Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom

#1

Post by Disparity » Sun, May 24, 2009, 7:38 AM UTC

As I imagine a lot of people have Macs here, I thought it appropriate to post this. It's a desktop app for ripping videos from the web and converting movies to a format suitable for iTunes & iPod. So those bittorrent videos can finally find a place in iTunes & your iPod. You can rip movies straight from YouTube by dragging the url icon into the app.

Dear News.YC: please review my Mac app, Evom
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#2

Post by jmtulloss » Sun, May 24, 2009, 8:01 AM UTC

A few things:

Your site needs a favicon

I don't understand how to get videos off the web.

From your web page, it's not clear to me what your product does. Convert & transfer movies from your computer and the web. could be simplified to something like "Get your movies anywhere."

When I open the app, nothing happens. It should open the "Open" dialog by default, I think.

The site looks great, and the app is quite clean. Nice work!

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#3

Post by hbien » Sun, May 24, 2009, 8:04 AM UTC

jmtulloss wrote: post #2

A few things: Your site needs a favicon I don't understand how to get videos off the web. From your web page, it's not clear to me what your product does. Convert & transfer movies from your computer and the web. could be simplified to something like "Get your movies anywhere." When I open the app, nothing happens. It should open the "Open" dialog by default, I think. The site looks great, and the app is quite clean.…

I like the window that says "Drop movies, folders, or movie links" with a big drop icon, no need to have the open dialog by default =]. I would probably hate having a dialog open right when the app starts.

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#4

Post by Disparity » Sun, May 24, 2009, 8:06 AM UTC

jmtulloss wrote: post #2

A few things: Your site needs a favicon I don't understand how to get videos off the web. From your web page, it's not clear to me what your product does. Convert & transfer movies from your computer and the web. could be simplified to something like "Get your movies anywhere." When I open the app, nothing happens. It should open the "Open" dialog by default, I think. The site looks great, and the app is quite clean.…

Thanks for the feedback about the clarity & the ease of use. I'll definitely look on making it easier and clearer.

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#5

Post by Derferman » Sun, May 24, 2009, 8:49 AM UTC

I was pleasantly surprised when dragging a Youtube link into the drop area worked exactly as I had hoped. The video even downloaded in 1280 x 720. The next time I need a video off Youtube, Evom will be the app I use.

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#6

Post by patio11 » Sun, May 24, 2009, 9:02 AM UTC

I have seen a few of this types of apps come through the Business of Software forums. Generally, a large portion of the enthusiasm for applications like this seems to be that people want to go to Youtube and download movies for free. These people are, for obvious reasons, not the best people in the world to sell software to.

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#7

Post by jedc » Sun, May 24, 2009, 9:28 AM UTC

A quick usability thing... your main icon features an iPod, so my immediate thought was that it was something to manage photos/videos on an iPod/iPhone. That doesn't quite match to your app which is web & desktop based.

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#8

Post by psyklic » Sun, May 24, 2009, 9:31 AM UTC

You should package it as an installer rather than a ZIP! Didn't get a chance to try it though.

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#9

Post by geuis » Sun, May 24, 2009, 10:02 AM UTC

You need a text input in the app for pasting urls. Should be next to the Open button. Not everyone has screen real estate to have the browser and your app open.

In FF3, highlighting and dragging the URL doesn't work. I have to drag the favicon.

It worked really well on a couple of test porn videos. =)

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#10

Post by mj1903 » Sun, May 24, 2009, 10:04 AM UTC

geuis wrote: post #9

You need a text input in the app for pasting urls. Should be next to the Open button. Not everyone has screen real estate to have the browser and your app open. In FF3, highlighting and dragging the URL doesn't work. I have to drag the favicon. It worked really well on a couple of test porn videos. =)

Thanks for your feedback! We are looking into adding a bookmarklet to make opening URLs easier.