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Easy Collaborative Review Through Email
- jarito 13y agoThis seems like it might be useful to me. I clicked through it, but the landing page needs some work. There are some example features at the bottom, but no screenshots, no detail and no way for me to try it out without me signing up. I would suggest adding some more content to the landing page so that I can see if this is useful before going through the signup process.
- flowcontrolio 13y agoJarito - thanks for the feedback! What sorts of details would you be most interested in? We have something working but it's not super pretty (yet), so we wanted to see if we find a smaller audience first to showcase it to before opening it up. I'd love to show it to you - is there a way I can reach you? Or you can contact me at yukuan@flowcontrol.io. Thanks!
- netnichols 13y agoWould be great if you had a screencast or tour to better show what it's like to use the system. I'm interested, but not interested enough to sign up... yet.
- flowcontrolio 13y agoSee above - would love to show you what we got. Is there a way I can reach you? Or you can contact me at yukuan@flowcontrol.io. Thanks!
- flowcontrolio 13y agoWe built this because we feel email is still one of the most popular tools for casually reviewing and getting feedback from a group of people. Unfortunately, the “Re: Re: Re” reply chain becomes unwieldy after a while, and there’s always someone who “never got that email”. And once the replies starts trickling in you have to constantly consolidate the results. We want FlowControl.io to be a collaborative document review tool through email. You can track everyone’s status through a live dashboard, people can respond on their phones or email, and our automatic reminders saves you from having to nag people. We’d love to know what you think about this idea!
- DontGiveTwoFlux 13y agoI'm a little confused by how this actually integrates with email. What will I see in my email when I use flowcontrol.io? What isn't in my email that requires going to the website to use? If I sign up, do my collaborators need to sign up as well? The more new technologies I'm exposed to, the more reluctantly I approach them. I think the idea can work - do more with email. But I want to know a little more before I sign up. That being said, I'm in the middle of a bylaws review with an organization I'm a part of. This may be a helpful tool, and I'll try it out.
- flowcontrolio 13y agoGot it! We're designing it so your collaborators don't have to sign up, to minimize friction for them, and should be able to address your other needs as well. Will follow up with you separately.
- rcavezza 13y agoI don't fully understand the use case. What would I review as a group? What specific situations are your alpha users using this for?
- daemonk 13y agoI think the landing page needs more description of what exactly the product does. Is it meant to be an e-mail service? Or is it a service that you plug your existing e-mail into? Is this kind of like google wave?
- flowcontrolio 13y agoSorry, yes we should be more descriptive - will update it shortly. It's not a stand-alone service but one that plugs into your existing email, albeit has a web component that you can choose to use in a stand-alone fashion if you like.
- lmg643 13y agothis definitely hits on a problem i deal with on a regular basis, but it looks like a gmail feature, but i use microsoft outlook for all work email. so would be interested to learn more about the implementation.
- flowcontrolio 13y agowe're starting out with web-based email since it's easier, but plan to expand to outlook soon also. can I learn more about what specific problem you encounter regularly? if you're interested in sharing more, I'd love to hear at yukuan@flowcontrol.io. Thanks!