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This is great, though I wonder if the social dynamic of the participants deciding when and where to meet actually works. I'm a meetup organizer and I find that
by faitswulff 11y ago
This is great, though I wonder if the social dynamic of the participants deciding when and where to meet actually works. I'm a meetup organizer and I find that it's difficult to get anywhere in event planning with a decentralized decision making process.
I have a few other thoughts as well:
- It was difficult to figure out where to start typing to describe my meetup. Instead of just an ellipses, a more standard input field would be instantly recognizable.
- I noticed that if you load the site for the first time, the blinking cursor is on the meetup description, but if you tab away, it loads a map, at which point there are two input fields. Then clicking in the map input field is futile - it places the cursor back into the meetup description. But it looks like there is only one input field, so it can be quite confusing.
- Using the user's current location would be great.
- I didn't see "How it Works" at first, probably because I tabbed away and the map view expanded. But besides that, there's a lot of vertical space that's not actively helping the user understand the site. If you eliminate a lot of the negative space, you could end up with essentially a text input field (a la Google) and the description: http://imgur.com/uY0F27D http://imgur.com/uY0F27D
- Speaking of which, I think the description should mention what you as the user have to do, instead of what happens. "You get a unique url to share with participants" should be "Enter your meetup description and a location and you'll get a unique url to share with participants", etc.
Overall, great work! I like the workflow.
- etewiah 11y agoWow, if I could give an award for the best feedback it would go to you ;) You even included a screenshot - awesome!! I wonder though why you think the social dynamic of the participants deciding might not work. Surely the best time and place will most often be the one that most people go for. - good point about the input field. I actually spent a lot of effort trying to make it look the way it does but you are right, its probably confusing at first glance. - yes, I should only show the second input if the first one has something in it. Will fix that. - Will use location detection eventually but not a priority right now. - Totally right about the wasted space. Thanks a lot for that! - Also right about the text. Wow, don't you want to work with me on this. You're just the kind of person I need to work with ;)
- faitswulff 11y agoI'm unavailable for anything non-trivial, but let's connect anyway? You can shoot me an email - just reverse this address moc.gnukemllac@nairb. Happy to provide this kind of feedback whenever and give more detail about why I'm concerned about the social dynamic.