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Email threads for groups suck - so we built plan.nr (150 invites - private beta)

8 points by waldr 15y ago

waldr 15y ago
Just bumped the server with an update to the social connection issue - should be back online now. Thank you so much for your feedback so far it has been really useful. Please keep it coming!
- adotify 15y ago
  Yep, sorry for the downtime, we only have a single server at the moment, so no redundancy for doing updates, and it seems a few people were having the social connection issue, so it needed an emergency patch... Everything should be all good now :-D
waldr 15y ago
Would love to get some HN feedback, we've just launched into private beta in the last few days.
- sdoering 15y ago
  Adding one honest Feedback. At first glance i found the "tutorial-function" quite interessting. The service is showing me, what i have to do/can do. But, being a little bit more savvy in using these kind of apps, I missed a "Stop the tutorial" button. So I had to wait, before I could start making a plan. this friction was too much after some time and my mind just closed. Very good idea for "not so savvy" users, though.
  - waldr 15y ago
    There is a skip button, but it clearly isn't clear enough. I think it probably needs to be more directive 'skip this and let me plan' - thanks for feedback
sdoering 15y ago
While trying it out, I could not find a "delete account" button. Is there anything like this, as i really do not like services, that trap me inside. glad I used one of my bullshit-spam mail-addresses...
- waldr 15y ago
  We don't have that in yet, I'll make sure we get a fix into the next update as you're right it's important. In the meantime if you want your details removed please email me - rich@plan.nr and I'll make sure it's actioned.
marceldegraaf 15y ago
Looks good! One thing that seems weird: after signing up I'm asked to connect my social profiles to be able to invite people to my Plans. However, after connecting my Twitter profile I'm redirected to http://beta.plan.nr/beta http://beta.plan.nr/beta which tells me I'm not on the beta list. Is that supposed to happen? Ninja edit. One more thing: why not use Gravatar for the profile pics, or make that an option at least?
- adotify 15y ago
  Hey, if you email rich@plan.nr with your details (primary email is the important thing) we will take a look into the twitter issue. It definitely shouldn't be doing that... I had not really thought about using Gravatar, but it does seem like a nice way to provide profile pics for those who use it, we will look at getting it implemented in a future update. Thanks
  - marceldegraaf 15y ago
    Thanks for your reply, I'll shoot you an email.
rafamvc 15y ago
Great great step by step guide. Did you guys do that inhouse or used a framework? I'm in need of similar feature. Good job on the design, it looks great. I think I had similar problem with the fb import, once it kicked back from FB, it showed me "Oops.. Plannr is currently in private beta and your details dont seem to be on our beta list. Add your name to the signup list below, and we will contact you as soon as we have a spare invite. If you think you deserve to skip the queue drop us an email to beta@plan.nr and tell us why!"
- adotify 15y ago
  Thanks for the feedback.. its all in house using jQuery, but wrapping it up into some sort of plugin would be a nice idea. give us a shout if you want some more details..

8 points by waldr 15y ago

waldr 15y ago

Just bumped the server with an update to the social connection issue - should be back online now. Thank you so much for your feedback so far it has been really useful. Please keep it coming!

adotify 15y ago
Yep, sorry for the downtime, we only have a single server at the moment, so no redundancy for doing updates, and it seems a few people were having the social connection issue, so it needed an emergency patch... Everything should be all good now :-D

waldr 15y ago

Would love to get some HN feedback, we've just launched into private beta in the last few days.

sdoering 15y ago
Adding one honest Feedback. At first glance i found the "tutorial-function" quite interessting. The service is showing me, what i have to do/can do. But, being a little bit more savvy in using these kind of apps, I missed a "Stop the tutorial" button. So I had to wait, before I could start making a plan. this friction was too much after some time and my mind just closed. Very good idea for "not so savvy" users, though.
- waldr 15y ago
  There is a skip button, but it clearly isn't clear enough. I think it probably needs to be more directive 'skip this and let me plan' - thanks for feedback

sdoering 15y ago

While trying it out, I could not find a "delete account" button. Is there anything like this, as i really do not like services, that trap me inside. glad I used one of my bullshit-spam mail-addresses...

waldr 15y ago
We don't have that in yet, I'll make sure we get a fix into the next update as you're right it's important. In the meantime if you want your details removed please email me - rich@plan.nr and I'll make sure it's actioned.

marceldegraaf 15y ago

Looks good! One thing that seems weird: after signing up I'm asked to connect my social profiles to be able to invite people to my Plans. However, after connecting my Twitter profile I'm redirected to http://beta.plan.nr/beta http://beta.plan.nr/beta which tells me I'm not on the beta list. Is that supposed to happen? Ninja edit. One more thing: why not use Gravatar for the profile pics, or make that an option at least?

adotify 15y ago
Hey, if you email rich@plan.nr with your details (primary email is the important thing) we will take a look into the twitter issue. It definitely shouldn't be doing that... I had not really thought about using Gravatar, but it does seem like a nice way to provide profile pics for those who use it, we will look at getting it implemented in a future update. Thanks
- marceldegraaf 15y ago
  Thanks for your reply, I'll shoot you an email.

rafamvc 15y ago

Great great step by step guide. Did you guys do that inhouse or used a framework? I'm in need of similar feature. Good job on the design, it looks great. I think I had similar problem with the fb import, once it kicked back from FB, it showed me "Oops.. Plannr is currently in private beta and your details dont seem to be on our beta list. Add your name to the signup list below, and we will contact you as soon as we have a spare invite. If you think you deserve to skip the queue drop us an email to beta@plan.nr and tell us why!"

adotify 15y ago
Thanks for the feedback.. its all in house using jQuery, but wrapping it up into some sort of plugin would be a nice idea. give us a shout if you want some more details..