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I went to take a look, and the only thing I saw was a sign-up page. If you want people to take a look at your stuff, you're going to have to find a way to demo
by michael_dorfman 17y ago
I went to take a look, and the only thing I saw was a sign-up page.
If you want people to take a look at your stuff, you're going to have to find a way to demonstrate what it's about without requiring a sign-in.
I don't mind "bug-ridden and incomplete", but creating a sign-on is too much friction when I don't even know what the potential pay-off is....
- mbrubeck 17y agoAnd there's even more friction. These are all very minor things, but they add up: * I tried to sign up and got "bad email or password". Oops, the form on the homepage is actually a login form; I had to click on the Sign Up link and enter my information again. * After creating an account, I still can't use the program right away. Need to check for a confirmation link in my inbox. * Now I'm signed in, but I have to "add a story" and then fill out another form with information about the story. How am I suposed to know how many chapters I'll have before I even start? I would do a combined login/signup form on the home page, or side-by-side forms. When the user signs in, create their first story form them with a default title/description/type, and let them click to edit those fields. Some sort of inline editing (click to edit, or just input fields by default) would feel quicker and simpler than the JavaScript popups for editing.
- _pius 17y agoThanks a bunch for the feedback! As I said, this is very much unpolished: just wrote it to scratch my own itch. If you end up playing around with it, I'd love to hear whether the functionality is something you'd find useful if more polished.
- _pius 17y agoFair enough, thanks for the feedback. I'll add an info page when I've got some spare time.