Streak.com
Web and SaaS
crm inside gmail
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
23 positive, 32 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 15 critical, out of 75 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.
Idea: 11 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 9 againstDesign: 5 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 4 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Simple and easy to use
From 3 comments
Amazing work guys. Played with it a bit and looks really intuitive and easy to use!
jayzee on HNLooks like you could create a Pipeline for each project, and then add the boxes to the project pipeline. It would be nice if you could save a pipeline setup so you don't have to…
chrisfarms on HNCongrats on the launch! I love the UI and set-up process, it's very smooth.
joshuareeves on HN
Useful for hiring, sales and support teams
From 3 comments
We've been using Streak to help with hiring, fundraising, and business development at MixRank. It works really well. I'd highly recommend it to anyone that needs to stay on top…
smilliken on HNJust started using it for our hiring funnel at AeroFS and I already love it. Well done!
yurisagalov on HNAlready got my support and deployments team using Streak and its been an amazing experience! Constantly adding new features and making our lives easier.
latifnanji on HN
Objections
Breaks when Gmail changes its interface
From 2 comments
Nicely done. Two concerns: 1) exposure to breakage when Gmail changes, 2) potential introduction of protection against invasive integration. Google has three options: 1) turn a…
donpark on HNLooks cool - although my cynical assumption is that this product a) would work great in demos with a simple number of folders,etc and b) will be bitch to maintain given when…
harshaw on HN
Privacy concerns about sharing email with a third party
From 3 comments
I've been trying to manage customers with emails for a while. What a nightmare. This looks like a great product. But, I'm not sure I'm willing to share all my emails. I think a…
toblender on HNGiven that Google might acquire your company, why would you want to provide it with 100% of your sales, support and bug tracking information?
jpdoctor on HNIn order to use Streak you have to give oauth access to your inbox. We use that data in order to link you to your emails from within Streak. Specifically on Streak's servers we…
OmarIsmail on HN
Requests
Chrome only; other browsers requested
From 2 comments
Right now we only support Chrome. In the future we'll be in all the major browsers.
OmarIsmail on HNLooks great, but no FF 10 support?
instakill on HN
Salesforce integration
From 1 comment
Any plans for Salesforce integration? Can you use SF.com as a backend?
temphn on HN
Public API
From 1 comment
Wow. This is really great. We are just at a point where we consider switching away from Lighthouse for bug tracking. Do you provide - or plan to provide - an api, so it's…
troels on HN
Questions
How does multi-user sharing work
From 2 comments
This looks awesome - I'd love more information about how it works in a multi-user environment. For example, if 3 guys in my company do sales, how do we prevent everyone…
tomblomfield on HNWe don't go into it much on the homepage but we think Streak really does well here. You can share a sales pipeline to specific people or to your entire domain and you can assign…
alooPotato on HN
Compatibility with Rapportive
From 2 comments
I was literally thinking earlier today that I wish someone would write this app. Unfortunately it doesn't play well with Rapportive profiles for me (HD Beach theme, comfortable…
petenixey on HNWe do play nice with Rapportive usually, but ya difficult to test all different configurations. Will have to troubleshoot that with your specific settings.
OmarIsmail on HN
Alternatives named
Salesforce
From 2 comments
Don't worry, Salesforce has big pockets. I think they will be fine. Great product.
scottkrager on HNI use Streak as a "Personal Salesforce". It has been incredibly useful because it helps me stay on top of 30 different conversations in 5 different contexts.
ajju on HN
Rapportive
From 1 comment
I was literally thinking earlier today that I wish someone would write this app. Unfortunately it doesn't play well with Rapportive profiles for me (HD Beach theme, comfortable…
petenixey on HN
Boomerang
From 1 comment
Crap - I definitely want Rapportive, but glad I can get rid of Boomerang.
bkruse on HN
HelpScout
From 1 comment
This is great timing! We just hired a customer support person this week, and we started using HelpScout.net, but we aren't finding that it's very polished. We're going to give…
andrewljohnson on HN