[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":598},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-2991206":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":5,"line_source":6,"title":7,"url":8,"domain":9,"maker":10,"posted_at":11,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":14,"rank_in_year":15,"shown_in_year":16,"top":17,"tier":18,"category":19,"subcategory":20,"format":21,"keywords":22,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":45,"post_text":48,"what":49,"said":102,"maker_in_thread":223,"shape":236,"grid":239,"attempts":561,"same_week":562,"maker_shows":17,"maker_hidden":590,"reader_version":591,"card":592},"2991206","Final Touch","title","Show HN: Final Touch","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.finaltouchapp.com\u002F","finaltouchapp.com","ThomPete",1315918907,2011,194,117,38,1097,4,"notable","dev_tools","mouse precision utility","desktop_app",[23,24,25,26],"mouse precision","mac mouse acceleration","mouse speed mac","pixel precision","mixed",0.006,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},18,27,7,15,67,{"design":36,"docs":39,"execution":41,"idea":42,"pricing":43,"performance":44},{"positive":37,"critical":38},5,2,{"positive":40,"critical":38},0,{"positive":40,"critical":38},{"positive":37,"critical":17},{"positive":17,"critical":37},{"positive":40,"critical":40},[37,46,17,46,37,37,37,40,47,47,46,40,46,40,46,40,40,47,37,46,46,47,37,37,47,47,47,38,37,47,17,46,47,17,47,46,37,46,47,47],1,3,null,{"problem":50,"audience":66,"pricing":77,"motivation":88,"time_to_build":48,"stack":98,"openness":99,"stage":100,"team_size":101},{"value":51,"source":52,"evidence":53},"Mouse pointer is too fast for precise pixel-level work","commenter",[54,58,62],{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},"2991289","danielh","A great idea, both the app and this post! Unless the unobstrusiveness is the main selling point, I would drop \"A small unobtrusive app that allows you to\" from the description…",{"id":59,"by":60,"text":61},"2991548","systemtrigger","Breathtaking design. Minor suggestions... Tighten the headline: \"Instantly change your mouse precision.\" On the Support page: 1) respell \"Suppport\" 2) add a space to…",{"id":63,"by":64,"text":65},"2991682","snsr","Handy, especially as I've moved to using touchpads most of the time. Seems like this should be a part of the OS itself. Site design is very clean. Nitpicks: - Web demo slider…",{"value":67,"source":52,"evidence":68},"Mac designers doing pixel-precise work",[69,73],{"id":70,"by":71,"text":72},"2991689","wtvanhest","I think $15.99 could potentially be too cheap. There are a finite number of developers who actually pay for stuff. It would be an interesting experiment to raise the price up to…",{"id":74,"by":75,"text":76},"2991391","evlapix","Agreed. If you were to add up the number of seconds a designer spends chasing that pixel color with the color picker, or drawing that selection\u002Fslice bounding box, or selecting…",{"value":78,"source":52,"evidence":79},"$15.99 on the Mac App Store",[80,84],{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"2991330","pxlpshr","15.99 is too expensive, IMO, but I guess you can make that decision based on sales data. I would experiment with 4.99. Something else a lot of people don't realize is that mouse…",{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"2991759","0x12","As for all these people bitching about the price of this app: If you think it is worth less than the value that it represents to you then you should go and re-create this app and…",{"value":89,"source":90,"evidence":91},"Maker is a designer who wanted a precision tool and sees a niche with no competitors","maker",[92,95],{"id":93,"by":10,"text":94},"2991268","I just though what I would be willing to pay my self as a designer. If I am wrong I will have to change it of course.",{"id":96,"by":10,"text":97},"2991362","It got approved Thursday and I havent done anything before today. The latest numbers I can see is till the 9\u002F11 and 5 people bought the app just by browning the app store. We…",[],"paid","launched","solo",{"praise":103,"objections":121,"requests":152,"questions":186,"alternatives":205},[104,113],{"value":105,"source":52,"evidence":106},"Polished, clean website and design",[107,108,109],{"id":59,"by":60,"text":61},{"id":63,"by":64,"text":65},{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"2991787","Jem","Tweeted about it for ya - have a small amount of designy followers who might be interested. Design is well done - polished and shiny, kinda how I sum up a mac (I say this as a…",{"value":114,"source":52,"evidence":115},"Interesting niche and transparent experiment",[116,117],{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},"2991477","blparker","Nice idea. I seen it initially on Forrst. I'm interested by the fact that you plan on being transparent about the numbers. Where do you plan on posting these figures?",[122,134,145],{"value":123,"source":52,"evidence":124},"Price of $15.99 is too high for a simple utility",[125,126,130],{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},{"id":127,"by":128,"text":129},"2991617","ajuc","My first knee jerk reaction was similiar - to grandparent - this app looks so simple, that with $15 price it seems you want to break even with 20 copies sold. Nothin wrong with…",{"id":131,"by":132,"text":133},"2991341","csomar","My two year old, $19, Microsoft mouse has already this with the software it come with. I don't mean to discourage you, but I think you spent more time on the design and execution…",{"value":135,"source":52,"evidence":136},"OS already has precision or pointer speed features",[137,141],{"id":138,"by":139,"text":140},"2991958","ww520","Nice website design and nice experiment. I hate to rain on the parade but most OS have implemented Precision Booster to exponentially slow down the mouse to allow precise control…",{"id":142,"by":143,"text":144},"2992061","superfamicom","SteerMouse does this as well, and much, much more, from the mouse itself, it's $20 http:\u002F\u002Fplentycom.jp\u002Fen\u002Fsteermouse\u002Findex.html",{"value":146,"source":52,"evidence":147},"Zooming in is the usual way designers gain precision",[148],{"id":149,"by":150,"text":151},"2992532","latitude","Have you at all checked if graphic designers need this sort of functionality? I tinker with pixel perfect designs quite extensively and zooming in is the way to get more…",[153,168,175],{"value":154,"source":52,"evidence":155},"Lower the price",[156,160,164],{"id":157,"by":158,"text":159},"2991593","n9com","Great app, but you need to drop the price to below $8 - I think this will help you maximise revenue. (based on my experience of having several top 50 apps on the mac app store…",{"id":161,"by":162,"text":163},"2991358","AndyJPartridge","I would buy this if the price was lower. Perhaps around $7.99, to make it £5 in the UK, more or less. Fantastic idea, fantastic site. Well done.",{"id":165,"by":166,"text":167},"2991803","conradr","+1 for the design and what everyone else have said. I would lower the price to something like £3 - £4 and don't create the illusion that the app has been discounted. It tells me…",{"value":169,"source":52,"evidence":170},"Add mouse acceleration disable feature",[171,172],{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},{"id":173,"by":82,"text":174},"2991599","I would buy it at $4.99 with the mouse acceleration disable feature. Right now I use USB Overdrive but it's 32-bit and I'm not sure if it's working properly in Lion. I have…",{"value":176,"source":52,"evidence":177},"Add a video demo",[178,182],{"id":179,"by":180,"text":181},"2991589","cosjef","Perhaps create a short video or animation that shows the problem, and how FinalTouch solves it. Put a short one on your landing page, and a longer one (with audio) on youtube.",{"id":183,"by":184,"text":185},"2991937","mittermayr","A video or a menu item where I can click and actually see how this improves what I have right now would be all I need to try it out - didn't see that?",[187,198],{"value":188,"source":52,"evidence":189},"How is the price chosen?",[190,194],{"id":191,"by":192,"text":193},"2991221","ra","Nice. How did you arrive at that price point?",{"id":195,"by":196,"text":197},"2991397","xutopia","How did you decide upon your price point?",{"value":199,"source":52,"evidence":200},"Which curve is used to change mouse speed?",[201],{"id":202,"by":203,"text":204},"2994075","biturd","There was a time a few years back where I put in a tremendous amount of time to locate a developer that could make a Mac OS X mouse drive. Apparently, from talking to a few…",[206,211,215],{"value":207,"source":52,"evidence":208},"USB Overdrive",[209,210],{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},{"id":202,"by":203,"text":204},{"value":212,"source":52,"evidence":213},"SteerMouse",[214],{"id":142,"by":143,"text":144},{"value":216,"source":52,"evidence":217},"Mouse software bundled with mice",[218,219],{"id":131,"by":132,"text":133},{"id":220,"by":221,"text":222},"2991280","mapleoin","Can't you just buy a mouse which has a dedicated dpi switcher button for basically the same amount of cash?",{"comments":224,"answered":225,"key":226},17,6,[227,230,233],{"id":228,"text":229},"2991231","Hello HN peeps. I would like to invite you to a little experiment. I have created probably the smallest niche app on the mac app store and I would like you to help me sell and…",{"id":231,"text":232},"2991256","I did myself. 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