Onboarded
Dev tools
user onboarding service
SHOW HN2015
54points
37comments
#524of 2,565 in 2015
Top 21%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
1 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score -0.37.
Pricing: 0 for, 4 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Unobtrusive and flexible, can be styled as modal, fullscreen or inline
From 1 comment
One of the goals we had when we designed Onboarded was for it to be unobtrusive yet flexible. It can be used to accomplish just what you are saying. The styling as overlay/modal…
ObserverEffect on HN
Objections
Pricing not disclosed up front; open conversation is off-putting
From 3 comments
> pricing is an open conversation I do not want pricing to be an open conversation. That sounds horrible to me. To take a wild guess - maybe you think that an open conversation…
robzyb on HNGonna agree with others that I don't like "pricing is an open conversation". Sounds like you just don't know what to price it at. Why not just start with something and then…
rajacombinator on HNI'd love to get an idea of the pricing before I sign up for a trial. I don't want to spend time trying out a product that will end up costing more than I'm willing to pay for it.
mkilling on HN
Modal overlay onboarding is intrusive; prefers baked-in design
From 1 comment
I never really like this style of on boarding. Mostly because I can 'see' the app behind the dialogs and I just want to start using it. Much prefer is on boarding is baked into…
supercoder on HN
Forced onboarding forms and feature tours annoy users
From 3 comments
I could not disagree more. I am never interested in building a social profile or entering preferences to some app I'm unfamiliar with. Like others comment, I'd like to get to…
vandingmils on HNI may be an atypical and less social (more asocial?) than others. Or maybe I'm old and impatient. Or all the above. Making me fill out, really anything, before I can drive the…
ci5er on HNThis kind of response makes me think of the mandatory training missions that have started populating the introductory levels of many videogames - Even though movement is the same…
stephengillie on HN
Docs and marketing do not clearly explain the product
From 2 comments
First - apologies. There is a point to this. I apparently like taking the scenic route to get there. I'm at the tail end of roughing out the high level design of a pretty large…
ci5er on HNThere is something a bit ironic about a web site which claims to be 'the most effective way to communicate with new users' showing me a YouTube video to explain what they do ...
aquark on HN
Requests
Show more non-modal and alternative style examples
From 3 comments
I'm your target customer. I need to rework my onboarding flow but haven't done it yet because it seems like a huge pain. Would like to see better examples of the non-modal…
rajacombinator on HNMaybe in the intro path in addition to saying 'let me out' you could have an option like 'i like the concept, but show me a different style' and then take a few example paths to…
bobbles on HNOk sounds interesting. Because I'm dumb and short of time, I could only take it at face value. I sort of want to come away lusting to have the feature on my site. Be great to see…
supercoder on HN
Show pricing up front
From 2 comments
I'd love to get an idea of the pricing before I sign up for a trial. I don't want to spend time trying out a product that will end up costing more than I'm willing to pay for it.
mkilling on HNFirst - apologies. There is a point to this. I apparently like taking the scenic route to get there. I'm at the tail end of roughing out the high level design of a pretty large…
ci5er on HN
Questions
How does it compare to WalkMe?
From 1 comment
We use http://www.walkme.com at Top Hat, how does this compare?
axiom on HN
Is it different from writing custom JavaScript with Segment?
From 1 comment
What's really the advantage of this over writing 50 lines of javascript to automatically do the same thing and using segment.com to track events?
adambratt on HN
Does Onboarded use Onboarded?
From 1 comment
Does Onboarded use Onboarded?
newobj on HN
Alternatives named
WalkMe
From 1 comment
We use http://www.walkme.com at Top Hat, how does this compare?
axiom on HN
Appcues
From 1 comment
This seems similar to Appcues (http://appcues.com/). Appcues is oriented at PMs though. I'm not sure what the market is for a product which requires messing with the HTML of the…
sfeng on HN
Joyride (Zurb) and Hopscotch (LinkedIn)
From 2 comments
reminds me of http://zurb.com/playground/jquery-joyride-feature-tour-plugin zurbs joyride for foundation
killerpopiller on HNOr LinkedIn's Hopscotch http://linkedin.github.io/hopscotch/
Vekz on HN
Impromptu.js
From 1 comment
How different would your service be to using something like impromptu.js https://github.com/trentrichardson/jQuery-Impromptu
carrotleads on HN
Segment with custom JavaScript
From 1 comment
What's really the advantage of this over writing 50 lines of javascript to automatically do the same thing and using segment.com to track events?
adambratt on HN