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My name is Jonas. I'm a Swedish guy and the creator of Zendo - an Application Launcher for the web. I'd be so grateful for any creative criticism the HN communi

by jonas_b 18y ago

My name is Jonas. I'm a Swedish guy and the creator of Zendo - an Application Launcher for the web. I'd be so grateful for any creative criticism the HN community would offer.

bootload 18y ago
"... My name is Jonas. I'm a Swedish guy and the creator of Zendo - an Application Launcher for the web. I'd be so grateful for any creative criticism the HN community would offer. ..." Hi Jonas. I've tried using "Zendo" but it really doesn't solve any problem that I have. If I enter the same term ... say "zendo" into each box, hit return on each button the page redirected to "wikipedia" reflecting the fastest query not necessarily the best. I've read the manifesto, blog but nothing really describes what problem it's trying to solve. So either kill the idea, redefine the idea or move on. Fail fast. Of the 3 maybe re-defining the idea might be better. What is the specific problem you are solving? "... I created ZENDO to give people quick and easy access to everything they love about the web. ..." So make it understand the user better.
- jonas_b 18y ago
  Cheers for the comment. I'll try to see if I can define my vision for this project The idea I had in beginning was to merge all the search boxes out there into, to avoid having to go to the main page of every site before I could search it. But then I realised that are a lot of other things that I'd like to do when at "The Main Searchbox". What if I would like to search for a friend on Facebook, or from my email contacts in GMail. What if I could select a contact and then just send them a quick email? Perhaps I could also update my twitter from this "Main Searchbox". It would also be great if you could access all your files that you store in the cloud from this search, just like you can do with Spotlight on Macs. And then I found Quicksilver, which indeed does some of these things. But Quicksilver has its limitations. It only works on one OS, and when you switch computer it doesn't "follow" you. Also it's quite hard to write plugins for Quicksilver if you're not a skilled programmer. So, my vision for this site/project is that you should be able to do basically anything, without having to leave the main menu.
  - andreshb 18y ago
    So sort of like a command line for web services?
    - jonas_b 18y ago
      Yes actually. But with a graphical aid to make it (hopefully) more intuitive.

by jonas_b 18y ago

My name is Jonas. I'm a Swedish guy and the creator of Zendo - an Application Launcher for the web. I'd be so grateful for any creative criticism the HN community would offer.

bootload 18y ago

"... My name is Jonas. I'm a Swedish guy and the creator of Zendo - an Application Launcher for the web. I'd be so grateful for any creative criticism the HN community would offer. ..." Hi Jonas. I've tried using "Zendo" but it really doesn't solve any problem that I have. If I enter the same term ... say "zendo" into each box, hit return on each button the page redirected to "wikipedia" reflecting the fastest query not necessarily the best. I've read the manifesto, blog but nothing really describes what problem it's trying to solve. So either kill the idea, redefine the idea or move on. Fail fast. Of the 3 maybe re-defining the idea might be better. What is the specific problem you are solving? "... I created ZENDO to give people quick and easy access to everything they love about the web. ..." So make it understand the user better.

jonas_b 18y ago
Cheers for the comment. I'll try to see if I can define my vision for this project The idea I had in beginning was to merge all the search boxes out there into, to avoid having to go to the main page of every site before I could search it. But then I realised that are a lot of other things that I'd like to do when at "The Main Searchbox". What if I would like to search for a friend on Facebook, or from my email contacts in GMail. What if I could select a contact and then just send them a quick email? Perhaps I could also update my twitter from this "Main Searchbox". It would also be great if you could access all your files that you store in the cloud from this search, just like you can do with Spotlight on Macs. And then I found Quicksilver, which indeed does some of these things. But Quicksilver has its limitations. It only works on one OS, and when you switch computer it doesn't "follow" you. Also it's quite hard to write plugins for Quicksilver if you're not a skilled programmer. So, my vision for this site/project is that you should be able to do basically anything, without having to leave the main menu.
- andreshb 18y ago
  So sort of like a command line for web services?
  - jonas_b 18y ago
    Yes actually. But with a graphical aid to make it (hopefully) more intuitive.