I've used Adobe Acrobat Reader in the past to sign documents, it's also free and many people already have it installed: http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/features.html#categoryl...
I guess this is cool because it's "in the cloud".
Introducing HelloSign for Gmail
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Re: Introducing HelloSign for Gmail
#92I think where this could save more time is if you thought about ways salespeople could close sales easier, since they require signatures so frequently.
If this product is just for me (i.e. the person who installs this extension) then it's only going to save me time. How often does the average Google Apps user need to sign something? And how often does a salesperson require a signature from somebody using Google Apps?
Just was thinking about where the real pain/problem exists here. And by that, I mean that it's important to consider where does the problem occur the most and have the most impact.
Re: Introducing HelloSign for Gmail
#93You can already do this with Mac OS X... http://www.cultofmac.com/127459/sign-your-pdfs-in-preview-os...
Adobe Reader also gives this functionality, however, this feature removes the context switching.
Re: Introducing HelloSign for Gmail
#94Why, why, WHY does no one even question the idea of graphic signatures to begin with? This thing where we scan a piece of paper or paste in a little image has always smacked of forgery to me anyway? All I need is one image of your signature, and I can sign for you anywhere I want. It's like when they hand out rubber stamps for secretaries to use. It's like somewhere along the line, wherever you see hand-written signa…
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#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
How long does something need to be provider for for free before you trust that it'll stay that way? This is an attitude we're trying to overcome with our model.
How long does something need to be provider for for free before you trust that it'll stay that way? My personal answer: never. Google has killed free apps that had had lots of users for years. If Google can't guarantee that a free app will stay free and available, nobody can.
Companies have killed pay apps too.
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#96I'll be honest, I'm tired of "free". I'd rather see some definitive information under the Pricing section. I'm tired of getting "invested" in web apps that are free, and then having them pivot dramatically or go under. This is less of an issue for small things, but anything that I'm going to incorporate into my business workflow needs to have at least some semblance of a business plan apparent. Looks neat, I'll be ha…
I love free apps. Free is better than nothing.
Until you use it for something important (like a business). Then it becomes a liability. In those cases free is often worse than nothing, since you are actively depending on it.
Had you not chose the free offering, you may have chosen something else or built it yourself.
Re: Introducing HelloSign for Gmail
#97I'll be honest, I'm tired of "free". I'd rather see some definitive information under the Pricing section. I'm tired of getting "invested" in web apps that are free, and then having them pivot dramatically or go under. This is less of an issue for small things, but anything that I'm going to incorporate into my business workflow needs to have at least some semblance of a business plan apparent. Looks neat, I'll be ha…
This seems a nice article on pricing strategies:
http://onstartups.com/tabid/3339/bid/37737/Secrets-Of-Freemi...
Strangely, as a submission here (not by me), it got killed yesterday. I looked it over when it came up, and when I went to join my vote to the dozen or so it had gathered, it was dead ...
Re: Introducing HelloSign for Gmail
#98Why, why, WHY does no one even question the idea of graphic signatures to begin with? This thing where we scan a piece of paper or paste in a little image has always smacked of forgery to me anyway? All I need is one image of your signature, and I can sign for you anywhere I want. It's like when they hand out rubber stamps for secretaries to use. It's like somewhere along the line, wherever you see hand-written signa…
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#99This shit's appallingly invasive. After downloading the plugin their support team emailed me a sales pitch.
Really, really unhappy about that.
Re: Introducing HelloSign for Gmail
#100I'll be honest, I'm tired of "free". I'd rather see some definitive information under the Pricing section. I'm tired of getting "invested" in web apps that are free, and then having them pivot dramatically or go under. This is less of an issue for small things, but anything that I'm going to incorporate into my business workflow needs to have at least some semblance of a business plan apparent. Looks neat, I'll be ha…
I haven't looked into HelloSign or its pricing model, but I'll say that, so far, HelloFax seems to have handled its sort of "freemium" features and promotions, and its pricing model fairly well. (Without my having access to any of their financials or management, but having used the product and observed its continued existence and some news about same, over the past year and a bit).
They seem to be good at getting you on board and then upselling you based upon your actual needs and use, rather than coercive arm twisting.
I'm more concerned about installing any plugin and giving it access to my Gmail account. Buchheit's participation is a coup, in that regard, for me and I suspect for some others aware of his role in Gmail's original development, at least.
And that same crowd seems to form part of the original core of their paying business. (Again, this is a fairly uninformed observation, on my part.)
I'll be curious to observe where this goes.