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SHOW HN: Building an app to rule all web-based SaaS, need feedbacks from HN

6 points by zhangruinan 4y ago

zhangruinan 4y ago
> Instead of COPYING, we should do REFERRING. I had this idea for over two years. A lot of time, I found myself copying data from one app/website to another. The problem with copying is that: you lose all context of your result. To fix it, I thought instead of copying; we should do refering. Sadly, there is no "Ctrl/Cmd+C" for referring on any OS. As I dug deeper, I found some computer visionaries Ted Nelson also had this idea. Since 2019, PKM tools like RoamResearch, and Obsidian had some progress in making a personal knowledge base with links, but no one has bought the idea of linking/referring to cross-app level. So, ambitiously, I started building my own, and here is my vision: https://medium.superus.space/my-ideal-solution-to-information-overload-122fda2451a5 https://medium.superus.space/my-ideal-solution-to-informatio... Key features on my upcoming MVP: - You can place any website on an infinite canvas - You can refer (instead of copy) information by drag and drop - You can navigate through apps/contents with the reference you created - You can visually set up your daily routine (sequence of using many functional apps)
- derekzhouzhen 4y ago
  Any web application worth their salt has shareable URL, so I am not getting your point.
mutant 4y ago
Is there a video demonstration of what this does? The marketing video provides no context. Show something before asking users to add to their tool chain YET ANOTHER APP
- zhangruinan 4y ago
  here: https://twitter.com/superusapp/status/1543985142468726785 https://twitter.com/superusapp/status/1543985142468726785 a quick demo: - put multiple app together on a canvas - move information with drag and drop (ex: move Slack thread to Notion)
e-clinton 4y ago
A few companies are trying this… would be great to see a demo or at least screenshots to explain how your approach is unique.
- zhangruinan 4y ago
  here: https://twitter.com/superusapp/status/1543985142468726785 https://twitter.com/superusapp/status/1543985142468726785 a quick demo: - put multiple app together on a canvas - move information with drag and drop (ex: move Slack thread to Notion)
pacarvalho 4y ago
Something related to this that I would particularly find useful is a tool that summarizes all my daily activities down to who I messaged and estimates the amount of time I spent doing each activity. Basically the iPhone's scree time app on steroids.
Mandatum 4y ago
iOS or Android need to be first-mover on this. Cross-tooling formats are a nightmare. Even copying text from one app to another is problematic. Good luck, but I don't see this coming to fruition without more collaboration from major vendors.
97-109-107 4y ago
I would suggest looking into the following areas for inspiration as well: - Xanadu and related systems for linking information - CardboardWM (how it does user's working canvas) - Desktop Neo – (https://desktopneo.com/ https://desktopneo.com/) & Muse — dive into big ideas(https://museapp.com/ https://museapp.com/) - The ecosystem of templates and tooling for Notion - TreeSheets (https://strlen.com/treesheets/ https://strlen.com/treesheets/) My gut feeling is that going deep into interoperations within apps will be very challenging and require intrinsic knowledge of each platform (always evolving) interfaces.

6 points by zhangruinan 4y ago

> Instead of COPYING, we should do REFERRING. I had this idea for over two years. A lot of time, I found myself copying data from one app/website to another. The problem with copying is that: you lose all context of your result. To fix it, I thought instead of copying; we should do refering. Sadly, there is no "Ctrl/Cmd+C" for referring on any OS. As I dug deeper, I found some computer visionaries Ted Nelson also had this idea. Since 2019, PKM tools like RoamResearch, and Obsidian had some progress in making a personal knowledge base with links, but no one has bought the idea of linking/referring to cross-app level. So, ambitiously, I started building my own, and here is my vision: https://medium.superus.space/my-ideal-solution-to-information-overload-122fda2451a5 https://medium.superus.space/my-ideal-solution-to-informatio... Key features on my upcoming MVP: - You can place any website on an infinite canvas - You can refer (instead of copy) information by drag and drop - You can navigate through apps/contents with the reference you created - You can visually set up your daily routine (sequence of using many functional apps)

derekzhouzhen 4y ago
Any web application worth their salt has shareable URL, so I am not getting your point.

mutant 4y ago

Is there a video demonstration of what this does? The marketing video provides no context. Show something before asking users to add to their tool chain YET ANOTHER APP

zhangruinan 4y ago
here: https://twitter.com/superusapp/status/1543985142468726785 https://twitter.com/superusapp/status/1543985142468726785 a quick demo: - put multiple app together on a canvas - move information with drag and drop (ex: move Slack thread to Notion)

e-clinton 4y ago

A few companies are trying this… would be great to see a demo or at least screenshots to explain how your approach is unique.

zhangruinan 4y ago
here: https://twitter.com/superusapp/status/1543985142468726785 https://twitter.com/superusapp/status/1543985142468726785 a quick demo: - put multiple app together on a canvas - move information with drag and drop (ex: move Slack thread to Notion)

pacarvalho 4y ago

Something related to this that I would particularly find useful is a tool that summarizes all my daily activities down to who I messaged and estimates the amount of time I spent doing each activity. Basically the iPhone's scree time app on steroids.

Mandatum 4y ago

iOS or Android need to be first-mover on this. Cross-tooling formats are a nightmare. Even copying text from one app to another is problematic. Good luck, but I don't see this coming to fruition without more collaboration from major vendors.

97-109-107 4y ago

I would suggest looking into the following areas for inspiration as well: - Xanadu and related systems for linking information - CardboardWM (how it does user's working canvas) - Desktop Neo – (https://desktopneo.com/ https://desktopneo.com/) & Muse — dive into big ideas(https://museapp.com/ https://museapp.com/) - The ecosystem of templates and tooling for Notion - TreeSheets (https://strlen.com/treesheets/ https://strlen.com/treesheets/) My gut feeling is that going deep into interoperations within apps will be very challenging and require intrinsic knowledge of each platform (always evolving) interfaces.