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Review My App: Fluttr

6 points by excid3 16y ago

http://fluttr.heroku.com Fluttr lets you easily keep track of todo items. All you have to do is remember what url you choose. Keep it secret or share to have a collaborative todo list. I'm learning Rails and Javascript so this has been my first good experiment. Took me just a couple of hours to put this together and I'd love to hear what you think!

excid3 16y ago
clickable: http://fluttr.heroku.com http://fluttr.heroku.com
revorad 16y ago
Very cool for a couple of hours effort. However, (oh I hate to say this) there are a bazillion todo apps out there. Every programmer must have made one. I know you made this for learning. So, what I'd suggest is you take the same code and turn it into something more fun. Have a look at http://www.thathigh.com/ http://www.thathigh.com/. Technically, it's similar to your site, but it's a very viral social app, which people love. Good luck with your experiments!
- oliverkrystal 16y ago
  That's a statusnet site, which is in a manner similar to this. However, statusnet is more of an opensource twitter clone which doesn't seem to be intended to be a to-do list. This on the other hand is a to-do list. Yes its pretty simple, but sometimes simplicity is elegance.
- excid3 16y ago
  I do like the idea of making it into some sort of game in order to provide motivation for completing items. Sharing of a list could be a little more obvious as well. Ill have to think on it a bit. Thanks for the ideas!
djkn0x 16y ago
Impressive for such a short amount of time. I really like the simplicity (no signup / sign in) and that it is so easy to collaborate. If you want to expand further you should check out some of the functionality used in WorkFlowy (e.g. complete, reorder).
- excid3 16y ago
  Thanks, definitely would be a good way for me to continue developing the app and learn more rails.
agdurrette 16y ago
I love it, its so simplistic :D
gus_massa 16y ago
I like it. But I think that an "undo/unerase" button would be useful.
- excid3 16y ago
  Definitely a good idea, I'll be adding a checkbox that will strike out the items so you can essentially "undo" them as well as permanently delete them as you like.

6 points by excid3 16y ago

excid3 16y ago

clickable: http://fluttr.heroku.com http://fluttr.heroku.com

revorad 16y ago

Very cool for a couple of hours effort. However, (oh I hate to say this) there are a bazillion todo apps out there. Every programmer must have made one. I know you made this for learning. So, what I'd suggest is you take the same code and turn it into something more fun. Have a look at http://www.thathigh.com/ http://www.thathigh.com/. Technically, it's similar to your site, but it's a very viral social app, which people love. Good luck with your experiments!

oliverkrystal 16y ago
That's a statusnet site, which is in a manner similar to this. However, statusnet is more of an opensource twitter clone which doesn't seem to be intended to be a to-do list. This on the other hand is a to-do list. Yes its pretty simple, but sometimes simplicity is elegance.
excid3 16y ago
I do like the idea of making it into some sort of game in order to provide motivation for completing items. Sharing of a list could be a little more obvious as well. Ill have to think on it a bit. Thanks for the ideas!

djkn0x 16y ago

Impressive for such a short amount of time. I really like the simplicity (no signup / sign in) and that it is so easy to collaborate. If you want to expand further you should check out some of the functionality used in WorkFlowy (e.g. complete, reorder).

excid3 16y ago
Thanks, definitely would be a good way for me to continue developing the app and learn more rails.

agdurrette 16y ago

I love it, its so simplistic :D

gus_massa 16y ago

I like it. But I think that an "undo/unerase" button would be useful.

excid3 16y ago
Definitely a good idea, I'll be adding a checkbox that will strike out the items so you can essentially "undo" them as well as permanently delete them as you like.