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by Vindexus 17y ago
Through folk etymology, it has been claimed that André-Marie Ampère used the symbol in his widely read publications, and that people began calling the new shape "Ampere's and". [3]
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by Vindexus 17y ago
Touché. I think this would be the stealth modes in browsers to "shop for presents". Sure, everyone who makes it says it's for one thing, but everyone knows it's for another.
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by Vindexus 17y ago
Your screenshot was kind of confusing because it gets cut off. I thought it was part of the page and that the text on the right was cutting of the text on the left. I'd remove the target="_blank" on the "try a demo" link just because I, per
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by Vindexus 17y ago
2. Get Relevant Questions By Asking Have to agree on that one. I create a tool for making FAQ pages that incorporates an "Ask a Question" form directly into it. You can check it out at http://breezyfaq.com
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by Vindexus 17y ago
Here's a quick mockup of a possible redesign for the home page. I'd make the book thumbnail bigger than I put it at, but you get the idea: http://i.imgur.com/Xqy7r.png
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by Vindexus 17y ago
First thing I noticed: "What Does It Do?" I wasn't really sure right away what it did. I found the "How Bookhu Works" box, but at first glance I thought it was an ad so I didn't even look at it. My recommendation would be to put a small tag
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by Vindexus 17y ago
"What Is It You Do Again?" This one is always a big pet peeve of mine. Taglines need to describe what you do, not how awesome you are. I hate seeing ones like "Together. Create. Share." or whatever. I'd much prefer "Create slideshows with a
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by Vindexus 17y ago
Not really. If the terms were actually "Gives us $99 dollars and we'll consider you" then you would be correct. However the terms are "Use our $99 service and we'll consider you." It's not the price to be considered, it's the price of a Pro
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by Vindexus 17y ago
In briefly checking out the profiles of the accounts I'd say that at least 2/3rds of the "i cant login this sux" comments were legit. Most of the accounts commenting like that were middle aged women with many friends and a profile picture.
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by Vindexus 17y ago
Like others have said it's a bit confusing to figure out what it does right away. I think a demo video might be in your best interest. I read this and it was kinda helpful: http://blog.procasts.co.uk/2009/03/why-screencast-if-a-pictu... Y
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by Vindexus 17y ago
The "Wedding Planning" button made me think that's what it did. I thought "cool idea, they should show that in more places". Then when I clicked the Categories tab I found out that that's just an example. Or I could be wrong about that too,
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by Vindexus 17y ago
I like to scan the newest page for Ask HN: Review my startup ______ posts. They don't seem to make it to the front as often and I find them immensely interesting. I also scan the newest page after I'd digested all the stuff I find interesti
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by Vindexus 17y ago
I think this may fall into the "chocolate covered broccoli" thing that was mentioned but I've always thought this would be a good idea for studying: make a fun turned based RPG that asks you study questions whenever you attack or defend and
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by Vindexus 17y ago
One of the biggest complaints I hear about Firefox is the startup time. I startup Firefox twice a day normally - once at work and again at home - so it's definitely an issue for me.
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by Vindexus 17y ago
Pretty cool idea. How are you getting the info from TVRage.com? If you're doing a cURL type web scraping then you might want to check out if you're even allowed to do that. Definitely add show times, like your friend said. Are you planning
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by Vindexus 17y ago
I've actually been thinking of doing something like this for a while. I think the market is there, but I don't think it's SaaS providers. I think you should start looking at web games and social games. Also take a look at Facebook games. Th
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by Vindexus 17y ago
Yeah I thought about codecanyon. It could work for me, but when you start out Envato (who runs codecanyon) gets a %60 cut. I'll definitely look into that more though, could be worth it.
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by Vindexus 17y ago
"I think you need to still sort out what you are offering/selling. Rarely does 'I want to make a...' turn into a business. Come at it from the other direction. 'People need ..., I can serve this need with...'." That makes sense. I guess you
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by Vindexus 17y ago
Well it wouldn't just be a UI box plugin for sale. It would include the backend for editing and managing all your help text and FAQs. I'd also really like to put in search, and possibly an "ask a question" form. I'm sure a lot of people wou
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Ask HN: Would you be interested in this web app help product?
7 points by Vindexus 17y ago|9 comments
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by Vindexus 17y ago
Judging from my group of friends, most people who use Facebook do not use Gmail. I'm not sure how well this transfers to the rest of the world, but for almost all of my Facebook friends, none of them will hear of Buzz through Gmail.
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by Vindexus 17y ago
This is pretty cool. If you're afraid you can't compete with HOAR, maybe you could aim for a specific niche? I'd work on scanability on the home page. I'd make the unordered lists larger, with a bolder font to draw my attention to them. I'm
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by Vindexus 17y ago
I really like the design. Good choice for the logo, looks great. I really think the Timeline editing page could use some Ajax/Dialogs. Instead of going to a new page for "Add Event" and "Add Layer", I think a dialog box popping up with the
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by Vindexus 17y ago
The home page is confusing for people who don't know what it is. What is it? What does it do? I realize it searches Twitter, but what does it search for?
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by Vindexus 17y ago
Yes it's definitely true. Most of the options are very expensive, or not available in Canada (where I live).
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by Vindexus 17y ago
I think if the product was good enough people would definitely pay for it. I would just need some stats and facts to back up my claim that it's worth it. That would be the hard part. But if I can state "Use this service to reduce support em
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by Vindexus 17y ago
Well if your service is sending out 100 messages in one second then you can probably afford the $1-$2/month charge to add more numbers.
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by Vindexus 17y ago
In keeping with this quote: "Ask your target demographic if your idea would solve their pain" I'd like to ask everyone here if they'd be interested in an app I want to work on. Basically it would be a web app that would let you plug in FAQ/
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by Vindexus 17y ago
"Aylay is built on the collective intelligence of the Web. With Aylay Agile Search, start searching and get results simultaneously from the sites you know and trust, instantly. Refine your search and get results in real time without leaving
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by Vindexus 17y ago
I have AdBlock+ enabled and I didn't see that flash header either. There was no giant blank space for me though.

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