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Congrats to Snipd! I'll check you guys out. Two things on your front page, though, which I'll ask about because I'm a pest: "forget sending links, send snippe
by unalone 18y ago
Congrats to Snipd! I'll check you guys out.
Two things on your front page, though, which I'll ask about because I'm a pest:
"forget sending links, send snippets."
What makes snippets so much better than links? It takes longer to manufacture them and to send them.
"Establish a community of followers."
This is incredibly convoluted. "Establish" is too elaborate a word to use here, the user isn't getting a "community" of followers - Snipd is - and in general, this does not set the mood in a very pleasing way.
EDIT: using Snipd right now. I don't see how to snip things. I get the green window up top, and a bunch of links, and a chance to tag things and make them private - totally unnecessary images, by the way, neither one helps me at all - and there is nothing that either lets me save my snip or get a link to it.
EDIT TWO: Okay, so I can't just click it to save a link. That's inconvenient. Threw me off a bit. You also made me lose what I was writing: that's a shame. When I highlight, the fact that I have to click once more to open the menu and then click snip is yet another annoyance. This is not a streamlined process for me, even if I have Snip It attacked to a keyboard shortcut.
EDIT THREE: Tumblr's bookmarklet will let me highlight BEFORE I hit the bookmarklet. You should do that too.
Your opening webpage is ugly. The highlighted part? Not necessary. The Snip It bookmarklet's font looks off compared to everything else. The coloring scheme is ugly. And cramming three lines of links at the bottom is ugly, too.
EDIT FOUR: Why is the bar green? The aesthetic of the rest of your site is brown and non-jarring. I like that more.
EDIT FIVE: Honestly, give me a link to what I've snipped. (Not "snipd," because that reminds me of "snipd" and looks stupid. I love how Tumblr never once admits that they have a stupid URL: it's what makes it bearable for me. Don't be cute. I hate cute.) The fact that when I've snipped something, I need to look around for it, just really, really pisses me off.
And I still don't see why I'd use this over a better-integrated plug-in system, or a system like Tumblr or Posterous, in which you take snippets of things but it doesn't feel like amateur hour while you're doing so. Frankly, I'd take Posterous over this in an instant: easier to register with, and click-and-drag-to-email-client works beautifully. I could even make Automator do it automatically. This system has no advantages, and it's inferior to an existing YCombinator product.
But that's my opinion: feel free to explain why this helps more and I'll rant a bit less. :-)