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I get the idea, and I'm willing to look past the work-in-progress nature of your app, but I don't think it's a very strong idea. There's no value to me, as a c

by jbob2000 11y ago

I get the idea, and I'm willing to look past the work-in-progress nature of your app, but I don't think it's a very strong idea. There's no value to me, as a content consumer, in viewing content in these cards. I have had no issues reading blogs in the current format, no issues with reading reddit or hacker news, no issues with youtube, etc. etc. This doesn't solve any problem I personally have. I get that your cards are different but why is this format better? It's a cool UX paradigm that one might use on a personal blog, or as a feature in a large application, but I can't see it becoming a standard. The value proposition is not strong enough. You could take this idea and do something like medium.com, where you become a platform for people to publish cards on, but then the value is in the content and hosting service, not really the format.

ajeet_dhaliwal 11y ago
This is actually doing what you're last sentence suggests. It is intended as a platform and for people to publish series of cards on and it is a hosted service. The creation is limited to the app currently. The web site is secondary, this is primarily an app. A problem with apps and a reason why the web site even exists is that they lack discoverability when starting out. The web site offers a 'view only' view of the cards that are fully interactive on the app. The value prop here is a combination of a few things. The card format stands out in usability when viewing on mobile devices particularly on larger screens such as iPhone 6 Plus. The way a card can be manipulated and expanded makes it ideally suited for that type of device. Combining that with a way to organize cards by series makes it a straightforward way to get at sometimes highly niche information such as the example of video game characters or items.

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I get the idea, and I'm willing to look past the work-in-progress nature of your app, but I don't think it's a very strong idea. There's no value to me, as a c

by jbob2000 11y ago

ajeet_dhaliwal 11y ago
This is actually doing what you're last sentence suggests. It is intended as a platform and for people to publish series of cards on and it is a hosted service. The creation is limited to the app currently. The web site is secondary, this is primarily an app. A problem with apps and a reason why the web site even exists is that they lack discoverability when starting out. The web site offers a 'view only' view of the cards that are fully interactive on the app. The value prop here is a combination of a few things. The card format stands out in usability when viewing on mobile devices particularly on larger screens such as iPhone 6 Plus. The way a card can be manipulated and expanded makes it ideally suited for that type of device. Combining that with a way to organize cards by series makes it a straightforward way to get at sometimes highly niche information such as the example of video game characters or items.