Ask HN: Review my startup, colaab - A Silverlight 2 RIA for rich, real-time collaboration

Re:Ask HN: Review my startup, colaab - A Silverlight 2 RIA f... by ashleyw on Monday January 12, 2009 @11:05AM (#430585)

• Silverlight could be an issue, the adoption rate isn't that great so the majority of visitors would have to install a plugin to be able to do anything — people get turned away from sites because of a slow loading page, so being prompted to install a plugin may be enough for them to bounce back to where they came from. Plus of course a lot of corporate environments have a ban on installing new software, and a lot of mobile devices (iPhones, etc.) don't even have Flash, so Silverlight is a long way off...

• Black — arrggg! Personally I hate websites which have a colour palette ranging from #ccc to #000! They even disorientate me a bit…I think! It may just be me, but somehow I doubt the rest of the world loves such a dull colour.

However it's a very impressive app, you can tell you [guys (?)] have put a lot of work into it, and I wish you the best of luck — if I needed such a product I'd be MORE than willing to pay for Colaab! :)

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Re:Ask HN: Review my startup, colaab - A Silverlight 2 RIA f... by stormideas on Monday January 12, 2009 @12:10PM (#430721)

I'm hopeful that the Silverlight plugin issue becomes less and less over the course of the next few months / years. Microsoft are pushing hard for adoption so (for me at least!) fingers crossed.

Already had some great suggestions from HN on ways to improve in initial experience (flash intro video, html sign-up form).

Shame you don't like the black but glad you found the application positive - I've put almost every spare waking hour into it over the last year, so hopefully there's enough people out there who share your opinion (about paying for it) for it to become a viable business.

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