I like it. Dead simple. Makes nice output. The UI is correct. I would use.
Feedback:
Consider replacing "We take privacy seriously" with "I take privacy seriously".
Better yet, consider removing that sentence so you don't make people second guess it. It's even easier then because there's less information that needs mental processing. You might just say, "Once you generate your memo, your information is deleted forever" or you might not say anything at all.
> Consider replacing "We take privacy seriously" with "I take privacy seriously".
There's some tension between wanting to be taken seriously ("we" makes it sound like there is a team supporting the product) and using the correct pronoun number for a single author. I see the appeal of using the royal "we" everywhere, even when there is only one person behind the project, because at least then the pronouns don't need to be updated once a second team member joins.
I think it depends on who is speaking: a team is always a plural, so if it's the team behind X, then you use 'we'; if you're speaking as an individual, you use 'I'. (This can get confusing for some projects, if you're speaking in both capacities while being the only team member.)
So it comes down to how much you want your site associated with you personally, versus having its own identity (and associated "team", even if it's just you on the team).
For hobby projects, I generally go with 'I'; for anything I'm asking for money in exchange for a service, I go with 'we'.
If you feel uncomfortable using 'we' instead of 'I', just file a C-corp and get a registered agent. Now there's two of you, and when you're speaking as the corporation, it's a 'we'. (I'd argue it's always a 'we' for the C-corp, though, because again, it's a team, and teams are always plural.)
Of course, I've been known to use language strangely, so make up your own style rules and go with them.
It's been mentioned in a few articles that a lot of startups try to make themselves be more official and less of a personal touch to be more "professional" and this is generally not helpful.
Even if you're the sole author of the app/site, the voice of any text should be abstracted away from your identity at least to this small degree. Use "I" only in testimonials, quotes, or in a "message from our founder".
This discipline helps keeps the voice/tone of the text consistent throughout the app, which inspires trust and confidence. It's more polished and professional, especially if you ever contemplate expanding your team.
On the business end it doesn't matter overtly, privacy claims are worthless until backed by law.
Like Microsoft signing data protection agreements with the European Union, before any serious company would consider using their cloud type legal documentation.
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+1 on removing it completely, you need a privacy policy link instead, you might create one your own with some online template or better yet have a lawyer write it for you, shouldn't cost so much I guess and will give you the professional look you're trying to show
People that are politically on the left spectrum tend to address themselves and the others in the plural form. Having that in mind, not sure how asking the author to consider the replacement is considerate :)
Yeah that's what I was thinking. I trust Libre Office way more since it's free software and I can actually inspect the source code to see what it's doing. I don't trust web apps like these at all.
- then remember the name of the stuff and type it.
- then make sure you are online (not in a plane).
- then type it without all the LO tools such as good spell check and typography fixes.
- then you wait for the generation, download the file and the go to the download directory, and then copy it where you want.
All in all, I'd say it's the same, except you can change stuff in the LO version, work offline, and refer to the one tool that does all the other stuff as well instead of having to manage 1000 of tools to tools such a simple task.
Asking as a self-taught not-so-advanced-yet guy wanting to build a similar I/O web app: Could you elaborate a bit on how client-side transformation/ generation could be achieved?
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There are local groups on facebook for example.
You could share it on twitter.
You can share it in your company.
You can share it in your university group.
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Very cool. Pretty much flawless on iOS (8.3) right down to just opening the pdf in iBooks. Loads fast enough that I can grab it between stops on the metro.
Is the date going to pre-fill with the current date in future revisions? On my red. It was 06/15/2016 I think.
Agree with csydas. Just looked at it and read the text and have to say this is really nice. Makes me happy.
More constructive feedback: If it is to be used in Europe the date must be either configurable or default to a format that isn't totally confusing like month/day/year is.
Here are some comments:
* Make a title of your webpage using <title> tag in <head>
* I was not sure the "organization" was meant to be a input field. Please make it more obvious.
It's great! The first web app I made printed "hello, world" in HTML :-). One thing I would recommend is releasing some part of your code so that people can give feedback on that as well.
This is great, and you're receiving well-deserved attention. I have to ask, did you mean to call yourself "pretigioustech" or was that an accidental misspelling?
Looks beautiful, dude. I love your typography. Very similar design in terms of simplicity to something I'm working on. So maybe I'm just patting myself on the back, but I dig it. Great job!
If we can comment on functionality too (not just UI and design), I would say at least add an option to your text editor to do left/right alignment to support RTL languages.
Perhaps readers are happy to see something about a hacker hacking than the latest Elon-love-fest or continued Apple drama or discussion of SF real estate.
Mayhaps people like supporting someone who made something nice and useful, learned something in the process, and helped us remember why we do what we do.
Well, I always thought HackerNews was supposed to be about hackers doing newsworthy things... Dissing the establishment is all fine and good, but personally I love seeing people building stuff, especially first web apps.
Well, you would think that a community of hackers that are focused on, you know, building stuff would be supportive and encouraging of others who like tinkering and building stuff. It's the way to keep the momentum and keep newbies in the ecosystem rather than scaring them off via derision or plain ignoring them.
Strange as it may seem even Musk/Jobs etc. didn't create their masterpieces the very first time out of thin air. They would have started on a project that would be considered plain/pointless/boring/embarrassing, but they built upon that experience and platform. Something to remember when talking to the young creators who will be continuing their work in the future.
There is a lot of very cool stuff that gets built which never makes it to the front-page here. Again, it's not about being un-supportive or derisive it's about there actually being nothing particularly interesting in this project (and somehow the defense of that is always this kind of hand-waving calling out people's bad manners for pointing out the obvious), you can have a quality ecosystem or a warm, fuzzy, let's praise everyone ecosystem - pick one.
I totally get your point. I've posted my own projects here in the past only to see them sink faster than a tabloid editors ethics, but I take that as part of the 'luck' and natural filtering nature of this platform. It certainly doesn't mean I bear a grudge for any other post that does make it to #1. Especially if it saves me from the 700th post this week on "Why I won't be buying another Apple device ever"...
I really don't think this is (or should be) a place where everyone gets a participation medal, but from what I have seen, the success and failures of posts by people announcing new products here seems to mirror the success rate (and seemingly random stickiness) of real world product launches, so perhaps that might help creators to get used to it and build up some resilience.
I really like the fact that something this simple can make the top of the HN's front page. It makes this site feel really beginner-friendly and encouraging. A great contrast with many other websites where programmers exercise in putting down other's work to boost their own ego.
And while I don't have any use for this app, I have to admit that it looks awesome and simple. Good job.
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Consider replacing "We take privacy seriously" with "I take privacy seriously".
Better yet, consider removing that sentence so you don't make people second guess it. It's even easier then because there's less information that needs mental processing. You might just say, "Once you generate your memo, your information is deleted forever" or you might not say anything at all.
There's some tension between wanting to be taken seriously ("we" makes it sound like there is a team supporting the product) and using the correct pronoun number for a single author. I see the appeal of using the royal "we" everywhere, even when there is only one person behind the project, because at least then the pronouns don't need to be updated once a second team member joins.
Is it better to us "I" or "We" when running a site yourself? And does the answer change depending on the type of site?
So it comes down to how much you want your site associated with you personally, versus having its own identity (and associated "team", even if it's just you on the team).
For hobby projects, I generally go with 'I'; for anything I'm asking for money in exchange for a service, I go with 'we'.
If you feel uncomfortable using 'we' instead of 'I', just file a C-corp and get a registered agent. Now there's two of you, and when you're speaking as the corporation, it's a 'we'. (I'd argue it's always a 'we' for the C-corp, though, because again, it's a team, and teams are always plural.)
Of course, I've been known to use language strangely, so make up your own style rules and go with them.
Pretigious Technologies takes privacy seriously.
Sounds professional and is "future proof."
I would use "I" as long as it is correct.
Even if you're the sole author of the app/site, the voice of any text should be abstracted away from your identity at least to this small degree. Use "I" only in testimonials, quotes, or in a "message from our founder".
This discipline helps keeps the voice/tone of the text consistent throughout the app, which inspires trust and confidence. It's more polished and professional, especially if you ever contemplate expanding your team.
Gooogle takes your privacy seriously.
"I, Sergei, takes you privacy seriously." Not as convincing.
I agree, either "I" or a proactive statement of intent: "We guarantee your data is deleted" or along similar lines ...
Like Microsoft signing data protection agreements with the European Union, before any serious company would consider using their cloud type legal documentation.
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- you have to open a new tab.
- then remember the name of the stuff and type it.
- then make sure you are online (not in a plane).
- then type it without all the LO tools such as good spell check and typography fixes.
- then you wait for the generation, download the file and the go to the download directory, and then copy it where you want.
All in all, I'd say it's the same, except you can change stuff in the LO version, work offline, and refer to the one tool that does all the other stuff as well instead of having to manage 1000 of tools to tools such a simple task.
Plus this would allow the author to host this service on an cheap and robust s3+cloudfront setup!
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Just curious, apart from some programming related subreddits, where else would one share something like this?
Agree with the others, you probably want to mention what you're saving on the server and a privacy statement.
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These are the kinds of posts that made me fall in love with HN over 2535 day ago.
And are sadly relatively rare these days :(
https://news.ycombinator.com/shownew
Is the date going to pre-fill with the current date in future revisions? On my red. It was 06/15/2016 I think.
More constructive feedback: If it is to be used in Europe the date must be either configurable or default to a format that isn't totally confusing like month/day/year is.
Here are some comments: * Make a title of your webpage using <title> tag in <head> * I was not sure the "organization" was meant to be a input field. Please make it more obvious.
It's great! The first web app I made printed "hello, world" in HTML :-). One thing I would recommend is releasing some part of your code so that people can give feedback on that as well.
Keep it up!
typo?
A few questions:
- Where are you hosting this site?
- What is your tech stack?
- Do have any plan to build on this web app?
[0] http://wkhtmltopdf.org/
>Where are you hosting this site?
> What is your tech stack? So, it looks like it’s a Rails app hosted on Heroku.EDIT: Upvoted OP too. Well done!
What part of create-a-memo is newsworthy exactly? /agree with GP.
Strange as it may seem even Musk/Jobs etc. didn't create their masterpieces the very first time out of thin air. They would have started on a project that would be considered plain/pointless/boring/embarrassing, but they built upon that experience and platform. Something to remember when talking to the young creators who will be continuing their work in the future.
I really don't think this is (or should be) a place where everyone gets a participation medal, but from what I have seen, the success and failures of posts by people announcing new products here seems to mirror the success rate (and seemingly random stickiness) of real world product launches, so perhaps that might help creators to get used to it and build up some resilience.
And while I don't have any use for this app, I have to admit that it looks awesome and simple. Good job.