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Re:Show HN: Curabase – Curate a list of links for yourself, ... by DanielStraight on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @02:58PM (#11630749)
I've been looking for a product like this (or thinking about building one).

Some feedback:

Signup process is tedious. I have to create an account to even see how it works. I have to pick a username AND give an email address. I have to validate email address with multiple clicks (click link then click button on loaded page). Then I have to reenter everything to sign in.

First view of the system says to click and drag links to reorder them. Clicking and dragging links does nothing until you enter edit mode. I almost gave up assuming the thing didn't work at all before I discovered this.

No "Save" button in edit mode. Just close edit mode... but this doesn't allow NOT saving, which is somewhat unexpected since it's a separate mode.

Visiting a new page seems to automatically put you in edit mode, which persists when visiting other pages. Honestly, I'm not sure at this point why I would ever not want to be in edit mode. I suggest getting rid of modes and providing an undo to roll back any accidental changes.

Number of groups shown across width should be dynamic based on window size not fixed.

Re:Show HN: Curabase – Curate a list of links for yourself, ... by sheraz on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @05:29PM (#11632010)
Great feedback. Thank you.

I've been thinking about creating an anonymous user, and then "nag" user to complete signup later.

Re:Show HN: Curabase – Curate a list of links for yourself, ... by bborud on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @06:32PM (#11632473)
Yeah, I saw the signup page and left immediately.
Re:Show HN: Curabase – Curate a list of links for yourself, ... by sheraz on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @06:33PM (#11632486)
bummer :-/

Looks like I'll be prioritizing this in the next release(s)

Re:Show HN: Curabase – Curate a list of links for yourself, ... by enraged_camel on Thursday May 05, 2016 @01:50AM (#11634236)
Eh, don't worry about it too much. People who leave upon seeing sign up pages are probably not your ideal users anyway. No need to optimize the product for them.
Re:Show HN: Curabase – Curate a list of links for yourself, ... by NicoJuicy on Thursday May 05, 2016 @05:44AM (#11634841)
What do you think about http://tagly.azurewebsites.net/ (= username: demo & password: 123456 ) ( self plug)
Re:Show HN: Curabase – Curate a list of links for yourself, ... by kinj28 on Thursday May 05, 2016 @01:27AM (#11634177)
try teamgum.com

disclaimer - I am marketing head at company who spun it off as a side project