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The New Flowdock: a Mac App, New Design, Chat + Threading, Emoji…

37 points by jorde 14y ago

mutru 14y ago
Thanks for the post! We've been working on this new release for a while, hoping to get lots of feedback from HN.
dmix 14y ago
This is a welcome change. The previous design looked a bit rushed and the icons looked straight out of the 90s.
zdgman 14y ago
I wish there were more screenshots of the App. I know you are pushing people to get started on the free trial and to actually experience the app but I really like to browse through all the various screens before diving in. Looks like something I would consider dumping campfire for (campfire has never made me happy).
- mutru 14y ago
  Thanks for the feedback, we'll be adding more of them, and blogging about individual features. We actually have a Campfire importer in case you want to retain your chat history.
  - zdgman 14y ago
    Thanks for reading the feedback :) Love that there is a campfire importer that we can import our chat history with!
  - zdgman 14y ago
    We're giving this a demo in the office today. Really loving the ease of integrating things like Jira / Github.
- netfire 14y ago
  +1 for full-res screenshots. I like to see what I'm getting before having to create an account and download an app.
  - mutru 14y ago
    Here's a better full-size screenshot: https://d2cxspbh1aoie1.cloudfront.net/assets/press/flowdock-screenshot-chat-c3d9bd413c2063ba28a8ea0bebb5ffca.png https://d2cxspbh1aoie1.cloudfront.net/assets/press/flowdock-...
juso 14y ago
Great job with the new design and especially the support for 1-to-1 messages!
twodayslate 14y ago
You should be able to put flows into categories and make subflows.
tripngroove 14y ago
For someone who's not familiar with the app, I have to do a lot of decoding of your home page to figure out what exactly the product is and why I should be interested. Your /tour "Features" page explains it much better: "TEAM INBOX & CHAT Replace IRC, IM or Skype chat with Flowdock." That's something I can quickly parse and immediately understand. I also echo the sentiment that more screenshots (hopefully with call-outs/highlights) would probably help out.
- mnicole 14y ago
  Agreed, I went to click on the image of the chatroom on the homepage thinking it would zoom in on it, and instead I'm taken to a page with even fewer images.

37 points by jorde 14y ago

mutru 14y ago

Thanks for the post! We've been working on this new release for a while, hoping to get lots of feedback from HN.

dmix 14y ago

This is a welcome change. The previous design looked a bit rushed and the icons looked straight out of the 90s.

zdgman 14y ago

I wish there were more screenshots of the App. I know you are pushing people to get started on the free trial and to actually experience the app but I really like to browse through all the various screens before diving in. Looks like something I would consider dumping campfire for (campfire has never made me happy).

mutru 14y ago
Thanks for the feedback, we'll be adding more of them, and blogging about individual features. We actually have a Campfire importer in case you want to retain your chat history.
- zdgman 14y ago
  Thanks for reading the feedback :) Love that there is a campfire importer that we can import our chat history with!
- zdgman 14y ago
  We're giving this a demo in the office today. Really loving the ease of integrating things like Jira / Github.
netfire 14y ago
+1 for full-res screenshots. I like to see what I'm getting before having to create an account and download an app.
- mutru 14y ago
  Here's a better full-size screenshot: https://d2cxspbh1aoie1.cloudfront.net/assets/press/flowdock-screenshot-chat-c3d9bd413c2063ba28a8ea0bebb5ffca.png https://d2cxspbh1aoie1.cloudfront.net/assets/press/flowdock-...

juso 14y ago

Great job with the new design and especially the support for 1-to-1 messages!

twodayslate 14y ago

You should be able to put flows into categories and make subflows.

tripngroove 14y ago

For someone who's not familiar with the app, I have to do a lot of decoding of your home page to figure out what exactly the product is and why I should be interested. Your /tour "Features" page explains it much better: "TEAM INBOX & CHAT Replace IRC, IM or Skype chat with Flowdock." That's something I can quickly parse and immediately understand. I also echo the sentiment that more screenshots (hopefully with call-outs/highlights) would probably help out.

mnicole 14y ago
Agreed, I went to click on the image of the chatroom on the homepage thinking it would zoom in on it, and instead I'm taken to a page with even fewer images.