Feedback on alpha product: Acceptly

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2666403

by mattmuns • 15 years ago

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We'd love some honest feedback on our alpha product. App's purpose is to help high school kids navigate the college preparation and application process. You can get access via this link:

https://app.acceptly.com/account/access-code/808295

Thanks!

koren• 15 years ago

Great UI design and concept (points is a great incentive here). It looks very approachable and something I could actually use. You can probably capitalize on recommending learning materials etc (like what you did with "improve your SAT by 200 with kaplan"). Overall really awesome product.

mattmuns3• 15 years ago

Thanks for the feedback! Really appreciate your time on the product.

-Matt

JoachimSchipper• 15 years ago

Looks nice. I'm not a big fan of "gamification", but at least it's well done.

I didn't notice any "if we forget to tell you something it's totally your fault and you can't sue us". You may want to fix that.

"Challenges completed" and "Badges" overlap for me (FF4).

The "questions" tab is very inviting and easy to use. I'm not sure how much support you plan to give, but there's no indication that it's paid or limited to, say, 5 questions per customer.

mattmuns3• 15 years ago

Great point on the legal terms. I'll make sure we're covered.

We'll work on the FF4 fix too. Sorry about that.

Questions: yes, we've got some vision for this we are working on. Thanks for highlighting!

Really appreciate your time.

-Matt

martinshen• 15 years ago

Looks like a great product.. Obviously you should have a more informative start screen. Also simple things like enabling the enter key for the sign up process or simply giving FBConnect as an option.

mattmuns3• 15 years ago

Really appreciate the feedback! Your rec on the start screen is live now. We're working on the sign in process- thanks for highlighting this stuff.

Feedback on alpha product: Acceptly

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