100% exactly. Cookies are device and moment specific. Whereas a user account can easily save and transport the saved experience/setting anywhere the user wants to access them.
I do wish it gave me some prompts to do something actionable. Like, "Hey, looks like you could be a little more sophisticated. Why not try..." Or ways to change the balance of my "Website Values" if I want or need to. Your site gives interesting insight nonetheless — I like it.
I really like the concept. I know there are other sites that do it too, but I like the simplicity of your site. One comment, the white text can be hard to read with the background image you're using — I like it as a textural element, but maybe it doesn't need to underlay the story.
It's a great idea and I realize this is probably your first pass at it. The interface, after you get a results set, is a bit challenging to use — I would definitely use a tool like this a lot if you develop a kick-ass UI around it too!
Ha! At first I thought it was going to be a job site...took a sec to figure out that you meant "a place to sit your butt down with your laptop and work." :-)
Nice work! Thought, for me, it would probably just make me anxious as I watch the minutes and seconds tick away...sort of like watching the clock in school, the more you look at it the slower time seems to go and the more distracted by time you become. That's just me — I'm sure this will be a good motivator for others.
Seems like it would be better as a free app and you make money if I buy the t-shirt (or whatever) through the app. Not sure many be willing to plunk down .99cents when there are so many other, great free weather apps. Neat concept none the less.
Too funny. I work with a lot of clients who get hung up on finding the perfect name before they can get going on their project. My advice is to come up with a "working name" you can live with — don't over think it, you can always change it later. Names you think are stupid at first often mature in your mind as you're working on the product...you'd be surprised how often a working name grows on a client and becomes the name of the product.
Good idea to go MVP and get it out in the world and get some learning going. Of course the down side to MVCs is the user doesn't know it's MVC — some comments might reflect that ;)
Looking forward to seeing where you take this IRC-esq revival!
Have you tested it with any forms out in the real world yet? I'd be curious to see some conversion data comparing a QnA style form to a traditional one. My guess is this works best for shortish forms.
In my case, my pages are the equivalent of Bob's, they are at the end of the link referral line. Users create content on my site and link to it from their sites. If it were blog or article type content, I would think there's no issue putting ads on the content, but seeing how my site is a web tool/app, it seems like more of a gray area. There's risk I'll piss off my users. I'm trying to decide if it's even worth going down that road.
Good insight. I like the idea of removing ads from pages that don't get clicks.
My biggest concern is, my users are the ones generating the content. I want to be sensitive to that, but at the same time would like to generate some revenue I can put back into things like upgrading hosting from VPS to AWS, building new features, etc.
As someone who writes CSS frameworks for a living, I don't know if I could ever give up the powerful globalness of the "c" (cascading.) Though, I do find myself writing more and more inline styles for elements that are specific to a block or page to avoid bloating the framework. I'm thinking a blended approach is in my future.
Nice start! What do you think about letting the users adjust the center point? Would be cool to be able to drag and drop the center point on another location. :-)
Totally legit concern. Seems like it would be an option that a customer might want after they've used the service for a bit and built up a level of trust. Overall, great idea.
Nice start. One thing to keep in mind is a great user interface is probably what's going to get people to use it and keep coming back. I'm mildly addicted to Flipboard largely because the interface it so brilliant and makes it super easy to consume or add my own content to.