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Honestly, this is one of those things that I'm never going to use because it's Web 2.0 and doesn't need to be. Your core functionality is cool: I definitely wo

Honestly, this is one of those things that I'm never going to use because it's Web 2.0 and doesn't need to be. Your core functionality is cool: I definitely would like something that allows me to mix background noises. But why am I signing up for your service? That has nothing to do with what I want from your app. That just gets in the way of using your app. Why is there integration with Google Drive? That has nothing to do with background sounds and those permissions aren't happening. Okay, so you're using the Google Drive integration for your integrated text editor. Why is there a text editor integrated? I have a workflow with a text editor and unless there's something I don't know here, my text editor is better and yours is just going to get in my way. And in fact I can probably name 10 text editors that are better than yours--unless your core product is a text editor, you're probably not going to beat out folks who are actually focused on making a text-editor. I'd pay <= $10 for your app if I could download it without signing up for anything, without extraneous features, and use it from my taskbar without requiring an internet connection. Ideally I'd configure it once and never have to touch it again except to turn the sound on and off. As is, this doesn't make it any easier to get good background noise than just keeping a collection of .mp3s on my hard drive, because the interface comes with so much unnecessary cruft. Tools like this don't encourage productivity, they encourage pointless tinkering.

shiven 12y ago
A contrary anecdote to yours would be mine. I love noisli so much, I actually bought the iPhone app! The app also lets you store combinations as named sets, a big plus for me. As with anything software (or life), YMMV.
- noisli 12y ago
  Now you can save and share combo from the web app :)
  - shiven 12y ago
    Any chance of linking the web-app and the iOS app accounts?
- copsarebastards 12y ago
  That's not completely a contrary anecdote: I agree the core functionality is awesome. The only difference between our opinions is that the cruft and privacy concerns are not a dealbreaker for you.
- copsarebastards 12y ago
  I'll add to my other comment that I've only looked at the web interface, not the smartphone interface.
noisli 12y ago
Thank you for your feedback, appreciate your honesty. Of course the text editor is not something for everybody. The users that do appreciate it want to write in a pleasant environment, without worrying to much on formatting. Would love to understand more how Noisli could be more useful for you. Just write me at hello (at) noisli (dot) com
- lumpypua 12y ago
  > Would love to understand more how Noisli could be more useful for you. What are you looking for? He just gave you exactly that list. It can be more useful by doing less.
- Kudos 12y ago
  The page doesn't load for me at all because I have Facebook embeds blocked. You should probably not be assuming third party javascript will always work and be available. > Uncaught ReferenceError: FB is not defined
- copsarebastards 12y ago
  Noisli could be more useful for me if it was just an app with different looping background noises that I could mix and balance with a nice interface (the one you have is nice). That is literally all you need to have a very good app. Some features you could add after that: 1. Save mixes. 2. Sync saved mixes between app/phone/etc. (this would probably require a signup--but I might not use this feature, so don't force people to sign up to use the rest of your app). 3. Add your own sound loops. Note that these features are all related to the core function of your app: mixing and balancing background noise. I'm still really confused by why this includes a text editor. Notes, Stickies, TextEdit, pico, nano, and vim came preinstalled on my machine. I added OpenOffice, XCode and Emacs. I also use have used Google Docs, pastebin, txti.es, github gists, and probably more online text editors that I don't remember. There are dozens more text editors that I haven't mentioned, and there are probably hundreds I haven't even heard of. Why would anyone use one that's for no apparent reason bolted onto the side of a background noise app?
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cududa 12y ago
I'll happily signup if I can save my sound configuration. The biz dev dude in the office down the hall has been shouting on his phone all day, and I found this just as I was about to go berserk. Anyway, nice work - and if you can build in saving sounds, I'd definitely pay for this.
- noisli 12y ago
  Thanks for the feedback! Since today you can save and share combo from the web app :)
totony 12y ago
I agree partially with >But why am I signing up for your service? That has nothing to do with what I want from your app. That just gets in the way of using your app. It would be cool to have an explanation of what signing up does (for now, there is just a button that you can click without really knowing why).
- noisli 12y ago
  You can find more info here http://www.noisli.com/features http://www.noisli.com/features (link bottom of the page) and here http://blog.noisli.com/introducing-the-new-noisli/ http://blog.noisli.com/introducing-the-new-noisli/ (our official blog). Hope this helps :)

shiven 12y ago

A contrary anecdote to yours would be mine. I love noisli so much, I actually bought the iPhone app! The app also lets you store combinations as named sets, a big plus for me. As with anything software (or life), YMMV.

noisli 12y ago
Now you can save and share combo from the web app :)
- shiven 12y ago
  Any chance of linking the web-app and the iOS app accounts?
copsarebastards 12y ago
That's not completely a contrary anecdote: I agree the core functionality is awesome. The only difference between our opinions is that the cruft and privacy concerns are not a dealbreaker for you.
copsarebastards 12y ago
I'll add to my other comment that I've only looked at the web interface, not the smartphone interface.

noisli 12y ago

Thank you for your feedback, appreciate your honesty. Of course the text editor is not something for everybody. The users that do appreciate it want to write in a pleasant environment, without worrying to much on formatting. Would love to understand more how Noisli could be more useful for you. Just write me at hello (at) noisli (dot) com

lumpypua 12y ago
> Would love to understand more how Noisli could be more useful for you. What are you looking for? He just gave you exactly that list. It can be more useful by doing less.
Kudos 12y ago
The page doesn't load for me at all because I have Facebook embeds blocked. You should probably not be assuming third party javascript will always work and be available. > Uncaught ReferenceError: FB is not defined
copsarebastards 12y ago
Noisli could be more useful for me if it was just an app with different looping background noises that I could mix and balance with a nice interface (the one you have is nice). That is literally all you need to have a very good app. Some features you could add after that: 1. Save mixes. 2. Sync saved mixes between app/phone/etc. (this would probably require a signup--but I might not use this feature, so don't force people to sign up to use the rest of your app). 3. Add your own sound loops. Note that these features are all related to the core function of your app: mixing and balancing background noise. I'm still really confused by why this includes a text editor. Notes, Stickies, TextEdit, pico, nano, and vim came preinstalled on my machine. I added OpenOffice, XCode and Emacs. I also use have used Google Docs, pastebin, txti.es, github gists, and probably more online text editors that I don't remember. There are dozens more text editors that I haven't mentioned, and there are probably hundreds I haven't even heard of. Why would anyone use one that's for no apparent reason bolted onto the side of a background noise app?

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cududa 12y ago

I'll happily signup if I can save my sound configuration. The biz dev dude in the office down the hall has been shouting on his phone all day, and I found this just as I was about to go berserk. Anyway, nice work - and if you can build in saving sounds, I'd definitely pay for this.

noisli 12y ago
Thanks for the feedback! Since today you can save and share combo from the web app :)

totony 12y ago

I agree partially with >But why am I signing up for your service? That has nothing to do with what I want from your app. That just gets in the way of using your app. It would be cool to have an explanation of what signing up does (for now, there is just a button that you can click without really knowing why).

noisli 12y ago
You can find more info here http://www.noisli.com/features http://www.noisli.com/features (link bottom of the page) and here http://blog.noisli.com/introducing-the-new-noisli/ http://blog.noisli.com/introducing-the-new-noisli/ (our official blog). Hope this helps :)