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Re: Show HN: A beautiful, elegant and simple task manager

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Post by RoseO »

CJefferson wrote: post #7

Straight flow of thought: Try it for free - cool. What's happened? I'm at a login screen. This isn't sign up. There is no sign up link here. Let's go back. Back isn't working! Oh, new tab opened (why do that?) Back to main page, let's look for signup again. Nope. Back to 'Try it for free'. Oh, there is a 'signup', but it's in a really pale font and doesn't look like a link. Make account (sigh) Learn to use NubiDo - d…

I just use a Trello board for my personal todo lists, it's simple and I know it won't be going away anytime soon. You can add attachments, due dates and all sorts of nice little things in a card. I use it to manage projects with collaborators too so everything is in one place which is nice for me.

Re: Show HN: A beautiful, elegant and simple task manager

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Post by bastijn »

kkalra wrote: post #19
kaoD wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be fair the overall look and feel is not that bad, it's just a regular case of programmer colors , which is easy to fix.

There will be an option for color schemes in a future release. This is just phase 1 of many.

I'm afraid that you should have waited a phase or two before posting this on HN. I wonder if users will ever see your next phase. A tip for the future would be to better consider your moment of first introduction. All of the comments in this thread could easily be made by no more than 10 people outside your everyday test environment. Think about family, friends, neighbouring companies who haven't seen the product yet, etc. Just 10 and you might have altered your first introduction from not so much (except info) into a success.

Re: Show HN: A beautiful, elegant and simple task manager

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Post by GrinningFool »

doctorstupid wrote: post #26
enraged_camel wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I disagree. Someone describing their app as "beautiful" or "elegant" tells me that they really care about the beauty and elegance of the app and have spent time to make it so to the point where they are confident in attaching those adjectives to it. In my opinion, this is a good thing, because we need more people who actually care about what they build. I think that the audience being the ultimate judge, while true,…

At the bottom there may be an element of advertising. There's so much code out there, and labels such as 'beautiful' and 'elegant' make an app stand out - in a similar way that a shampoo bottle having 'extreme pro plus' slapped onto it might. That and hipster prestige.

Mostly true - labels like "beautiful" and "elegant" make an app stand out when those labels are applied by other people, and not the developer of the app.

Re: Show HN: A beautiful, elegant and simple task manager

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Post by subsection1h »

enraged_camel wrote: post #20
bichiliad wrote: post #15

When apps describe themselves as "beautiful" and "elegant," it rubs me the wrong way. Those are subjective things that I decide, not the developer(s). It's like a mother telling everyone how handsome her son is. If he's handsome, people will probably know it already.

I disagree. Someone describing their app as "beautiful" or "elegant" tells me that they really care about the beauty and elegance of the app and have spent time to make it so to the point where they are confident in attaching those adjectives to it. In my opinion, this is a good thing, because we need more people who actually care about what they build. I think that the audience being the ultimate judge, while true,…

> Someone describing their app as "beautiful" or "elegant" tells me that they really care about the beauty and elegance of the app

When I see an app described as beautiful or elegant, I assume that it lacks important features. I assume the same when an app is described as lightweight. When I see an app described by critics as bloated or having a steep learning curve, I assume it might be useful.

Re: Show HN: A beautiful, elegant and simple task manager

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Post by nmjohn »

enraged_camel wrote: post #20
bichiliad wrote: post #15

When apps describe themselves as "beautiful" and "elegant," it rubs me the wrong way. Those are subjective things that I decide, not the developer(s). It's like a mother telling everyone how handsome her son is. If he's handsome, people will probably know it already.

I disagree. Someone describing their app as "beautiful" or "elegant" tells me that they really care about the beauty and elegance of the app and have spent time to make it so to the point where they are confident in attaching those adjectives to it. In my opinion, this is a good thing, because we need more people who actually care about what they build. I think that the audience being the ultimate judge, while true,…

Yikes, I think people missed your point.

From the beginning of the internet until maybe 3 or so years ago - in a majority of cases, design was an afterthought. Only functionality mattered.

More recently this has changed. Is calling your app beautiful and elegant overdone and maybe even a little cocky? Probably. However I personally really like applications that look beautiful.

For whatever psychological reason it may be, I simply enjoy the experience more. Take the chrome extension Momentum [0] for example. The only thing I get out of it is when I open a new tab, I see a pretty picture. However I _like_ that pretty picture and it enhances my experience. Logically, I can't come up with a solid argument - it might even be complete bullshit - but as soon as I'm on a computer that doesn't have it, I feel like I'm missing something.

[0]: http://momentumdash.com/

Re: Show HN: A beautiful, elegant and simple task manager

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Post by jamesbritt »

bastijn wrote: post #23

You're website is not user friendly and I cannot try a way to actually test this on my number one object of task management: my phone. The movie isn't playing either so I'm asking my questions here in hope someone can share some details. How is this app different from others? Personally I use Todoist as a paid user. It has projects, tags, nesting, task sharing with other users, integration with all platforms includin…

And they have an API that can be quite handy.

Re: Show HN: A beautiful, elegant and simple task manager

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Post by ZenoArrow »

GrinningFool wrote: post #35
doctorstupid wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At the bottom there may be an element of advertising. There's so much code out there, and labels such as 'beautiful' and 'elegant' make an app stand out - in a similar way that a shampoo bottle having 'extreme pro plus' slapped onto it might. That and hipster prestige.

Mostly true - labels like "beautiful" and "elegant" make an app stand out when those labels are applied by other people , and not the developer of the app.

True, but this style of advertising is straight from Apple's playbook, and it didn't seem to rub many people the wrong way when they did it.

Re: Show HN: A beautiful, elegant and simple task manager

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Post by jpel30 »

Wow a lot of comments about the landing page and login screen. Did anyone even bother to look at the app itself? It actually seems pretty cool. Don't know if I'd switch from my listing app just yet, but it's a good start and an interesting direction.

But yes, fix the login screen...

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