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Re: Ask HackerNews: New website launched QCrunch.com. Feedback?

#3

Post by breck »

joeguilmette wrote: post #2

i dont see this competing very strongly with 1) my bookmarks 2) google homepage

Thanks for the feedback! We started with the Google homepage, and just tried to add a few links to make it better. That being said, it only adds a little bit to the google homepage. But it does make that Home button a lot more useful. And we will post statistics on what pages people visit the most.

Re: Ask HackerNews: New website launched QCrunch.com. Feedback?

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Post by joeguilmette »

breck wrote: post #3
joeguilmette wrote: post #2

i dont see this competing very strongly with 1) my bookmarks 2) google homepage

Thanks for the feedback! We started with the Google homepage, and just tried to add a few links to make it better. That being said, it only adds a little bit to the google homepage. But it does make that Home button a lot more useful. And we will post statistics on what pages people visit the most.

oh no i meant igoogle. this is basically just your bookmarks with a google search bar, right?

Re: Ask HackerNews: New website launched QCrunch.com. Feedback?

#7

Post by breck »

joeguilmette wrote: post #6
breck wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the feedback! We started with the Google homepage, and just tried to add a few links to make it better. That being said, it only adds a little bit to the google homepage. But it does make that Home button a lot more useful. And we will post statistics on what pages people visit the most.

oh no i meant igoogle. this is basically just your bookmarks with a google search bar, right?

plus the statistics, which are used to auto update the site monthly to ensure the best links are placed up top.

Re: Ask HackerNews: New website launched QCrunch.com. Feedback?

#8

Post by breck »

bmaier wrote: post #5

why not grab the feed from each of those links and create a collabpsable div that opens with the recent headlines and links from each site. that would go a long way towards making your site useful, sort of like a hacker's version of popurls.com

thats a very good suggestion. we discussed that, but the idea is to make the best start page. we think the most important things are: 1. fast 2. clean 3. google search bar 4. links

and adding that feature would detract from 1 and 2. our goal is to make the best start page for as many people in the web 2.0 crowd as possible. hopefully we can please a lot of people(1-20%), although we know we can't please everyone.

Re: Ask HackerNews: New website launched QCrunch.com. Feedback?

#9

Post by breck »

rms wrote: post #4

I think it's fine for your homepage but I don't see this becoming very popular.

thanks. you're right, it's great for my homepage. the idea is to make it the best page for 1-20% of the web 2.0 community. i made one for my college as well, and it was mainly just for my homepage, but there are a lot of people that don't like to make their own homepages or customize thinks like igoogle, so we're trying to provide this segment with a great product.

Re: Ask HackerNews: New website launched QCrunch.com. Feedback?

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Post by paulgb »

breck wrote: post #9
rms wrote: post #4

I think it's fine for your homepage but I don't see this becoming very popular.

thanks. you're right, it's great for my homepage. the idea is to make it the best page for 1-20% of the web 2.0 community. i made one for my college as well, and it was mainly just for my homepage, but there are a lot of people that don't like to make their own homepages or customize thinks like igoogle, so we're trying to provide this segment with a great product.

Fair enough, but I doubt there is much of an overlap between the "web 2.0"/hacker community and the kind of people who don't like to customize their homepage.
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