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That is such bullshit. Ge.tt steps: 1) Click on "Select files" 2) Click on the files, press "Open" That's all, you got a download link that you can p
by rorrr 15y ago
That is such bullshit. Ge.tt steps:
1) Click on "Select files"
2) Click on the files, press "Open"
That's all, you got a download link that you can paste in an email.
Now let's see how many steps your site takes:
1) Click on "Sign up for Kicksend"
2) Fill out the form (equivalent to 20 clicks I'd say)
3) Click on "Sign Up and Continue"
4) Click on "Send files to a friend's email address in the next 5 mins"
4) Click on "Select Files"
5) Fill out the email field
6) Click on "Send Files"
(There's still no download link at this point, like if I want to IM it to my friend.)
7) The person who received the email, doesn't get the download link, but a "Friend request" link instead. Click.
8) Click on "Approve"
9) Click on "Inbox"
10) Click on the file name
Finally the download link
- dfc 15y agoWhat is bullshit is that you are being such a jerk to someone you have never met. Recently pg announced that the startups would be launching soon and he said/asked: "Please be nice to them. For you their launch may be 'yet another YC startup,' but for each individual startup this is their big moment." If you think that is being nice I think I can explain why you do not have a lot of friends.
- dfc 15y agoI think it is rather funny that I get down voted for reminding someone of the main point to pg's post that has hundreds of votes. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2862067 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2862067
- lovskogen 15y agoThat's because you thought it meant something it didn't. People should be allowed to critizise. Without you telling them how friendless they must be.
- dfc 15y agoConstructive criticism does not normally begin with "that is such bullshit." I certainly did not say they were friendless. I insinuated that if they believed they were following the community guideline of "being nice" they probably did not have a lot of friends.
- jtheory 15y agoTo be sure, the "bullshit" comment could have been toned down. Suggesting that probably would have been fine, particularly if you had other interesting comments to add as well; including a personal attack earns downvotes, though; that doesn't add anything.
- lovskogen 15y agoThat doesn't cancel out the list of steps.
- tluyben2 15y agoYou are right, however it is not bad to question a business model or the fact why YC put money in this idea. There are 1000s of these kind of services and a lot of them work really well and are very user friendly. I do think there are valid questions here like; what is your USP and why did YC invest in this dime-a-dozen concept if you don't have a USP? You are right, however it is not bad to question a business model or the fact why YC put money in this idea. There are 1000s of these kind of services and a lot of them work really well and are very user friendly. I do think there are valid questions here like; what is your USP and why did YC invest in this dime-a-dozen concept if you don't have a USP? Edit: you indicate non-tech usability as USP: a lot of others have that as well as rorrr indicated. He only names a few but there are really 100s or even 1000s that are more user friendly than Kicksend seems to be at this moments. So what is your USP? Edit2: Too much TL;DR from me I see :) The desktop apps. Ok, going to sign up and check it out :) Ah! Password picking is good! I get very frustrated when systems don't allow my passwords (and there are tons of sites which don't); my password generator is set to; http://o7.no/oEYcxp http://o7.no/oEYcxp And by far most services complain about the length, the type of characters or whatever. +1 :)
- dfc 15y agoIn re Passwords Have you ever noticed many/any companies that just disregard the chars after 8 or 12 and or the unicode characters?
- rorrr 15y agoWhat makes you think I don't have a lot of friends? :) That's such an odd thing to say in response to a site criticism.