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WorkFlowy (YC S10) launches a better way to organize your brain

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Re: WorkFlowy (YC S10) launches a better way to organize your brain

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post #22

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Agreed. I didn't get passed the homepage. 1. Why not have an anonymous demo page to play around with before asking us to sign up? 2. Why not have a big "Log in with OpenID" button so people can just link in with Google/whatever?

People use OpenID? EDIT: I know people 'Login with Google' and 'Connect with Twitter', but I don't know anyone who dives at 'Login with OpenID'.

It's not like we are offered the option very often.

Re: WorkFlowy (YC S10) launches a better way to organize your brain

#42
post #10

Annoyance from the homepage: I don't want to have to watch a video to figure out what you do. Watching a video for me is one step of engagement after I've figured out if I have some basic interest. If I can't establish that immediately, I'll just close the window. Videos can be great for more in depth info, but why not use the space taken up by "A better way to think" (which says nothing) to give a one-line descripti…

I would respectfully say just the opposite. In a 45 second video, they showed the product, I saw someone using it who already knew how to use it and I had no more commitment than clicking "play". In my book, they got it exactly right.

A video is great but many people aren't going to bother with it if they aren't otherwise interested.

"A Better Way to Think" means nothing to me and is the only other thing to grab my interest. I would have clicked away in about 2 seconds if I didn't come across this on HN.

EDIT: Why not something like "Your Brain. Organized. Everywhere." for a headline? It doesn't seem to be "a better way to think" but a way to "organize things the way you naturally think" [from the video].

I can definitely see myself using this and almost passed it up.

Re: WorkFlowy (YC S10) launches a better way to organize your brain

#43
I really like the app and I'm definitely going to be using it for many things from this point on, but I would use it even more if you had Collaboration. I need to be able to collaboratively edit a section of my list with my coding team. We should be able to move this section of the list where ever each of us wants it in our individual accounts.

Would that be too difficult to implement at this point?

Re: WorkFlowy (YC S10) launches a better way to organize your brain

#44
it is supprisingly nice match to the textfiles google-docs i use a lot lately.

currently i'm playing with meinmeister for deep-not-taking.

compared to mindmeister one thing hold me back in workflowy: lack of links

what i like: - makes nice use of the space (gets stuff out of the way when zooming in) - clean - works like my text files :)

hmm.. that's more pros then cons :D

Re: WorkFlowy (YC S10) launches a better way to organize your brain

#45
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post #24

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If your first version is so impressive that trolls don't make fun of it, you waited too long to launch. http://www.paulgraham.com/really.html

I think he was referring to the product, not the website.

Sites are usually also pretty bad initially.

Re: WorkFlowy (YC S10) launches a better way to organize your brain

#47
post #15

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Why is this bad? It's a launch website. And it worked because I signed up.

Same, and quickly realized I'll probably never return.

I thought about that, but given its potential for me I set it as my homepage. I'll give it a few days to see if it has money for me.

Re: WorkFlowy (YC S10) launches a better way to organize your brain

#48
post #10

Annoyance from the homepage: I don't want to have to watch a video to figure out what you do. Watching a video for me is one step of engagement after I've figured out if I have some basic interest. If I can't establish that immediately, I'll just close the window. Videos can be great for more in depth info, but why not use the space taken up by "A better way to think" (which says nothing) to give a one-line descripti…

I would respectfully say just the opposite. In a 45 second video, they showed the product, I saw someone using it who already knew how to use it and I had no more commitment than clicking "play". In my book, they got it exactly right.

I live in a country with one of the slowest Internet connections out there, I'd really rather read a 2-line paragraph description than watch a 45-sec video.

Besides, YouTube is blocked in most offices - like mine.

Re: WorkFlowy (YC S10) launches a better way to organize your brain

#49
post #14

I'd like more formatting options. (Bold, size, etc.) Also would like to be able to embed media somehow (videos, images, etc.) I'd like to use something like this as a good outlining tool. The expanding of bullets into new pages is great.

I worry that embedding media would just overcomplicate it. There's definitely a point where it's simple enough and adding more features will only detract from the overall effectiveness.
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