Re:Ask HN: Review my startup, howistheweather.in
by baberuth on Thursday March 03, 2011 @10:07AM
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The good: Great job building something. Producing something is always a win.
The bad: I don't want to rain on your parade, but I don't get the value proposition. Now I just type "chicago weather" in my chrome toolbar and google tells me everything I'm looking for.
More pointed advice, regarding execution:
1. There's only one thing to do on the front page. Make the input box already have focus so the user can just start typing.
2. Be smart about queries: I typed in "Chicago" http://howistheweather.in/#chicago which is a major US city, and I didn't get to a page that told me the weather. I got to a list of 10 matches: 8 in Chicago, 1 in Indiana, 1 in California. You should be returning whatever city Google returns to me.
3. I accidentally typed howstheweather.in instead of howistheweather.in, which does the same thing.
The bad: I don't want to rain on your parade, but I don't get the value proposition. Now I just type "chicago weather" in my chrome toolbar and google tells me everything I'm looking for.
More pointed advice, regarding execution:
1. There's only one thing to do on the front page. Make the input box already have focus so the user can just start typing.
2. Be smart about queries: I typed in "Chicago" http://howistheweather.in/#chicago which is a major US city, and I didn't get to a page that told me the weather. I got to a list of 10 matches: 8 in Chicago, 1 in Indiana, 1 in California. You should be returning whatever city Google returns to me.
3. I accidentally typed howstheweather.in instead of howistheweather.in, which does the same thing.