Happy Holidays HN: our new web app for easy sharing with your family

Re:Happy Holidays HN: our new web app for easy sharing with ... by shawndrost on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @08:08PM (#408323)

I think you could cut some clutter, but mostly you need to use design cues (boxes, color, font size) to guide the user. Good candidates for removal: the "share with others" link, the "ShareThis" widget.

PS. I accidentally put my family's name in lowercase, and it looks like that can't be fixed.

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Re:Happy Holidays HN: our new web app for easy sharing with ... by markbao on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @08:12PM (#408328)

>I think you could cut some clutter, but mostly you need to use design cues (boxes, color, font size) to guide the user.

You're right. The design right now is pretty open. I will work on getting the design on track in terms of compartmentalizing things, adding images and icons to things, and the like.

>Good candidates for removal: the "share with others" link, the "ShareThis" widget.

We're removing ShareThis (since it goes against the privacy idea) but Share With Others public links can be emailed to people that aren't in the family, where non-family members can view and comment on the items. The public links are, however, secure, as they don't lead back to the main address of the family. So I think it's good to keep them. (Let me know if you think otherwise!)

>PS. I accidentally put my family's name in lowercase, and it looks like that can't be fixed.

I will implement changing the family name soon.

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