Re:Show HN: Daydreamer – put your ideas on a timeline
by yodon on Saturday April 17, 2021 @12:04PM
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I'm on my phone. The only thing I can see when I go to your home page is a sign up page. I'm not going to sign up without seeing at least something of what this app is. Stop being so aggressive about trying to force signups. It doesn't work that way.
Account is only necessary to create or edit charts.
We don't gather emails or any other contacts during registration.
You can try these credentials
login: aaa
password: aaa
:)
> I'm on my phone. The only thing I can see when I go to your home page is a sign up page. I'm not going to sign up without seeing at least something of what this app is.
Mobile version is not ready yet.
It won't be much use anyway :)
Re:Show HN: Daydreamer – put your ideas on a timeline
by yodon on Saturday April 17, 2021 @03:44PM
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90+% of potential users will encounter your site first on their phone. If you want people to use your app, even if the app only works on desktop, the home page has to work as a marketing/informational site on mobile. That's just the way the web works. Also, I'm not one of the folks downvoting your response, but I do think you need to recognize there is a lot more to getting people to use your app than just building an app.
> I do think you need to recognize there is a lot more to getting people to use your app than just building an app.
Oh, I do realize that.
98% of the visitors won't be interested in the app no matter how fancy the landing page is.
2% might give it a try.
1% of the latter might find it useful.
Also took over the back button so I couldn’t get away.
Ok, thanks. We'll try to fix this in the upcoming release.
> Stop being so aggressive about trying to force signups. It doesn't work that way.
Actually, it is possible to see the app without registration. Unregistered users can view projects: e.g.
https://daydreamer.app/gantt/Hs4vMOqqLuNSwA6c_nGWD
Account is only necessary to create or edit charts.
We don't gather emails or any other contacts during registration. You can try these credentials
login: aaa
password: aaa
:)
> I'm on my phone. The only thing I can see when I go to your home page is a sign up page. I'm not going to sign up without seeing at least something of what this app is.
Mobile version is not ready yet. It won't be much use anyway :)
Desktop is not that dead :) Mobile traffic share is "only" about 60%. ( https://gs.statcounter.com/platform-market-share/desktop-mob... ). Though it might be higher for HN.
> I do think you need to recognize there is a lot more to getting people to use your app than just building an app.
Oh, I do realize that. 98% of the visitors won't be interested in the app no matter how fancy the landing page is. 2% might give it a try. 1% of the latter might find it useful.
username: aaa
password: aaa
Thanks for giving it a try!
Daydreamer (https://daydreamer.app) is a project planner with Gantt charts. Similar products are TeamGantt, GanttPRO, Instagantt .
The source code is free and open and available at Github: https://github.com/abrdk/Daydreamer .
Give it a try and post some feedback: overall impression, suggestions, etc!
I would appreciate if you help spread the word about the project.
Thanks!