe payments over http

For sure?

I thought Stripe blocked that specifically.

Re: Show HN: Yoleo – A Beautiful RSS Reader

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Post by GardenHose »

dylangs1030 wrote: post #109
jff wrote: post #108

Why does everything have to be described as "beautiful"? Yes, it looks nice. It's not fucking Beethoven, it's a website that appears to do a damn fine job of managing RSS feeds. Yet every damn day we see another HN front-page article about such-and-such a "beautiful" web-app. Edit: also, in this instance, a good chunk of the beautiful design seems to have been lifted from Google's style, from the icon style to the wa…

It's a good way to say, "Hey, not only did I develop this cool thing, I designed this cool thing." Also, sometimes design is a focal point. All things being equal, I will choose the prettier option. I might even be persuaded to pay money for a prettier option if it functions just as well as the ugly open source option.

As will many. There's many powerful apps on the AppStores that are outshined by their prettier (and less capable) cousins.

Re: Show HN: Yoleo – A Beautiful RSS Reader

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Post by c0mpute »

jamiebikies wrote: post #125
jff wrote: post #108

Why does everything have to be described as "beautiful"? Yes, it looks nice. It's not fucking Beethoven, it's a website that appears to do a damn fine job of managing RSS feeds. Yet every damn day we see another HN front-page article about such-and-such a "beautiful" web-app. Edit: also, in this instance, a good chunk of the beautiful design seems to have been lifted from Google's style, from the icon style to the wa…

Beautiful is not just in the design, I've put a lot of effort into the mechanics of how things work, as well.

+1 times 100 at least.

The time and effort that goes into making something simple and easy is enormous. Very nice product!

Re: Show HN: Yoleo – A Beautiful RSS Reader

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Post by hanifvirani »

jamiebikies wrote: post #9
kposehn wrote: post #2

I like the look of it. However, before I give you access to my data some more information on how it works, who you are, why I should use it, etc. would be nice. That said, I hope you this gets traction. We need more options.

Hey there, good questions! I'm a developer in Toronto, Canada and I love to ride bikes and write code. I work at a place called Unspace ( http://unspace.ca/team ), I'm the third one down (Jamie Gilgen). Yoleo is a self funded project. I would like to keep it that way if I can. That's why donations are very welcome. I do however offer Yoleo up for free for those who are unable to pay. Yoleo is written in Ember, and is…

Nice to see someone from Toronto. Good luck with the project!

Re: Show HN: Yoleo – A Beautiful RSS Reader

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Post by mustefaj »

dylangs1030 wrote: post #109
jff wrote: post #108

Why does everything have to be described as "beautiful"? Yes, it looks nice. It's not fucking Beethoven, it's a website that appears to do a damn fine job of managing RSS feeds. Yet every damn day we see another HN front-page article about such-and-such a "beautiful" web-app. Edit: also, in this instance, a good chunk of the beautiful design seems to have been lifted from Google's style, from the icon style to the wa…

It's a good way to say, "Hey, not only did I develop this cool thing, I designed this cool thing." Also, sometimes design is a focal point. All things being equal, I will choose the prettier option. I might even be persuaded to pay money for a prettier option if it functions just as well as the ugly open source option.

As a heads up, designed by @mustefaj

Re: Show HN: Yoleo – A Beautiful RSS Reader

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Post by bconway »

btipling wrote: post #31

Instead of calling it a donation, just call it the 'pro' version and add like a supporter badge on the header or let them do something silly like change the color of their header like on HN. Will probably get more funds that way and won't get cynical people to roll their eyes at questionable use of the word 'donation' whether it is or not.

Please. Make it a paid service and charge $9/month, not year.
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