Re:Review my 4-hour project: a site where you can send secre...
by nbd on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @10:46AM
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Nice idea. Here are a couple of thoughts:
- How about showing the beginning of the message in the tweet? Something like:
Hey @Recipient, someone sent you a secret message: "Start of the messa....", read the rest at ...
This could be optional when creating the message, or you could let the sender pick out a phrase or few words they want to be displayed publicly.
- Does the actual message being sent have to conform to Twitter's 140-character limit? It's a little unclear on your site. If so, maybe add a Javascript counter that counts down available characters as you type. If not, this is a nice feature of your service (send longer directed messages to Twitter members) that you might want to list.
- The quote you are using ("Secrets are made to be found out in time") is cool, but implies that the service isn't really so secret.
- How about showing the beginning of the message in the tweet? Something like:
Hey @Recipient, someone sent you a secret message: "Start of the messa....", read the rest at ...
This could be optional when creating the message, or you could let the sender pick out a phrase or few words they want to be displayed publicly.
- Does the actual message being sent have to conform to Twitter's 140-character limit? It's a little unclear on your site. If so, maybe add a Javascript counter that counts down available characters as you type. If not, this is a nice feature of your service (send longer directed messages to Twitter members) that you might want to list.
- The quote you are using ("Secrets are made to be found out in time") is cool, but implies that the service isn't really so secret.