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Re: CoffeeStrap HN

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Post by mahesh_rm » Mon, Dec 23, 2013, 5:54 PM UTC

euphemize wrote: post #36

"HI HN, WE ARE BUILDING TINDER, BUT FOR LANGUAGE EDUCATION, WITH INSTITUTIONAL CERTIFICATION. WE'RE TESTING IT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VENICE, AND WE'D LOVE NOW TO DO THIS ON HN AS WELL. YOU THINK THAT'S A BAD IDEA, WHICH DOESN'T SOLVE A REAL PROBLEM? LET US KNOW WHY." Your first paragraph is not informative at all. What if I don't know what Tinder is? You're suggesting that maybe your idea is bad (and we should tell yo…

Thank you! Good critique, we just took for granted that the average HN user knows what Tinder is. We're basically trying to figure out how to replicate real world interaction between members belonging to different communities, but online. How we're doing it, well, we're still experimenting. :-)

Re: CoffeeStrap HN

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Post by madfriend » Mon, Dec 23, 2013, 5:57 PM UTC

lhnz wrote: post #28

michaelwww wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like the design. What do you see as problems?

1. Line-height needs to be increased as lines are almost touching. 2. Colour scheme is terrible: green, orange, grey, pale yellow, orange on dark blue, dark blue text with orange shadow, green text on black terminal style popups, black text on asphalt texture, light blue boxes with grey text and dark blue headers, dark red footer with coffee table. 3. Lack of distinction between what is uppercase and what is lowercas…

+1 I couldn't agree more that design needs to be improved.

1. Work on forms: they should be easy to distinguish from other "blocky" things around.

2. It took me like 2 minutes to find what your project is about. Improve your landing page.

3. Colour scheme is really messy. Pick 2 base colors and extend them using http://kuler.adobe.com

4. Choice of name - I believe that in hacker community CoffeeStrap really sounds like Bootstrap in CoffeeScript

Re: CoffeeStrap HN

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Post by euphemize » Mon, Dec 23, 2013, 6:03 PM UTC

mahesh_rm wrote: post #41

euphemize wrote: post #36

"HI HN, WE ARE BUILDING TINDER, BUT FOR LANGUAGE EDUCATION, WITH INSTITUTIONAL CERTIFICATION. WE'RE TESTING IT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VENICE, AND WE'D LOVE NOW TO DO THIS ON HN AS WELL. YOU THINK THAT'S A BAD IDEA, WHICH DOESN'T SOLVE A REAL PROBLEM? LET US KNOW WHY." Your first paragraph is not informative at all. What if I don't know what Tinder is? You're suggesting that maybe your idea is bad (and we should tell yo…

Thank you! Good critique, we just took for granted that the average HN user knows what Tinder is. We're basically trying to figure out how to replicate real world interaction between members belonging to different communities, but online. How we're doing it, well, we're still experimenting. :-)

I may be an average HN reader, but I only vaguely know what Tinder is, and how it works. Don't rely on my own half-baked idea of what another app is to make me understand your own - straight up tell me first. Good luck!

Re: CoffeeStrap HN

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Post by Stratoscope » Mon, Dec 23, 2013, 7:49 PM UTC

mahesh_rm wrote: post #41

euphemize wrote: post #36

"HI HN, WE ARE BUILDING TINDER, BUT FOR LANGUAGE EDUCATION, WITH INSTITUTIONAL CERTIFICATION. WE'RE TESTING IT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VENICE, AND WE'D LOVE NOW TO DO THIS ON HN AS WELL. YOU THINK THAT'S A BAD IDEA, WHICH DOESN'T SOLVE A REAL PROBLEM? LET US KNOW WHY." Your first paragraph is not informative at all. What if I don't know what Tinder is? You're suggesting that maybe your idea is bad (and we should tell yo…

Thank you! Good critique, we just took for granted that the average HN user knows what Tinder is. We're basically trying to figure out how to replicate real world interaction between members belonging to different communities, but online. How we're doing it, well, we're still experimenting. :-)

If the average HN reader knows what Tinder is, that could mean that 51% know and 49% don't know. Never ignore the 49%. :-)

Definitely agree about the "YOU THINK THAT'S A BAD IDEA" language. Besides being negative, it puts words in people's mouths, which is very off-putting.

Your project sounds neat, though. Best of luck with it!