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real-time collaboration widget
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How HN took it
0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.49.
Idea: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for low-stakes shared pages like watching videos together
From 1 comment
Some feedback from someone who's running a customer support SaaS with some thousands of users. Tickets is our core feature. And we indeed have the requirement to show that…
felixding on HN
Objections
Knowing someone is viewing is not useful for ticketing; needs live sync of changes
From 1 comment
Some feedback from someone who's running a customer support SaaS with some thousands of users. Tickets is our core feature. And we indeed have the requirement to show that…
felixding on HN
Price too high for a small feature
From 1 comment
Some feedback. The first thing I though "oh again someone trying to solve the same problem". I remember from CVS locks up to CRM messages saying "the user X is editing this…
nudpiedo on HN
Terminology: editing matters more than viewing
From 2 comments
My first reaction was 'huh? Why would I care if Sally is also viewing this page?' Looking at what it says on your website, it's clearer: what you really care about is if Sally is…
rwallace on HNSure you can change the text, but from sales perspective you'd better put more emphasis on "editing" rather than "viewing".
kozak on HN
SSL certificate reported as untrusted
From 2 comments
Trying to connect to your website, my browser tells me your certificate has been signed by an unknown authority. Weird, comodo seems legit to me ... but happens with chrome and…
hrbrtglm on HNChrome 43.0.2357.81 Safari 8.0.6 http://imgur.com/s4yQqLk
hrbrtglm on HN
Requests
One-time payment option instead of subscription
From 1 comment
Some feedback. The first thing I though "oh again someone trying to solve the same problem". I remember from CVS locks up to CRM messages saying "the user X is editing this…
nudpiedo on HN
Questions
Should small features like this be productized as a service?
From 1 comment
I upvoted this specifically to see a discussion of whether such small features can/should be productized.
kozak on HN
Alternatives named
Building the feature in-house or using version control
From 2 comments
Some feedback. The first thing I though "oh again someone trying to solve the same problem". I remember from CVS locks up to CRM messages saying "the user X is editing this…
nudpiedo on HNMy first reaction was 'huh? Why would I care if Sally is also viewing this page?' Looking at what it says on your website, it's clearer: what you really care about is if Sally is…
rwallace on HN