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For example, you mention that you teach the "most common" words first. I tried learning a little French, and two of the first few words were bucket and farm. Seriously, I think "Donde esta la biblioteca" was more useful....
Hi guys, this is my new application, finally released to the world. It's a word trainer with a few unique things thrown into it. I'd appreciate some honest criticism - what you like and what you don't like. This is the first draft, and I realize there is still a long way to go before getting it perfect! Thanks! Mark.
(Oh and now its installing .NET grrr)
Maybe it's just me, but it might be nicer to have the example on the website translate to something that's a little more polite than "bitch".
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Yes its an important point. But you'll need users to be able to prove that. Its ok to lie a bit initially I think :)
Once you lose credibility...
chinese olympics are near. you might have a market there.
Yes, we're launching in China in a few months. Our focus is on the non U.S market, particularly Asia, but also Europe on some specific things.
Also, from what I know, most people in Asia only have access to computers in internet cafes. Isn't that problematic for you?
[disclaimer: I work for RosettaStone but do not represent them]
I agree with davidw--you've already lost me (a Mac user) as a customer. Unless there's some special feature I'm missing, there's no reason this shouldn't be a web-based application.
The web version is under development. The web version is more complex because it also uses the unique features that the web has to offer. So it will be out in a few weeks. However, we are planning on selling the desktop version traditionally, and since it is more straightforward to develop, we decided to do things backwards and launch our Web 2.0 application as a desktop application first of all. If you want to get i…
By the way, your hosting provider is a little slow when the site is accessed from the USA under its current load.