mattrobs

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by mattrobs 12y ago
That's an excellent way to put it.
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by mattrobs 12y ago
Invision and similar apps like it, technically, do everything Red Pen does. But in doing everything, they become overwhelming to use. The clients I worked with on freelance struggled to understand Invision: the signup was lengthy and distra
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by mattrobs 12y ago
My co-founder @8apixel and I co-designed it (we make competing designs then choose/merge the best ideas.) We both shared in coding the front-end. Coding front-end and animations is just searching google for examples + practice. I didn&
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by mattrobs 12y ago
Email matt@redpen.io and I will personally remind you in two weeks :D Education discounts is something we've thought about. You've up-voted that thought for us.
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by mattrobs 12y ago
But it saved you 10px of precious reading space! But, yes, valid feedback. It should be smarter.
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by mattrobs 12y ago
Yeah, we designed the pricing model based on what we would actually use as designers. I've always been able to spot arbitrary obstructions products throw up on purpose— and it never felt right.
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by mattrobs 12y ago
Hi HN. I'm Matt, the co-founder of Red Pen. I'm a designer who turned developer because I wanted to make Red Pen. This is our big v2. Cool things you could try: the front page has an onboarding bot that simulates using the product
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Red Pen v2 with live collaboration(redpen.io)
74 points by mattrobs 12y ago|19 comments
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How to give feedback (without destroying someone's soul)(blog.redpen.io)
3 points by mattrobs 13y ago|0 comments
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by mattrobs 13y ago
You got it!
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by mattrobs 13y ago
v1.1. Thanks!
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by mattrobs 13y ago
Good spotting. I'll fix that.
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by mattrobs 13y ago
Thanks for that guys ;)
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Show HN: Feedback app(redpen.io)
139 points by mattrobs 13y ago|72 comments