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by adrusi 4481 days ago
Looks interesting, I'll try using it for a week or so and see where it takes me.

Bit of advise however: The front page of the website doesn't really describe it very well. There's barely any screenshots (and the ones that exist are hidden for two thirds of the time), and there's not much of a description of the actual application. There's descriptions of what features it has over your competitors, but not really anything about what the core product is. Honestly, if I saw the website outside of the context of this comment thread, I probably would have passed it by.

All in all it looks like a good alternative to Google Keep which I can feel good about using. Best of luck!

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That's incredibly useful feedback. Thanks for taking the time to mention that.

I think one thing I'm definitely missing are use cases, which would help people understand that product better. I'll see what I can do about making the screenshots more obvious as well.

I've been toying with the idea of creating a demo with pre-populated content and letting people play around with it on the site. Would that be something you'd try out as a passerby who happened to land on the site?

I tend to treat such demos as nothing more than glorified screenshots. For example, Mailpile has a demo similar to what you described and I spent maybe 10 seconds in it clicking on a couple buttons. That said, I'm sure it is very useful to some other people. I'd recommend getting in touch with some of the Mailpile guys or anyone else who can relay their experiences about how useful it is.