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Thought it might be fun to have an open board for this thread.. https://trello.com/board/hacker-news-board/4e70123412dcf45f5... I hope this works for sharing.
Looks promising, but two things jump out at me. My first question is where's the API? This is something I plan to use but I will want some way to export the information to non-users, dead trees, etc. (I'd need it anyway for private boards, The boss wants it in excel etc.) I'd also like to question the wisdom of closing the 'public' content off from non-users. Choosing 'Public' will make the board visible to all Trell…
We were in private beta until today, and changing that wording got missed. Public boards are, in fact, visible to anyone, regardless of whether they're logged in.
Thought it might be fun to have an open board for this thread.. https://trello.com/board/hacker-news-board/4e70123412dcf45f5... I hope this works for sharing.
Its a bit tricky because while your board is public, we can all see it but not edit anything.
It definitely has all the trappings of a Fog Creek app: - The overall UI: built by programmers who dabble in design - A seven(!) minute video about how _simple_ it is to use. It's easy! Instead of just raising your hand, you mark a light on the corresponding tote board, which informs your manager that you need more information. I hate to be contrarian, but there are many other apps out there that solve this problem m…
As someone who's used FogBugz and Kiln for some time, and has just played around with Trello, I'd say this: FogBugz definitely suffers from what you describe. Despite what Fog Creek might say about it being easy, it feels clunky and indirect. And slow -- it's 2011, yet everything that manipulates the case table (arguably the most important part of the app) seems to require a full page refresh. It definitely suffers f…
This looks really cool. I'm excited to try it out, individually and with others. Even better that you can immediately sign up and give it a try. As opposed to Asana, which has similar intentions, but is doing a private beta with larger companies only. Yes, Trello is much easier to get excited about. EDIT Some feedback: so far I really like it. It's intuitive. And it has some nice features out of the box that are lack…
It definitely has all the trappings of a Fog Creek app: - The overall UI: built by programmers who dabble in design - A seven(!) minute video about how _simple_ it is to use. It's easy! Instead of just raising your hand, you mark a light on the corresponding tote board, which informs your manager that you need more information. I hate to be contrarian, but there are many other apps out there that solve this problem m…
Links please.
It definitely has all the trappings of a Fog Creek app: - The overall UI: built by programmers who dabble in design - A seven(!) minute video about how _simple_ it is to use. It's easy! Instead of just raising your hand, you mark a light on the corresponding tote board, which informs your manager that you need more information. I hate to be contrarian, but there are many other apps out there that solve this problem m…
But in typical usenet style, I will engage each of your points directly and anxiously await your rebuttal.
- "The UI stinks." I think this is the number one thing we've gotten praise for. It's hard to please everyone, but overwhelmingly people have told us the opposite of what you are saying.
- "The video is too long / The app isn't simple enough." I sort of agree with this. The video is kind of long for an app this simple. I got a bit bored in the middle (and I'm the Fog Creek co-founder). But if you wait until the Jello line at the end, it's totally worth it!
- "People already solved this problem." Right and wrong. I think there are a few other solutions which are pretty close to this idea (some of them are even posted here in the comments, and we've since discovered more as people tweeted them to us) but I think we'll get more traction because we aren't building a software dev tool. We're trying to build a horizontal tool, and our future releases will reflect that focus. The majority of the existing tools are aimed at developers.
- "Joel pronounces lemur incorrectly." I'm pretty sure he did that just to annoy you. It apparently succeeded.