Introducing Quip
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Introducing Quip
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Re: Introducing Quip
#2Quip is Bret Taylor's new company.
Bret founded Google Maps and FriendFeed. Then he was CTO of Facebook for 3 years.
So this should be interesting.
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#3Nice subtle "Professional" marketing with the Quip Business screenshot for the desktop NOT being on a Macbook. :)
However, this says nothing of compatibility with existing docs. What if I have a ton of content trapped in .docx? What about Tables in docs? Are they supported?
How do you send a document to a non-Quipper? Does it PDF? Export to ODF? DOCX?
Or are we to expect an email "Hey, I sent you this awesome document! All you need to do to open it is install this app and reate an account!" type of spreading?
Finally, while the UI is definitely beautiful, the collaboration part looks like it suffers from Facebook's one-scrollable-column...
Ill definitely give it a try - but if the app is just a vertical data-silo into which my content is trapped... then I don't see it being very useful for me. Looks nice - lets hope its useful.
EDIT: I am really interested in the UX of creating a nice looking document without a mouse! The speed with which I can type and navigate on any phone or tablet is fractions of that of my desktop... I guess some people like producing on a phone/tablet - I personally HATE it - so I'd love to hear how people deal with it on this...
For example, there is no Search function for text on my iOS devices. They'd better implement search and replace. Highlighting SUCKS on any touch based device as well...
I am wondering if these UX issues are overcome by well built software?
Basically I see phones and tablets as almost exclusively data/content CONSUMPTION devices - not because of size or form - but of the HID/Input.
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#4Who likes typing on a tablet or phone? They are for reading, not composing.
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#5Who likes typing on a tablet or phone? They are for reading, not composing.
We support external keyboards and keyboard covers for tablets, both of which are a big step up over screen keyboards. Works really well - I actually have grown to really love it.
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#6Who likes typing on a tablet or phone? They are for reading, not composing.
I love typing on a tablet. The tablet is actually a great form factor for writing, and, more importantly, focusing on only writing.
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#7Who likes typing on a tablet or phone? They are for reading, not composing.
I can type at around 80 WPM on my iPad.
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#8Nice subtle "Professional" marketing with the Quip Business screenshot for the desktop NOT being on a Macbook. :) However, this says nothing of compatibility with existing docs. What if I have a ton of content trapped in .docx? What about Tables in docs? Are they supported? How do you send a document to a non-Quipper? Does it PDF? Export to ODF? DOCX? Or are we to expect an email "Hey, I sent you this awesome documen…
Right now, we natively support PDF export.
We also support "high fidelity" copy and paste, i.e., if you paste a doc from Quip into Word or similar products, it preserves all the formatting correctly. Not awesome and we will improve in subsequent updates, but it actually does most of what you'd need in the meantime.
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#9"We are starting with the word processor, but our mission is to eventually build the productivity suite for the mobile era." -> Intriguing!
Basically, google doc for mobile. That's not a bad idea seeing how google are closing products that people love.
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#10Who likes typing on a tablet or phone? They are for reading, not composing.
I love typing on a tablet. The tablet is actually a great form factor for writing, and, more importantly, focusing on only writing.
The best part of Quip is portrait on the iPad - just a blank sheet of paper with no toolbars. It is a really nice writing (and reading) experience.