Show HN: Trip.js, a jQuery plugin for product landing page navigation
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Show HN: Trip.js, a jQuery plugin for product landing page navigation
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Re: Show HN: Trip.js, a jQuery plugin for product landing page navigation
#2I just want to point out that you're ultimate objective should be that the interface is easy enough to use without such tutorials.
Re: Show HN: Trip.js, a jQuery plugin for product landing page navigation
#3I just want to point out that you're ultimate objective should be that the interface is easy enough to use without such tutorials.
thanks, we will make it easier, i don't know, maybe with a wizard? ha
Re: Show HN: Trip.js, a jQuery plugin for product landing page navigation
#4Pressing ESC key stops the tour. An explicit action visible to the user to cancel the "trip" should be better.
Re: Show HN: Trip.js, a jQuery plugin for product landing page navigation
#5very nice.
something similar in foundation http://www.zurb.com/playground/jquery-joyride-feature-tour-p...
Re: Show HN: Trip.js, a jQuery plugin for product landing page navigation
#6I just want to point out that you're ultimate objective should be that the interface is easy enough to use without such tutorials.
Agreed. There's been a few of these plugins and saas offerings recently, and neither of them feel quite right to me.
Re: Show HN: Trip.js, a jQuery plugin for product landing page navigation
#7I kinda dislike how the pace is predefined, I think as an user I would prefer it to let me click to go to the next step.
Re: Show HN: Trip.js, a jQuery plugin for product landing page navigation
#8Doesn't work very well on Android browser.
Re: Show HN: Trip.js, a jQuery plugin for product landing page navigation
#9I just want to point out that you're ultimate objective should be that the interface is easy enough to use without such tutorials.
Sometimes the underlying processes an application is designed for are too complex to be self-explanatory. Look at e.g. Photoshop, would not work without tutorials.
Re: Show HN: Trip.js, a jQuery plugin for product landing page navigation
#10Promising start, but in the spirit of "Don't Make Me Think", it needs to make it obvious what to do next, ie that you can click anywhere, and whether real clicks would be ignored or not. e.g. a translucent mask with instructions.