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Re: Show HN: Today or Tomorrow? Ractive.js and Dropbox Datastore Api application

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Post by JoeCortopassi » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 1:21 PM UTC

To everybody freaking out: It's a todo list, that stores your info in your dropbox rather than the sites database[1]. Brilliant idea, terrible execution.

If I was the person that developed this, I would have spent [1]https://github.com/gvnn/today-tomorrow

Re: Show HN: Today or Tomorrow? Ractive.js and Dropbox Datastore Api application

#22

Post by gvnn » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 1:22 PM UTC

xutopia wrote: post #6

What is it? I'm not going to connect to Dropbox if I don't know what it does.

We kept it very simple :) We'll add a description for sure. The source code is available at https://github.com/gvnn/today-tomorrow so you can have a look

Re: Show HN: Today or Tomorrow? Ractive.js and Dropbox Datastore Api application

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Post by tlongren » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 1:23 PM UTC

gvnn wrote: post #3

gonzilla wrote: post #2

I like the minimalistic interface. Good work.

Thanks, we tried to keep it as minimal as possible, bringing the focus back to the list of to do.

So, it's a to-do list?

Re: Show HN: Today or Tomorrow? Ractive.js and Dropbox Datastore Api application

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Post by alexholehouse » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 1:23 PM UTC

As good an idea as this is, how is this on the frontpage?

I don't mean this is a nasty way, but with a single page which basically says, "can I access your data please?" and no explanation I can't understand who would upvote it?

Re: Show HN: Today or Tomorrow? Ractive.js and Dropbox Datastore Api application

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 1:24 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Today or Tomorrow? Ractive.js and Dropbox Datastore Api application

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Post by gvnn » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 1:24 PM UTC

JoeCortopassi wrote: post #21

To everybody freaking out: It's a todo list, that stores your info in your dropbox rather than the sites database[1]. Brilliant idea, terrible execution. If I was the person that developed this, I would have spent [1] https://github.com/gvnn/today-tomorrow

Thanks Joe

Re: Show HN: Today or Tomorrow? Ractive.js and Dropbox Datastore Api application

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Post by halisaurus » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 1:25 PM UTC

As others said, this landing page doesn't tell me anything, let alone sell me on connecting my Dropbox. You can update it, but I still won't try it knowing that you have a habit of doing things with user data without full disclosure.

Re: Show HN: Today or Tomorrow? Ractive.js and Dropbox Datastore Api application

#28

Post by AbhishekBiswal » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 1:26 PM UTC

Please write something about the app on the first page, so that people who are new to the app get to know about it.

Re: Show HN: Today or Tomorrow? Ractive.js and Dropbox Datastore Api application

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Post by gvnn » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 1:30 PM UTC

dc_ploy wrote: post #17

I don't get it. I don't have dropbox. What is it supposed to do? Clever NSA...

You create a new account :) we built the application to use dropbox datastore so you can access to your data from anywhere

Re: Show HN: Today or Tomorrow? Ractive.js and Dropbox Datastore Api application

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Post by gvnn » Tue, Sep 10, 2013, 1:50 PM UTC

allanmacgregor wrote: post #15

I'm all up for minimalist design but you went to far, the users don't even get the slightest clue of what the app is supposed to do or how. I have no reason for giving you access to my dropbox account

Thanks for your feedback. We are adding a little description in home page.