Ask HN: Review my startup: dynalist.io

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10590004

by ericax • 11 years ago

2 6 11 years ago

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Live demo at https://dynalist.io/demo

Feedback we're looking for:

If you have used WorkFlowy, what do you think of our product? Does it look like a clone? Is it better or worse than WorkFlowy? By how much?

If you haven't used anything like this before, do you understanding what the product does by looking at the landing page? Especially, does it communicates clearly what the benefits are for a user?

Any other feedback is welcome too.

Thanks!

arditc• 11 years ago

Hello, I'm a developer like yourself. I really like your website :), there are is a functionality which you could add : Maybe implementing passportJs so they can login with google+

sageabilly• 11 years ago

Off the cuff: [1]Indent icon looks visually similar to list icon, so much so that it doesn't immediately read as indent [2]Header icons need to be more visually distinct [3]I got to point #7 in the tutorial and couldn't figure out what the hell the breadcrumb was- I had to click random stuff to realize what you were talking about [4]"Ctrl-O": needs to clearly read as the letter O and not the number zero [5]If I do step 11 in the tutorial immediately after step 10 it opens while the screen is still focused on the Open menu. Need to add a step closing step 10 before doing step 11

I do dig the idea and I like how it looks almost like a written list.

phantom_oracle• 11 years ago

You're competing in a very crowded space.

Basically, you have remade the to-do list and from what I know, there are hundreds (or thousands) of these options available as apps/webapps, etc.

You should try zoning in on a target-market related to the product. For example, moms/wives making shopping lists, etc.

ericax• 11 years ago

Hi, could you tell me more about why you found it to be a to-do list app? Is it because of our headline[1]? Or is it because the examples we use on the landing page?

I'm asking because we don't see it as a to-do list app, as it can accomplish more and in different ways than traditional to-do list apps. Maybe we failed at delivering this message.

[1]: "Are you struggling to keep track of everything? Put them in Dynalist and free your mind." in case you don't remember.

ahazred8ta• 11 years ago

A list of bullet points looks like a to-do list. Remember, most people have not used an outliner like WorkFlowy. Most people would think of this as either 'a list', or 'notes'. You are not delivering any other message. Yes, we can see it's hierarchical and has tags, but those are common features.

[1]: 'everything' <--> 'them' - Your grammar needs work.

MegaLeon• 11 years ago

I normally use my browser on half on a fullHD monitor, just entered the demo and it looks broken. The sidebar overflows on the document and disappears for some reason, leaving only the separator overlaying.

Ask HN: Review my startup: dynalist.io

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