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Based on your replies to my comments so far, I think you're still missing the point. You've implemented good functionality, but you don't have a product. You ne
by aston 19y ago
Based on your replies to my comments so far, I think you're still missing the point. You've implemented good functionality, but you don't have a product. You need to figure out a way to convey why someone would want to use your site and make it easy for them to do so without being confused.
For example, I now know what the import/export options do, but there's absolutely no reason for those to be on the front page. I'm not even logged in, so they have zero relevance to my experience. Even for a registered user, they should probably be tucked away under "Advanced" or under some options tab. It's functionality only the techiest of techies would care to use; in general we can trust that you'll keep our data safe and we won't need personal backups. And working on your "heuristic import" is not a good idea either. It's your format, no one else is using it, so just make it simple and parse it in and out.
Your users couldn't care less how cool your code is or how many features you've implemented, just make something useful and make it easy to understand.
- amichail 19y agoI thought it was important to make it really obvious that export is available. Without it, people might not even want to register as they might think that the service may go away at any moment and they would lose their data.
- aston 19y agoWell, part of your job is to convince users that you're trustworthy (assuming that you are). Only the hardcore skeptics should have any doubt.
- ced 19y agoreddit never had any export button, even though members have spent a lot of time creating content for it. People don't worry about exporting/importing until they are significantly invested in the product. And even then...