OpenLoopz
Productivity
task management
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
3 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score +0.05.
Design: 3 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
New landing page is much clearer about what the product is
From 4 comments
This is one of the best examples of someone taking the Hacker News beating of a lifetime and turning it into something great. I have to say that original site was nothing but…
greggh on HNWow. What a transformation. I understand the product very well now. The video is a fantastic addition (some kinks need to be worked out, but others have addressed those). My…
mydpy on HNLooks so much better than the first version!
Drei01Matt on HNWow - MAJOR improvement. This is awesome.
aepearson on HN
Clear that it works for both teams and single users
From 1 comment
Wow great improvement. I actually understand what your product is now. I really like that you made it clear it was for both teams and single users as this answered my first…
marshallford on HN
Objections
Name is confusing and dated; 'Loop' and 'z' suggest beatmaking
From 2 comments
This looks totally awesome, but man, the name... it just doesn't communicate your purpose right away, but rather confuses it! I might be of the electronic music generation, but…
cnp on HNThis is one of the best examples of someone taking the Hacker News beating of a lifetime and turning it into something great. I have to say that original site was nothing but…
greggh on HN
'Loops' terminology is jargony and unnatural
From 1 comment
Agreed. Great update—I finally understand the product. I also agree with the last line from greggh, too. Calling the things "Loops" is a bit weird and jargony. Something like…
sjs382 on HN
Requests
Rename basic unit 'loops' to 'cards' and possibly 'stacks'
From 1 comment
Agreed. Great update—I finally understand the product. I also agree with the last line from greggh, too. Calling the things "Loops" is a bit weird and jargony. Something like…
sjs382 on HN
Shorten hover-over text and use direct rhetoric and quotes from users
From 1 comment
Wow. What a transformation. I understand the product very well now. The video is a fantastic addition (some kinks need to be worked out, but others have addressed those). My…
mydpy on HN
Fix horizontal scroll and small text on low screen sizes
From 1 comment
Wow great improvement. I actually understand what your product is now. I really like that you made it clear it was for both teams and single users as this answered my first…
marshallford on HN
Make the demo video load faster by re-recording without zoom
From 1 comment
Looking much better! Small suggestion on the video: the zooming out is probably causing a large increase in size and consequently load time (took about 35 seconds to load to…
ljoshua on HN
Questions
Should the name change to Loop or OpenLoop?
From 1 comment
Thanks for the great feedback everyone! I needed to get something up quickly so there wasn't time to go through a name change. I definitely agree I have a naming problem however,…
pdrummond on HN
Should the GTD concept of open loops be explained on the site?
From 1 comment
Thanks for the great feedback everyone! I needed to get something up quickly so there wasn't time to go through a name change. I definitely agree I have a naming problem however,…
pdrummond on HN