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This is excellent! I just followed along the routine and 2 small feedbacks: 1. Please show the instructions before the stretch begins. Right now it says get rea

This is excellent! I just followed along the routine and 2 small feedbacks: 1. Please show the instructions before the stretch begins. Right now it says get ready for the next stretch. It would be useful to be able to read instructions before the stretch starts. 2. Beeps can be slightly shorter. In long term, I can see it getting a little annoying. Other than that, excellent work and great illustrations. Thank you!

almara 3y ago
Makes sense, thank you! I initially thought having the 'get ready for the next exercise' would help people understand that it's a break but given the feedback I definitely need the descriptions there too. Any idea on how to still make it clear that it's a break? Re: the beeps, couldn't agree more. While building it I also found them annoying but I deprioritised that for the first launch.
- cachecrab 3y ago
  You could use this stretching video as inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAf67xFS-qE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAf67xFS-qE I've watched this one several times and like how she presents it.
  - ochoseis 3y ago
    Here’s another I really like. It adds in some light static strength holds. https://youtu.be/4BOTvaRaDjI https://youtu.be/4BOTvaRaDjI
- Vinnl 3y ago
  > Any idea on how to still make it clear that it's a break? Not a UX designer, but you could consider having a de-emphasised (smaller font, subdued colour, no illustration) "Next:" underneath every instruction that describes what's upcoming. For regular exercises, that could just say "Break", whereas during the breaks, it could show the next exercise. That way, it's always clear what's the current task and what's up next.
- sylphaenos 3y ago
  Not a designer, but for me it would help if breaks were distinguished visually from exercises–both types of screens look the same. A different background color, font, or something visual in addition to text clues would go a long way for me. I definitely paid more attention to the timer & beeps on break screens than the text.
- jdmichal 3y ago
  "Take a break while you get ready for the next exercise:"
- keyle 3y ago
  Please make this keyboard accessible, going back to the desk and having the find the little ">" is annoying, I'd rather just press the right key, or the spacebar.
rottencupcakes 3y ago
Just fyi, feedback is uncountable, similar to knowledge. If you want to provide a number, you would say "2 small pieces of feedback"
- jascii 3y ago
  I think OP's meaning was clear as it is. No need to put someone down over a small grammar mistake.
  - yakubin 3y ago
    Correcting someone’s language is not putting them down.
    - jascii 3y ago
      It certainly tends to be perceived that way by the person corrected. It's also debatable whether nitpicking on someone's grammar is "correcting their language", linguists tend to think it's not: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0149885 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
      - yakubin 3y ago
        I’m a non-native English speaker and I always appreciate corrections. Same is true for most non-native speakers I know personally. Most commonly I see this concern for possible offence at being corrected for bad English come from native English speakers, which is peculiar. (I don’t know if it’s true in this instance.)
        digging 3y ago
        Anecdotally I have seen the same. It's easy for a native speaker to be offended when corrected because it's their first (and often only) language... they should be good at it. Language-learners tend to be quite open to correction in any language.
almara 3y ago
Just changed the break btw! Now it says 'Next:' in the title and displays the description as suggested :)
withinrafael 3y ago
+1. I too had trouble understanding how to get started until I realized there were "get ready" prompts in-between the exercises. That could use more clarity. The illustrations looked great and were on-par with what is shown at our local gym.

almara 3y ago

Makes sense, thank you! I initially thought having the 'get ready for the next exercise' would help people understand that it's a break but given the feedback I definitely need the descriptions there too. Any idea on how to still make it clear that it's a break? Re: the beeps, couldn't agree more. While building it I also found them annoying but I deprioritised that for the first launch.

cachecrab 3y ago
You could use this stretching video as inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAf67xFS-qE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAf67xFS-qE I've watched this one several times and like how she presents it.
- ochoseis 3y ago
  Here’s another I really like. It adds in some light static strength holds. https://youtu.be/4BOTvaRaDjI https://youtu.be/4BOTvaRaDjI
Vinnl 3y ago
> Any idea on how to still make it clear that it's a break? Not a UX designer, but you could consider having a de-emphasised (smaller font, subdued colour, no illustration) "Next:" underneath every instruction that describes what's upcoming. For regular exercises, that could just say "Break", whereas during the breaks, it could show the next exercise. That way, it's always clear what's the current task and what's up next.
sylphaenos 3y ago
Not a designer, but for me it would help if breaks were distinguished visually from exercises–both types of screens look the same. A different background color, font, or something visual in addition to text clues would go a long way for me. I definitely paid more attention to the timer & beeps on break screens than the text.
jdmichal 3y ago
"Take a break while you get ready for the next exercise:"
keyle 3y ago
Please make this keyboard accessible, going back to the desk and having the find the little ">" is annoying, I'd rather just press the right key, or the spacebar.

rottencupcakes 3y ago

Just fyi, feedback is uncountable, similar to knowledge. If you want to provide a number, you would say "2 small pieces of feedback"

jascii 3y ago
I think OP's meaning was clear as it is. No need to put someone down over a small grammar mistake.
- yakubin 3y ago
  Correcting someone’s language is not putting them down.
  - jascii 3y ago
    It certainly tends to be perceived that way by the person corrected. It's also debatable whether nitpicking on someone's grammar is "correcting their language", linguists tend to think it's not: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0149885 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
    - yakubin 3y ago
      I’m a non-native English speaker and I always appreciate corrections. Same is true for most non-native speakers I know personally. Most commonly I see this concern for possible offence at being corrected for bad English come from native English speakers, which is peculiar. (I don’t know if it’s true in this instance.)
      - digging 3y ago
        Anecdotally I have seen the same. It's easy for a native speaker to be offended when corrected because it's their first (and often only) language... they should be good at it. Language-learners tend to be quite open to correction in any language.

almara 3y ago

Just changed the break btw! Now it says 'Next:' in the title and displays the description as suggested :)

withinrafael 3y ago

+1. I too had trouble understanding how to get started until I realized there were "get ready" prompts in-between the exercises. That could use more clarity. The illustrations looked great and were on-par with what is shown at our local gym.