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by turtles 3598 days ago
Some honest feedback. I can see you put a fair bit of effort into making this. However, I don't fully understand the idea and this is a big problem.

From what I do understand is I can create passwords using this, and write anonymous messages. 1, why wouldn't I use a simpler password generator in a password storing app. 2, why wouldnt I just post on a forum with an anonymous account.

In addition to this, the gui is not obvious and does not flow well.

I'd suggest personally investigating these points further, for learning purposes. Then each time you come up with a new idea, Google the crap out of it and see if anyone else has made anything similar, or if you could do it better. Both of these points could have essays around them! This will drastically help you assess your market before putting in a lot of time to build something.

I've been in your position a number of times.

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Great thanx for honest feedback! IMHO both features have some useful use cases and I have put an effort to convince myself that this is good idea. Let me explain and present some use cases. 1. password - you forgot everything and you do not have your mobile with your pass manager, but you remember your favourite rockband, actor etc. You do not have to remember your critical password just start typing your favorite band name and you will see the wikipedia article , so your favourite rockband will be converted to your password. Also you can write down on the paper sheet just a first words of the lyrics of your favourite rockband you will get the idea how to reproduce your password. 2. anonymous messages - let's imagine your are driving and you are receiving a phone call from your new customer. You cannot write down his email and contact details - you are driving! So you ask him plz drop me a message under my favourite rockband, composer, actor... ( choose the most convenient scenario ) with your contact details. anolog.net uses easy to remember associations ( instead of hard to remember URL's and unique identifiers ) which are easy to transfer during conversation without typos. Thank you for honest feedback!