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iminlikewithyou invite in exchange for site feedback

4 points by brlewis 20y ago

brlewis 20y ago
EDIT: Turns out it's one invite. See reply. If you haven't seen iminlikewithyou.com, you're missing out. Their AJAX-rich interface is definitely slick. Lucky for you kind souls post here offering invites for nothing. Unlucky for you I'm not one of them. This time you have to work for it. I want you to go through the demo on ourdoings.com and give useful feedback. If more than five people give feedback I'll pick the five most useful. "Useful" is defined as matching the feedback I'm getting from my actively-posting users, or that I imagine would help them. The target market for ourdoings.com is people who have a lot of photos but little time to share/organize. Parents with lots of kid photos is one example. Travlers are another. This isn't a social networking site for photography enthusiasts; it's designed for speed and simplicity. I know there are people who frequent news.yc and are in the child-rearing phase of life. You know exactly what this is about, and I really hope that both of you give feedback. For the rest of you who see this as a boring site for old people, just think of all the fun you'll have with your iminlikewithyou invite. http://ourdoings.com/ http://ourdoings.com/
- dawie 20y ago
  I think a vertical for child-rearing parents is a great idea. These days verticals rule. There is alot of reading to do on your site. This might be good for people that are not used to technology, but I still believe that your site should be intuitive, so that you don't need lots of text to explain things to people. I mean even my grandma knows what publishing is...
- falsestprophet 20y ago
  I'm pretty curious about what the rest of iminlikewithyou.com looks like. So, hopefully my contribution is useful: I think I got all the way through the demo, in any case it is very frustrating. I think that the whole interface is insufficiently intuitive. Considering the fact that your target demographic is (often) non-technical families, I would reorganize the methods of interaction. There should be a simple pathway for every task that hides irrelevant actions on each step. For instance, once someone uploads a set of photos the option to upload more should be hidden until the user complete modifying the photos or returns to a 'home' page. You are facing some very serious competition. There is a lot of work to be done before you launch. Frankly, if you need a tutorial for an application like this, your interface isn't good enough.
- omouse 20y ago
  Site feedback? First, make the text larger. Especially the demo/tutorial and change it to say, "Test drive!" or "Try it out!" or something attention grabbing like that. You could put the "What makes it great" text on the front-page. Much more helpful to users if they know what the site's about. In the demo, the text should be larger. I'm also not sure what to do with photos. Can you link them to entries? You need to make a link that says "Home". I don't know which is the main page that I'm supposed to be looking at...edit: Maybe make a main page that is just those links you have in the bar above with a short summary of what you do on that page. This is a neat idea though and it is quick and simple.
- brlewis 20y ago
  Having seen only 5-invite offers posted here, when I saw the "we just gave you some invitation codes" message I thought I would have five. In fact I just got one. Falseprophet, did anybody else give you an invite? If not you should get it.
Sam_Odio 20y ago
I also have an iilwy invite, which will go to the first person to reply to this message. If you give brlewis site feedback as well, then I'll even throw in an upvote :)
- omouse 20y ago
  Which message? :P
- dawie 20y ago
  Can I have one please. davidsmit at gmail.com
- falsestprophet 20y ago
  Too late dawie, the invite is mine! Thanks Sam.
yaacovtp 20y ago
I just opened up my first photo account with flickr and it was amazingly easy to upload several hundred photos from a trip to the botanical gardens and then email the series to friends. It's so simple even my grandmother can use it. I'd advise you to work on your copywriting. With all the free photo hosting sites out there already I don't think people care about average number of photos times x number of cents to host per year. They just want to know how easy it is and that it's free or that they are getting an incredible deal by paying a subscription fee. If you're targeting people who are new to the web, talking about zip archives will likely scare them away. Keep it simple.
- yaacovtp 20y ago
  I'd give away more invites here as well, but the last time I did, two people I invited didn't even bother to sign up. You guys suck.
  - falsestprophet 20y ago
    I would appreciate one. Their front page is gorgeous and I would like to see what AJAX I can learn/rip off the rest. falsestprophet at g mail
  - dawie 20y ago
    I really want one. I promise to sign up.
  - codeLove 20y ago
    would really appretiate one. codebutterfly gmail.com
- brlewis 20y ago
  Thanks for the feedback on simplicity. That's the main thing I'm working on. It started out as something for me, and I'm massaging it into something for everybody. About your botanical garden photos -- I don't expect to compete with flickr for that kind of situation, where several hundred photos are from one event and thus don't really need organizing. Several hundred photos that could be organized for you by date is the kind of need I address.
ryan 20y ago
Good idea. I have a bunch of iilwy invites that could use good homes. Problem is my site hasn't launched yet. but ahh... check out my splash page and tell me if you like the logo/color scheme :) www.omnisio.com First 3 replies get invites. R
- codeLove 20y ago
  would really appreciate one. codebutterfly+gmail.com Looks good to me. But then again, the choice of colors and sleekness of logo all depends on your target audience. So saying "its sweet" doesn't really make much sense as of now.But again, thats my first impression.
- hoan 20y ago
  I like your color scheme and your design a lot. There is nothing bad about it, except perhaps giving the text in the box more room to breathe. This must be a trick question, because the design is so good. So please send me an invite. :) (hoan@ton-that.org)
- ralph 20y ago
  I'm not sure if you're joking, but I'll tell you anyway. The orange trim around the cloud edge is OK. But the orange for the bottom two-thirds of the page is way too over-powering and I'd leave the site just to give my eyes a rest. Hey, I think I'm third -- ralph@inputplus.co.uk -- thanks.

4 points by brlewis 20y ago

EDIT: Turns out it's one invite. See reply. If you haven't seen iminlikewithyou.com, you're missing out. Their AJAX-rich interface is definitely slick. Lucky for you kind souls post here offering invites for nothing. Unlucky for you I'm not one of them. This time you have to work for it. I want you to go through the demo on ourdoings.com and give useful feedback. If more than five people give feedback I'll pick the five most useful. "Useful" is defined as matching the feedback I'm getting from my actively-posting users, or that I imagine would help them. The target market for ourdoings.com is people who have a lot of photos but little time to share/organize. Parents with lots of kid photos is one example. Travlers are another. This isn't a social networking site for photography enthusiasts; it's designed for speed and simplicity. I know there are people who frequent news.yc and are in the child-rearing phase of life. You know exactly what this is about, and I really hope that both of you give feedback. For the rest of you who see this as a boring site for old people, just think of all the fun you'll have with your iminlikewithyou invite. http://ourdoings.com/ http://ourdoings.com/

dawie 20y ago
I think a vertical for child-rearing parents is a great idea. These days verticals rule. There is alot of reading to do on your site. This might be good for people that are not used to technology, but I still believe that your site should be intuitive, so that you don't need lots of text to explain things to people. I mean even my grandma knows what publishing is...
falsestprophet 20y ago
I'm pretty curious about what the rest of iminlikewithyou.com looks like. So, hopefully my contribution is useful: I think I got all the way through the demo, in any case it is very frustrating. I think that the whole interface is insufficiently intuitive. Considering the fact that your target demographic is (often) non-technical families, I would reorganize the methods of interaction. There should be a simple pathway for every task that hides irrelevant actions on each step. For instance, once someone uploads a set of photos the option to upload more should be hidden until the user complete modifying the photos or returns to a 'home' page. You are facing some very serious competition. There is a lot of work to be done before you launch. Frankly, if you need a tutorial for an application like this, your interface isn't good enough.
omouse 20y ago
Site feedback? First, make the text larger. Especially the demo/tutorial and change it to say, "Test drive!" or "Try it out!" or something attention grabbing like that. You could put the "What makes it great" text on the front-page. Much more helpful to users if they know what the site's about. In the demo, the text should be larger. I'm also not sure what to do with photos. Can you link them to entries? You need to make a link that says "Home". I don't know which is the main page that I'm supposed to be looking at...edit: Maybe make a main page that is just those links you have in the bar above with a short summary of what you do on that page. This is a neat idea though and it is quick and simple.
brlewis 20y ago
Having seen only 5-invite offers posted here, when I saw the "we just gave you some invitation codes" message I thought I would have five. In fact I just got one. Falseprophet, did anybody else give you an invite? If not you should get it.

Sam_Odio 20y ago

I also have an iilwy invite, which will go to the first person to reply to this message. If you give brlewis site feedback as well, then I'll even throw in an upvote :)

omouse 20y ago
Which message? :P
dawie 20y ago
Can I have one please. davidsmit at gmail.com
falsestprophet 20y ago
Too late dawie, the invite is mine! Thanks Sam.

yaacovtp 20y ago

I just opened up my first photo account with flickr and it was amazingly easy to upload several hundred photos from a trip to the botanical gardens and then email the series to friends. It's so simple even my grandmother can use it. I'd advise you to work on your copywriting. With all the free photo hosting sites out there already I don't think people care about average number of photos times x number of cents to host per year. They just want to know how easy it is and that it's free or that they are getting an incredible deal by paying a subscription fee. If you're targeting people who are new to the web, talking about zip archives will likely scare them away. Keep it simple.

yaacovtp 20y ago
I'd give away more invites here as well, but the last time I did, two people I invited didn't even bother to sign up. You guys suck.
- falsestprophet 20y ago
  I would appreciate one. Their front page is gorgeous and I would like to see what AJAX I can learn/rip off the rest. falsestprophet at g mail
- dawie 20y ago
  I really want one. I promise to sign up.
- codeLove 20y ago
  would really appretiate one. codebutterfly gmail.com
brlewis 20y ago
Thanks for the feedback on simplicity. That's the main thing I'm working on. It started out as something for me, and I'm massaging it into something for everybody. About your botanical garden photos -- I don't expect to compete with flickr for that kind of situation, where several hundred photos are from one event and thus don't really need organizing. Several hundred photos that could be organized for you by date is the kind of need I address.

ryan 20y ago

Good idea. I have a bunch of iilwy invites that could use good homes. Problem is my site hasn't launched yet. but ahh... check out my splash page and tell me if you like the logo/color scheme :) www.omnisio.com First 3 replies get invites. R

codeLove 20y ago
would really appreciate one. codebutterfly+gmail.com Looks good to me. But then again, the choice of colors and sleekness of logo all depends on your target audience. So saying "its sweet" doesn't really make much sense as of now.But again, thats my first impression.
hoan 20y ago
I like your color scheme and your design a lot. There is nothing bad about it, except perhaps giving the text in the box more room to breathe. This must be a trick question, because the design is so good. So please send me an invite. :) (hoan@ton-that.org)
ralph 20y ago
I'm not sure if you're joking, but I'll tell you anyway. The orange trim around the cloud edge is OK. But the orange for the bottom two-thirds of the page is way too over-powering and I'd leave the site just to give my eyes a rest. Hey, I think I'm third -- ralph@inputplus.co.uk -- thanks.