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Ask HN: What do you think of my android app?

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Re: Ask HN: What do you think of my android app?

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Post by Casseres »

The color, style, and usability are all great. Two things though:

I didnt know what the faces at the bottom mean until I clicked them. I dont think the faces should be changed, but maybe just a quick, "Hey, tap on this face if you don't know, or this face if you don't know and want to ask this question to someone else" at the app's first run.

Also, in my opinion, the "Please Wait..." should be replaced by "Loading..." Everyone know things have to load, but telling someone to wait makes them think that it is slow.

Good job making the app. It looks good, it is an interesting idea, but I'm not sure it's enough to keep people hooked though. I think it's a great platform to keep building on.

Edit: You should probably put the United States at the very top of the list if you think most users are going to want to select that.

Re: Ask HN: What do you think of my android app?

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Post by vinod_s19 »

Casseres wrote: post #11

The color, style, and usability are all great. Two things though: I didnt know what the faces at the bottom mean until I clicked them. I dont think the faces should be changed, but maybe just a quick, "Hey, tap on this face if you don't know, or this face if you don't know and want to ask this question to someone else" at the app's first run. Also, in my opinion, the "Please Wait..." should be replaced by "Loading...…

Casseres, have noted down all of your points.

Thanks for the awesome feedback!

Re: Ask HN: What do you think of my android app?

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Post by vinod_s19 »

penetrarthur wrote: post #13

Load the next question when I am easing the current one. I don't understand what the bottom two buttons mean.

Penetrathur, the bottom 2 emoticons are for "I do not know" and "I do not know but ask others the question". Emoticons are used as substitutes for those texts. A click on any of them would give a hint on what their purpose is. Thanks for the comment.

Re: Ask HN: What do you think of my android app?

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Post by panteravaca »

Are you considering revamping the UI to match with Material Design soon? Also It might be worth while adding a onboarding experience before the user is set up in the app. This would allow you to explain the buttons at the bottom better (speaking of which it might be better to use two different icons, like change the one on the right to a "reply arrow" or something like forwarding so the user knows that the button means they will re-ask the question).

Re: Ask HN: What do you think of my android app?

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Post by vinod_s19 »

panteravaca wrote: post #15

Are you considering revamping the UI to match with Material Design soon? Also It might be worth while adding a onboarding experience before the user is set up in the app. This would allow you to explain the buttons at the bottom better (speaking of which it might be better to use two different icons, like change the one on the right to a "reply arrow" or something like forwarding so the user knows that the button mea…

Panteravaca, changing it to material design is on the cards. The idea behind choosing ":/ +ask" at the right bottom is to be consistent with the use of '+ask' throughout the QA card. Thanks for the suggestions. Will have to work on onboarding experience.
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