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This is pretty cool, and I want to try it! but I was expecting it to be a paid Mac native app, not a web app behind a sign-up process... If you plan to keep it

This is pretty cool, and I want to try it! but I was expecting it to be a paid Mac native app, not a web app behind a sign-up process... If you plan to keep it web-based, I'd encourage you to create a demo portal that doesn't require a signup. But I'd love a native app with export functionality (so I can use my own backups)!

chenxi9649 7y ago
Hey! Thanks for the encouragement! A native app is definitely on the to-do list. The reason why we chose the browser is mainly so that we can distribute it to a broader audience. Also, I use a MacBook and my Co-founder uses windows, and we'd both like to use the app ourselves haha. I may be wrong on this, but I think the friction to download a native app is much higher than a web app. And we really want as many users, from as many demographics, as we can to test the product and guide our development. A demo portal/sandbox on our front page would be cool too! But we have some bugs/features that are much higher on our todo list. Again, thanks a lot for the feedback!
- Meph504 7y ago
  I think the threshold for downloading a native app vs a web app is when you have to start putting your person data in the application. what you are creating is something that will be filled with peoples personal data. Many of us, are required by employers, law, or a sense of owning the data, are going to prevent people from storing the data on your server. you could look at a native app, if your rending is done client side, you could make the data files exportable, and make use of client side encryption. Think the way a lot of password managers are working. Additionally, on your demo video, I know voice over can be a pain for small devs, but have some on screen techs would really be helpful, or hell even some background music. I know I personally started checking my headphone, trying to see if they were muted.
  - chenxi9649 7y ago
    "Many of us, are required by employers, law, or a sense of owning the data" Ahh, interesting. I've never thought about this when it comes to web vs native. It is surely one of my blind spots. Thank you for pointing that out! We will definitely work towards that, however, at this moment we are quite limited by our development speed. So it is unclear how long it will be until our #1 prioritization becomes creating a native app. Also, will definitely make the demo vid better, eventually! Thanks for your feedback, I really appreciate them.
    - rckoepke 7y ago
      You're doing great work. This is a fantastic product. Keep it up. Good luck keeping it running.

chenxi9649 7y ago

Hey! Thanks for the encouragement! A native app is definitely on the to-do list. The reason why we chose the browser is mainly so that we can distribute it to a broader audience. Also, I use a MacBook and my Co-founder uses windows, and we'd both like to use the app ourselves haha. I may be wrong on this, but I think the friction to download a native app is much higher than a web app. And we really want as many users, from as many demographics, as we can to test the product and guide our development. A demo portal/sandbox on our front page would be cool too! But we have some bugs/features that are much higher on our todo list. Again, thanks a lot for the feedback!

Meph504 7y ago
I think the threshold for downloading a native app vs a web app is when you have to start putting your person data in the application. what you are creating is something that will be filled with peoples personal data. Many of us, are required by employers, law, or a sense of owning the data, are going to prevent people from storing the data on your server. you could look at a native app, if your rending is done client side, you could make the data files exportable, and make use of client side encryption. Think the way a lot of password managers are working. Additionally, on your demo video, I know voice over can be a pain for small devs, but have some on screen techs would really be helpful, or hell even some background music. I know I personally started checking my headphone, trying to see if they were muted.
- chenxi9649 7y ago
  "Many of us, are required by employers, law, or a sense of owning the data" Ahh, interesting. I've never thought about this when it comes to web vs native. It is surely one of my blind spots. Thank you for pointing that out! We will definitely work towards that, however, at this moment we are quite limited by our development speed. So it is unclear how long it will be until our #1 prioritization becomes creating a native app. Also, will definitely make the demo vid better, eventually! Thanks for your feedback, I really appreciate them.
  - rckoepke 7y ago
    You're doing great work. This is a fantastic product. Keep it up. Good luck keeping it running.