Really cool product. If I may suggest, as your target audience is mainly designers, you should I think polish the design of the app. The tool is about refining design, but the app design could benefit from some love ( fonts alignment, shadows, color palette,.. ). There is some room for improvements, and by itself it's a great news ( btw, i'd gladly help ;) )
Show HN: We built a realtime design feedback tool using Node.js
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Re: Show HN: We built a realtime design feedback tool using Node.js
#42Not stoked on pricing on any of these. not gonna pay that If one pays say $15 / month for flexible hosting products, these kinds of services are comparatively overpriced. Does the realtime feedback matter? My experience is its better to wait for your stakeholders to complete their round of feedback to weed out redundancy. Realtime is just a distraction There is a stand-out feature which is video, not all these servic…
If you think that $19 / month is over-priced, you are not in anybody's market. If you think that the service is not as good as your current solutions, that is a different critique and discussion altogether. I would actually advise to get rid of the $19/month option, because as all of the successful SaaS operators say it will result in the unhappiest customers and the lowest profit margin.
"all of the successful SaaS operators say it will result in the unhappiest customers and the lowest profit margin."
Yes all those Dropbox users with their free 2gb are constantly complaining and unhappy. They can't contain their rage.
Re: Show HN: We built a realtime design feedback tool using Node.js
#43Not stoked on pricing on any of these. not gonna pay that If one pays say $15 / month for flexible hosting products, these kinds of services are comparatively overpriced. Does the realtime feedback matter? My experience is its better to wait for your stakeholders to complete their round of feedback to weed out redundancy. Realtime is just a distraction There is a stand-out feature which is video, not all these servic…
We kept pricing irrespective of the number of users just due to that. Would love to hear your thoughts at rohit AT framebench DOT com though. Thanks for checking out Video! We even have superior PDF support in comparison to all others. Zoom in. ;) We want to maintain it for sometime till its stable enough to be available as a self hosted solution. Btw, how much would you pay for a self hosted version?
If it worked the way I wanted, I'd probably pay $70 for a self-hosted solution. If it were absolutely what I needed with upgrades included for 2-3 years, maybe I'd pay up to $150. And if certain feature updates were intriguing enough I might pay another amount to get 2.0 version and so forth.
I use pancakeapp, I love it. I bought it and then bought the upgrade a year later. The price is fair, the software is great, very useful.
Re: Show HN: We built a realtime design feedback tool using Node.js
#44I like it - does it have keyboard shortcuts? It's a pain to draw a circle, then click comment, then place the comment. I'd like to (d)raw then (c)omment.
It does have keyboard shortcuts. B is for brush, T for comment. Try it out.. We should put up tooltips for these. Thanks!
Ah yes, excellent. It wasn't obvious to me I had to roll over to get the shortcuts.
Re: Show HN: We built a realtime design feedback tool using Node.js
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
designers need feedback from non-designers. a designers title doesnt suddenly give them encompassing knowledge over a business and how to treat every part of a project.
The designer should have received all relevant context prior to starting the task. There will be exceptions, where a piece of context is missed, and in these cases where feedback is necessary the format of the feedback is important. Rather than, "do it this way because businessReasons." Instead, try, "We must not have properly conveyed this aspect of our business, here is the relevant context. Knowing this, how do we…
"there will be exceptions"
Yes like every project that gets designed.
Start thinking real world. Feedback comes from everywhere. A website for example can represent every aspect of a company and stakeholders who will view the early phases, either for suggestions or out of team respect will provide feedback. Doesn't mean a designer responds, but sometimes they have to suck it up and change it, even when they don't think it's better.
And stop talking like just because UX is in front of a title gives somebody special power. It doesn't. Work with a few of them and you'll realize it.
Re: Show HN: We built a realtime design feedback tool using Node.js
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Often times, designers have to get feedback from the business guys because we do have a tendency to go with the flow. Especially if its not a full time job.
Absolutely, feedback is just more input for finding the right solution, and is valuable from any source.
Except you said earlier
"just as long as there's a verification process to ensure that only designers are giving design feedback"
You can't have it both ways.
Re: Show HN: We built a realtime design feedback tool using Node.js
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you think that $19 / month is over-priced, you are not in anybody's market. If you think that the service is not as good as your current solutions, that is a different critique and discussion altogether. I would actually advise to get rid of the $19/month option, because as all of the successful SaaS operators say it will result in the unhappiest customers and the lowest profit margin.
"all of the successful SaaS operators say it will result in the unhappiest customers and the lowest profit margin." Yes all those Dropbox users with their free 2gb are constantly complaining and unhappy. They can't contain their rage.
Thats the debate between giving it for free and charging a small amount..
Re: Show HN: We built a realtime design feedback tool using Node.js
#48Really cool product. If I may suggest, as your target audience is mainly designers, you should I think polish the design of the app. The tool is about refining design, but the app design could benefit from some love ( fonts alignment, shadows, color palette,.. ). There is some room for improvements, and by itself it's a great news ( btw, i'd gladly help ;) )
We should do that! Can I get your email address? I'm ar rohit AT framebench DOT com
Re: Show HN: We built a realtime design feedback tool using Node.js
#49Really cool product. If I may suggest, as your target audience is mainly designers, you should I think polish the design of the app. The tool is about refining design, but the app design could benefit from some love ( fonts alignment, shadows, color palette,.. ). There is some room for improvements, and by itself it's a great news ( btw, i'd gladly help ;) )
We should do that! Can I get your email address? I'm ar rohit AT framebench DOT com
You can contact me at this address : jm at producture dot com