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Why does it have OS in the name? Is it an operating system? (This is a question I cannot find a direct answer to on their site) Their site makes it incredibly
by ArchReaper 9y ago
Why does it have OS in the name? Is it an operating system? (This is a question I cannot find a direct answer to on their site)
Their site makes it incredibly difficult to actually find out what this really is.
The only text visible on my screen when the page loads are the lines "Airborn OS", "Even if we get hacked, they can't read your documents" and "Collaborate in real time" which tells me essentially nothing about why I'm here, what this website is, or what you're trying to sell/advertise.
The only indication as to what this software actually does is in this Hacker News title.
For contrast, Google Doc's homepage[1], the first two things I see are "Create [persuasive/adjective] documents" followed by "With Google Docs, you can write, edit, and collaborate wherever you are. For free." This tells me basically everything I need to know, as a casual user, to understand what Google Docs is and why I might want to use it.
I hope this doesn't come across as overly critical, just some (hopefully helpful) feedback.
[1] https://www.google.com/docs/about/ https://www.google.com/docs/about/
- Lerc 9y agoPeople assume that the thing you deal with at the front end is the operating system. Frustrating, I know. I have a vaguely similar project to Airborn OS. I called my project Notanos because everyone kept on calling it an OS.
- twiss 9y agoThe line that's supposed to tell you what it is is: "Create and edit files online, securely." Is that missing for you? (I admit it's smaller and less noticeable than the lines you quoted. I'll try making it more prominent.) A bit of explanation about the name here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15596668 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15596668
- kinlan 9y agoI was confused too... Then I realised it takes about 10 seconds to appear as you animate the text in.
- tobyhinloopen 9y agoNow I see it! I scrolled already waaay down before that text appears. Reminder to myself that animations in your essential content are dangerous
- twiss 9y agoFair enough. There's a fast-forward button for the impatient among us (including myself), but I agree that it's non-obvious that you would need that to read the main copy.
- manigandham 9y agoIf you make the user wait then the only button they'll be using is the back button.
- aldanor 9y agoDitto. It takes forever to animate in the main content point.
- dandr01d 9y agoThe iOS 11 Calculator designer strikes again!
- Filligree 9y agoMm, I don't see it. There's some animation at the top, I scroll down, and... it talks about editing documents, but there's no line anywhere that explicitly states what this is.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- halwa 9y agoI was under the impression it stood for "Office Suite" but apparently not. See this[1] comment by the author on /r/privacy subreddit. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/76c605/airborn_os_open_source_private_google_docs/docwv5t/ https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/76c605/airborn_os_...