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Ok, I really like your app. It's very javascript based so I'll be viewing your source heavily, because I'm also creating similar javascript based applications a
by arnorhs 16y ago
Ok, I really like your app. It's very javascript based so I'll be viewing your source heavily, because I'm also creating similar javascript based applications and I get into a big problem with code growth/complexity, so I'm hoping to learn something from you.
Here's some helpful criticism. I hope I don't come off too harsh, since I really actually like this app.
Some questions:
- What are your unique features? It seems to be very javascript centric and it feels fast, I guess that's a good feature.
- What is "an account" in szpil?
- Is there some list of all contacts? I just found "Today" - but that feels like everything I've done today, not everything ever
What I like:
- It's fast to use.
- It's simple
What I don't like:
- The single-colored interface - some icons might help
- The full width layout (uncomfortable on a widescreen display) - you should at least use max-width
- It was confusing that I didn't have to sign up and I didn't realize I had started.
- I didn't realize that my name when I signed up was my username, so I put my long name with all the icelandic chars...
- You could do better with the feedback button. Some simple feedback form or something like that.
Bugs:
- My name got formatted in a weird way: "ArnóR HeiðAr SigurðSson" (Should be Arnór Heiðar Sigurðsson) - that also had complications when I logged in/out again
- My stored password seems to not be bound to username, it's just always filled in - probably because you're not using a regular login form, but a javascript method that takes the variables and submits... too bad :/
- When I logged in again, everything I did "today" was gone. So now I can't find the contact I created.. :P
Good luck and keep up the good work.
- jorangreef 16y agoThanks for the feedback and hope you get some good architecture ideas from the source. Copywriting re: "account" must be improved (an account could be a company/organization/project). Contact lists will come when I figure out how to do them right. For now, there's the search bar in top right. This is probably the easiest way to switch contacts or see all contacts in a company etc. Re: interface, the idea is to keep it "text as interface", and keep the color simple so your data can speak for itself. The goal is to keep cutting down on "app chrome". There is "max-width" on some elements. Re: feedback link, good point. The formatting of your name is a bug in a titleCase function (fix coming soon). Please check back on Monday/Tuesday for some new features.
- arnorhs 16y agoGreat! You know colors really help out. You don't have to have colors all over the place, but humans are inherently bad at scanning for text and monotoned objects. Maybe a word for accounts: Group ..? Keep it up!
- jorangreef 16y ago"Group" was the first name I used for "Account" in fact.
- jorangreef 16y agoHi Arnór, the method responsible for formatting your name including the Icelandic characters has been fixed.