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I've been looking for this type of service for a very, very long time. I went changing at least 20 profiles with new information and pictures, and that's simpl

I've been looking for this type of service for a very, very long time. I went changing at least 20 profiles with new information and pictures, and that's simply annoying. Immediate notes - I love the interface and design. Register and login are prominent, things are explained well, everything is clean. - I love that I can merge my profile info from other networks to build my AtomKeep Profile. It makes it REALLY easy to use the service at the start. - Freaking amazing how much information (and images) it imports into the system. - Obviously a big challenge of AtomKeep is adding new profiles. It has some similar veins to FriendFeed. You've hit the most important services, though. Are Google Profiles, StumbleUpon, Digg, Last.fm or YouTube possibilities? I am rarely impressed with new services, but a tip of my hat to you, I am impressed with what I have seen so far. After I finish moving to my new apartment, I am going to be sure to write a post about this service. I'll update this comment later with future impressions about the service.

Maro 18y ago
The design of the front page is clean. I didn't get further, the site's service/features are not explained very well. The 'sync' feature means I can change my street address and you'll update all my accounts? Great, but that happens once every 5 years. So my comment is that you need to clearly explain what the point is. Screenshots maybe? Some sites use an embedded Flash demo.
- white 18y ago
  The street address is just one of the simplest parts of modern profiles nowadays. But, yes, this is one of the features of Atomkeep. In addition to street address, you also have your education and work experience blocks for example. Originally, we planned to have screenshots or flash demo, however, we never came up with a good scenario for that. Once you are registered, all our screens are pretty simple. However, I'll raise this problem again and discuss with the team, thanks for pointing this out.
  - Maro 18y ago
    Education and work experience also change very rarely.
    - green 18y ago
      There is no idea to force people "stick" to the Atomkeep site and keep syncing and syncing. I believe people who will be doing that will be crazy! ;-) Just when you need to update something, with Atomkeep you always sure it will reflect everywhere you need it. Use it when you need it.
    - white 18y ago
      We are not an Instant Messenger service. We are not about making people change everything daily.
  - dcurtis 18y ago
    Great idea. I have some feedback. When I land on the page, there's no clear place to look. I should have a clear, linear path that explains what the site does and then invites me to register. Instead, the first thing I see is the invite-a-friend button, and then some useless information about a new release, then the feedback button, a beta button, and finally, sign in. Then, when I'm wondering "what is this place?", I see some marketing speak. Rather than "no matter how many accounts, it's one place to keep them synced," with random bolded letters, it might be better to say "tell us what social applications you use, and we'll import your information. when you change your atomkeep profile, and all of your other profiles will be automatically updated, too." The site is filled with lots of marketing speak. For example, "Atomkeep is here to solve the problem of information redundancy." is itself redundant when you explain the function of the site-- it's very obvious what it solves. A great idea, though. But simplify and explain functionality and benefit. Also, your incredibly refined help section seems kind of silly when the site is so simple. If you explain everything cleanly in the beginning, why would anyone need to click help (also, they never click help; they just close the page)? --edit-- I also want to mention that the register form, while clever, made me not sign up. I am sure that after I enter my email address, you'll send me some email and I'll eventually have to pick a password somewhere. The uncertainty of where I would be choosing that password made me not sign up. One aspect of being polite to your users is making sure they know what will happen when they do something. --edit--edit-- Curious, I signed up, and was prompted to enter a password in a javascript modal box, the one thing I hadn't even thought of as a possibility. After entering a password, I was presented with this, which reminded me so much of average UI on the web today that I felt I should critique it: "We've sent a confirmation letter to your e-mail address me@dustincurtis.com. Please, click the link from the confirmation letter to activate your account. If you would not activate your account within 48 hours from the date of registration, your account would be permanently removed. Thank you.If you didn't receive the confirmation letter, please, check your SPAM filters and folders. If you still experience problems activating your account, don't hesitate to contact us." This is not a polite thing to say to your users. It uses negative, commanding tone, issues a time limit, and then says that if I refuse to do X, my Y will be "PERMANENTLY REMOVED." For this application, I would assume that 90% of your users are used to how the web works. In that case, I suggest you change this huge paragraph to something like: "Thanks for signing up. We've sent you a confirmation email you can use to login." You don't need to mention the part about the spam folder, because people who would use this service will probably know about that already. Also, "If you still experience problems activating your account, don't hesitate to contact us," adds no value; if I have problems, of course I'll contact you. Most likely, though, anyone would just leave.
white 18y ago
Thank you very much for your feedback. However, our original idea is pretty much different from Friendfeed does. We are more about saving time and doing sometime valuable. What do you mean saying Google Profiles? Are you talking about the ones from Google Groups? These are planned. I can make them higher priority, if you wish ;) Digg and YouTube are also planned. No StumbleUpon and Last.fm in plans, however the demand will set the direction for that. Thanks again!
ph0rque 18y ago
Same sentiments as parent poster. A quibble, however: I saw google talk listed thrice in the profile editor.
- white 18y ago
  Would you send me a screenshot to alex at atomkeep.com ? I'd like to find out what's wrong with that. Thanks.

Maro 18y ago

The design of the front page is clean. I didn't get further, the site's service/features are not explained very well. The 'sync' feature means I can change my street address and you'll update all my accounts? Great, but that happens once every 5 years. So my comment is that you need to clearly explain what the point is. Screenshots maybe? Some sites use an embedded Flash demo.

white 18y ago
The street address is just one of the simplest parts of modern profiles nowadays. But, yes, this is one of the features of Atomkeep. In addition to street address, you also have your education and work experience blocks for example. Originally, we planned to have screenshots or flash demo, however, we never came up with a good scenario for that. Once you are registered, all our screens are pretty simple. However, I'll raise this problem again and discuss with the team, thanks for pointing this out.
- Maro 18y ago
  Education and work experience also change very rarely.
  - green 18y ago
    There is no idea to force people "stick" to the Atomkeep site and keep syncing and syncing. I believe people who will be doing that will be crazy! ;-) Just when you need to update something, with Atomkeep you always sure it will reflect everywhere you need it. Use it when you need it.
  - white 18y ago
    We are not an Instant Messenger service. We are not about making people change everything daily.
- dcurtis 18y ago
  Great idea. I have some feedback. When I land on the page, there's no clear place to look. I should have a clear, linear path that explains what the site does and then invites me to register. Instead, the first thing I see is the invite-a-friend button, and then some useless information about a new release, then the feedback button, a beta button, and finally, sign in. Then, when I'm wondering "what is this place?", I see some marketing speak. Rather than "no matter how many accounts, it's one place to keep them synced," with random bolded letters, it might be better to say "tell us what social applications you use, and we'll import your information. when you change your atomkeep profile, and all of your other profiles will be automatically updated, too." The site is filled with lots of marketing speak. For example, "Atomkeep is here to solve the problem of information redundancy." is itself redundant when you explain the function of the site-- it's very obvious what it solves. A great idea, though. But simplify and explain functionality and benefit. Also, your incredibly refined help section seems kind of silly when the site is so simple. If you explain everything cleanly in the beginning, why would anyone need to click help (also, they never click help; they just close the page)? --edit-- I also want to mention that the register form, while clever, made me not sign up. I am sure that after I enter my email address, you'll send me some email and I'll eventually have to pick a password somewhere. The uncertainty of where I would be choosing that password made me not sign up. One aspect of being polite to your users is making sure they know what will happen when they do something. --edit--edit-- Curious, I signed up, and was prompted to enter a password in a javascript modal box, the one thing I hadn't even thought of as a possibility. After entering a password, I was presented with this, which reminded me so much of average UI on the web today that I felt I should critique it: "We've sent a confirmation letter to your e-mail address me@dustincurtis.com. Please, click the link from the confirmation letter to activate your account. If you would not activate your account within 48 hours from the date of registration, your account would be permanently removed. Thank you.If you didn't receive the confirmation letter, please, check your SPAM filters and folders. If you still experience problems activating your account, don't hesitate to contact us." This is not a polite thing to say to your users. It uses negative, commanding tone, issues a time limit, and then says that if I refuse to do X, my Y will be "PERMANENTLY REMOVED." For this application, I would assume that 90% of your users are used to how the web works. In that case, I suggest you change this huge paragraph to something like: "Thanks for signing up. We've sent you a confirmation email you can use to login." You don't need to mention the part about the spam folder, because people who would use this service will probably know about that already. Also, "If you still experience problems activating your account, don't hesitate to contact us," adds no value; if I have problems, of course I'll contact you. Most likely, though, anyone would just leave.

white 18y ago

Thank you very much for your feedback. However, our original idea is pretty much different from Friendfeed does. We are more about saving time and doing sometime valuable. What do you mean saying Google Profiles? Are you talking about the ones from Google Groups? These are planned. I can make them higher priority, if you wish ;) Digg and YouTube are also planned. No StumbleUpon and Last.fm in plans, however the demand will set the direction for that. Thanks again!

ph0rque 18y ago

Same sentiments as parent poster. A quibble, however: I saw google talk listed thrice in the profile editor.

white 18y ago
Would you send me a screenshot to alex at atomkeep.com ? I'd like to find out what's wrong with that. Thanks.