Ask HN: Review our webapp (Sproost); team met on HN

Re:Ask HN: Review our webapp (Sproost); team met on HN by biohacker42 on Friday January 09, 2009 @04:32PM (#427134)

I liked it a lot.

But I did stop at entering my email address.

Sites like HN have spoiled me with their fast and easy signup. I'd make giving one's email optional.

Remember signup is one of the biggest hurdles any website has. The easier you make it the more people will do it.

Especially if someone is just playing around and has not created dozens of rooms, the worst that could happen is they take the test again.

And I must say the test is fast, short and fun, perfect.

P.S.

Browsed around some more and came back to add to my comment.

If I'm going to be buying furniture over the internet I am going to need A LOT of technical information.

And A LOT of pictures, not just different angles of nicely made bed, but the assembly process as well.

P.P.S.

Bug?: http://www.bobbyberkhome.com/product/bedroom/19393/modloft-w...

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Re:Ask HN: Review our webapp (Sproost); team met on HN by yangyang42 on Saturday January 10, 2009 @08:27AM (#427920)

I disagree on the signup.

I think the placement of the signup is quite nice. Why? because my test result accurate depicted my taste and I was curious to see more.

Needless to say, I signed up.

Didn't buy anything though... everything was way expensive.

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Re:Ask HN: Review our webapp (Sproost); team met on HN by rtc on Friday January 09, 2009 @06:43PM (#427314)

yes - account creation lets you save rooms that you've created (we have people who have spent hours putting together different room combinations) but you're right about the high hurdle and we'll shortly be releasing a version that you can use all the way through without signing up.

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