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Ask HN: Check out our web app, AgileTask

14 points by roblund 16y ago

A couple buddies and I wrote a web app to help with your personal backlog. It is an agile take on traditional task management tools. Basically, we found that most of the systems and apps we were using at our day jobs weren't fitting in with our work style, so we wrote our own. Let us know what you think. http://agiletask.me Thanks.

BTBurke 16y ago
I like it a lot also. I agree with getting it integrated with Google Apps. Let me get to it with one click from my gmail (without having to log in again) and I'm sold.
singer 16y ago
It's cheap, brah. Huh?
- marcrosoft 16y ago
  Yeah this is kind of an inside joke that should be taken back inside. Edit: It has been taken down.
- roblund 16y ago
  This is interesting. We've got a lot of feedback just on that phrase. We were just having a little fun with it, but since it seems to be a distraction to a fair amount of people we'll just drop it from the UI.
ryandvm 16y ago
I like it. Too many task managers are weighed down by feature bloat. I've ruminated on a similar style task manager for some time now. Any plans on integrating it with Google Apps and selling it in the Apps Marketplace (http://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/ http://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/)? Google Apps is a phenomenal value for small businesses, but is currently in sore need of a decent task manager.
- roblund 16y ago
  Not a bad idea, I'll check it out.
danfitch 16y ago
Make more of the text for the image on the landing page visible. You have one shot to show people what your product does.
- roblund 16y ago
  What's your feeling on the quick screencast videos on the front page?
  - jasonlotito 16y ago
    A screencast is fine in addition to the above. But anything in the screencast should also exist in text and images.
    - roblund 16y ago
      That's definitely a good point.
ritonlajoie 16y ago
click click http://agiletask.me http://agiletask.me
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spinlock 16y ago
I think you're asking for money too soon. I don't really have a good idea of how your app works or if I would even use it. I'm not going to pay $24 just to find out if it does anything worth while for me.
- JadeRobbins 16y ago
  If you sign up and don't pay there is a limited account, but maybe we should make that a little more clear. Thanks!
dho 16y ago
A demo or a trial period would be useful.
- marcrosoft 16y ago
  There is a trial version after you sign up, the link is really small on the same page as the paypal button.
  - jiminy 16y ago
    I agree, make the demo one of your calls to action on the home page. Generally speaking, without a demo I wouldn't spend any more time investigating this type of app.
  - dho 16y ago
    I never got to this page, I stopped after visiting the pricing page...
roblund 16y ago
We are considering "seeding" the integration front using our public API. What type of third-party integrations do you think would be the most useful to you guys and which do you think we should we tackle first?
mtrn 16y ago
Nice. Some enlargeable screenshots on the main page would be cool.

14 points by roblund 16y ago

BTBurke 16y ago

I like it a lot also. I agree with getting it integrated with Google Apps. Let me get to it with one click from my gmail (without having to log in again) and I'm sold.

singer 16y ago

It's cheap, brah. Huh?

marcrosoft 16y ago
Yeah this is kind of an inside joke that should be taken back inside. Edit: It has been taken down.
roblund 16y ago
This is interesting. We've got a lot of feedback just on that phrase. We were just having a little fun with it, but since it seems to be a distraction to a fair amount of people we'll just drop it from the UI.

ryandvm 16y ago

I like it. Too many task managers are weighed down by feature bloat. I've ruminated on a similar style task manager for some time now. Any plans on integrating it with Google Apps and selling it in the Apps Marketplace (http://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/ http://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/)? Google Apps is a phenomenal value for small businesses, but is currently in sore need of a decent task manager.

roblund 16y ago
Not a bad idea, I'll check it out.

danfitch 16y ago

Make more of the text for the image on the landing page visible. You have one shot to show people what your product does.

roblund 16y ago
What's your feeling on the quick screencast videos on the front page?
- jasonlotito 16y ago
  A screencast is fine in addition to the above. But anything in the screencast should also exist in text and images.
  - roblund 16y ago
    That's definitely a good point.

ritonlajoie 16y ago

click click http://agiletask.me http://agiletask.me

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spinlock 16y ago

I think you're asking for money too soon. I don't really have a good idea of how your app works or if I would even use it. I'm not going to pay $24 just to find out if it does anything worth while for me.

JadeRobbins 16y ago
If you sign up and don't pay there is a limited account, but maybe we should make that a little more clear. Thanks!

dho 16y ago

A demo or a trial period would be useful.

marcrosoft 16y ago
There is a trial version after you sign up, the link is really small on the same page as the paypal button.
- jiminy 16y ago
  I agree, make the demo one of your calls to action on the home page. Generally speaking, without a demo I wouldn't spend any more time investigating this type of app.
- dho 16y ago
  I never got to this page, I stopped after visiting the pricing page...

roblund 16y ago

We are considering "seeding" the integration front using our public API. What type of third-party integrations do you think would be the most useful to you guys and which do you think we should we tackle first?

mtrn 16y ago

Nice. Some enlargeable screenshots on the main page would be cool.