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Hi freebsd_dude, As a heads-up, let me tell you that I'm applying to YC with a similar concept under the name Theoryville. We envision a very different interfa
by TrevorBurnham 17y ago
Hi freebsd_dude,
As a heads-up, let me tell you that I'm applying to YC with a similar concept under the name Theoryville. We envision a very different interface, but we haven't built a demo yet. I'd be happy to exchange ideas with you privately; I'm not difficult to track down.
Here are some specific criticisms: I don't like the interface's reliance on double-clicking. I don't like that datasets open in a new tab. I expect words that are bright colors to be clickable (for instance, the word "data" under each dataset's name). When I "open" a dataset, I don't expect to be taken directly to the analysis screen; I expect to learn more about the dataset. For the output to be useful, I really need to be able to save the table in some way. The linear fit line should be shown by default. Also, there seems to be no way to remove the fit line once you've added it.
All in all, I agree with Tomas's view that it should be more "webby." And that's a non-trivial problem to solve for something as complex as statistical analysis. Best of luck!
(Also, have you seen Swivel? They don't do much in the way of data analysis, but they have a great interface for doing data visualizations. Definitely check them out.)