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This is a really cool idea, Zach. Props for making + launching it. I can see it's value - I do consulting work (web design / marketing) with small businesses a
by kaisdavis 16y ago
This is a really cool idea, Zach. Props for making + launching it.
I can see it's value - I do consulting work (web design / marketing) with small businesses and I often spend too much time getting Google Maps to embed just right into the site. I'll try this out on my next project.
It seems to fit perfectly for Craiglist ads. For anyone wondering, here's what the output on Craigslist looks like: http://ka1.us/ZlzK http://ka1.us/ZlzK
# Comments / Suggestions / Thoughts
First off, serious props for launching this. It's a wonderful application and I can't wait to see where it grows to. As far as this feedback goes, I'm not you, so take these ideas with a grain of salt.
Custom URL
It would be neat if I could set a custom URL for a location. Linking to http://lg.cx/YRDYhVuq http://lg.cx/YRDYhVuq is fine, but it'd be a lot more user friendly for me in my use case (including a link to my house in a party-invite email) if I could set that as http://lg.cx/kaishouse http://lg.cx/kaishouse
Registering / Owning / Locking Locations
Can I lock a location or are they always open to editing by anyone? I'd hesitate to use this for a client's website if someone can go in and change the listing description and name. Not a biggie, but something that might come up for business customers.
Copy to Clipboard
Including a copy to clipboard for the embed codes (pic: http://ka1.us/Lfo5 http://ka1.us/Lfo5) would be great. I'm not sure if it's a bug on my end, but when I clicked into the embed code boxes, they'd flash for a second like they were being highlighted to copy, but would immediately reset to normal. Nothing was copied to my clipboard.
Copying the Craigslist ad was a bit awkward. Half the time my mouse cursor would end up outside of the box and cmd+a would select the entire page. Adding a 'copy this embed code' button for both boxes would be nifty keen.
Sharing
Minor, but an 'email this' button could be nice. Click the button, enter an email address (or multiples) and an email is sent with the table output of the address.
Maybe have the share menu expanded by default? I'm used to 'share' displaying twitter / facebook widgets, so the link code in there came as a bit of a surprise.
Again, congratulations for making + launching this. I think it's really awesome.
- zach 16y agoThank you so much for the feedback, I really appreciate your time. I especially appreciate your perspective with small business clients -- part of our concept is offering low-impact Google Places-type functionality. Custom URL: Great suggestions. I was just talking Max from Bouncr and he emphasized how much people love namespace. Right now we de-emphasize login but there is cookie-based ownership, so you can only edit it on the same browser (until you clear your cookies). I agree the share menu needs work -- it's pretty essential. I really like having the default share stuff expanded. Email seems like a natural. I'm setting up Postmark to send email but we haven't gotten a template together yet. On the other hand, SMS we haven't even considered. Thanks again for your post!
- kaisdavis 16y agoZach, Totally! This is a really cool application and I'm always pumped to offer constructive feedback. If you ever want to chat, feel free to ping me on skype (kaisdavis) or Google Talk (kai@kaisdavis.com). Happy building.