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Re: Show HN: Script – A text editor for digitally interconnected documents

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I want to be able to try something without signing up. I'll sign up if it's good.

Gating is part of the growth playbook from ten years ago. It is considered outdated now, where the idea is to demonstrate value first, as you said. Gating makes your conversion rates look good, as it filters out prospects unlikely to convert, but it also reduces the volume of users who might convert.

Maybe gating makes sense for slow growth and so might be appropriate here?

Re: Show HN: Script – A text editor for digitally interconnected documents

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gating is part of the growth playbook from ten years ago. It is considered outdated now, where the idea is to demonstrate value first, as you said. Gating makes your conversion rates look good, as it filters out prospects unlikely to convert, but it also reduces the volume of users who might convert.

Maybe gating makes sense for slow growth and so might be appropriate here?

It makes sense when non-conversion is expensive; e.g., in customer support, or resource usage.

Re: Show HN: Script – A text editor for digitally interconnected documents

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Your positioning could be tightened. Revise your tagline to state your product differentiation. Why shouldn't I use an established product like Notion, Coda, or Obsidian? Don't make users think. If they have to, they'll go with the status quo, not you. I also picked up the lawyer vibe and I think you should lean right into it. You could say Script: the text editor for lawyers , then explain how your UX support lawyer…

I learned pretty quickly when I struck out as an entrepreneur that a narrow audience is exponentially easier to succeed with than trying to generalize. It does seem this is rather tailor made for lawyerly document writing, and that is a perfectly suitable niche to target with particular circumstances that could be quite favorable for developing a sales pitch—their time is worth quite a lot of money, and their need to ensure that they have done everything exactly right is mission critical. I wholeheartedly agree with the above comment that positioning this as something like “document authoring for lawyers” would be a smart way to get established in a potentially lucrative market.

Re: Show HN: Script – A text editor for digitally interconnected documents

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It seems pretty crazy to handicap yourself with an unsearchable name like "Script", especially when it's not an editor for scripts (drama or programming).

The site has no scrollbar for some reason, so it's hard to navigate.

The HN title talks about interconnected documents, as if it's a wiki or something, but the site doesn't seem to mention that.

We've been working with truly digital documents for decades now, and it's not clear that this adds anything important. It also seems focused on proprietary lock-in, and doesn't have pricing available.

Re: Show HN: Script – A text editor for digitally interconnected documents

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What does "digitally interconnected" mean? Also, out of curiosity, does the legal world still hang on to some obscure version of WordPerfect, or have they made the switch to Word?

As of 2006 (when I left the legal tech world), the transition to Word was already well underway. Law firms hated it, but like everywhere else it was becoming The Way. And before Word, there were no "obscure" versions of WordPerfect; it was very widely used, in and out of the legal industry. Everyone loved WordPerfect because of its ability to tune the final output. Formatting requirements for some court filings are v…

Oh yes, I used WordPerfect 5.1 myself. I even had a function key template for my keyboard. By "obscure" version, I meant some version still in use, like WordPerfect Office Professional 2021.

Re: Show HN: Script – A text editor for digitally interconnected documents

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I love a text editor app and I’m always happy to try out new ones, especially one that looks like it might be useful in extracting meaning from text or linking ideas and relationships between documents.

I also like the cleanness of the design and the illustrations are fun - definitely a cut above the usual Corporate Memphis.

However, and this was the deal-breaker for me, there was no mention of the cost or licensing model.

A one point a subscription was mentioned, but there was no link to find out more. I’m not going to download or try an app without knowing the pricing up-front.

Re: Show HN: Script – A text editor for digitally interconnected documents

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It seems like something I'd want, but the site doesn't give enough information about what the product is. It states a few high-level goals, like Office integration, but it doesn't say _how_. Who is the target customer? Some of the features seem interesting and useful, like domain-specific syntax highlighting, Definition tooltips. The site talks about accessibiltity and inclusion, but doesn't expand on what that actua…

The site really needs some videos showing it in action, and how it differs from a regular editor or word processor. The screenshots give a tantalizing clue, but I'm left wondering how it actually works from a practical perspective.

Also, I use Word 2010. Will it really integrate with that?

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