Overall, I like the idea a lot: it's Anki specifically for building your vocabulary. That said, I struggled a lot with the UX.
I think you need to make it more obvious that this is a preview and today you can only use words starting with S.
Changing the initial text in the search to 'Try searching for a word beginning with S...' would go a long way.
I'd also explain the product to people a bit more when on the landing page (without the copy above I would have been baffled) rather than launching them straight into it.
The login / sign up experience is a bit confusing. UX wise the view conflates sign up / login with information about the browser extensions. In my view, it's also a bit early to force people to use passkeys as the only way to login. Regardless, the whole button should be clickable rather than just the key.
The flying text is quite distracting.
On desktop, it's really not obvious that there is a button at the bottom right which has a lot of settings.
I also think there are very few people who would commit to spending $15.64 a month (1564 is Shakespeare's birthdate - nice) without some sort of free trial or at least having more of a go at using the app with more words than just daily one.
Sorry if that's harsh but that's my honest view. As I said, I like the idea overall. There is very little chance I'd spend $15.64 on this as it stands or if ever though.
Thanks for the constructive criticism! There’s definitely room for improvement.
The design was intended to be minimalistic, but perhaps overly so. The preview could indeed be clarified: The letter corresponds to the day of the month, so the A headwords are unlocked on the 1st. Today’s the 19th, hence S.
The cards in the login/signup sheet are notifications, but I agree that the (non-dismissible) signup notification should be clickable. It’s not obvious that the padlock and key icons are buttons. As for passkeys, I do think they are ready for prime time, but password-less login will require user-friendly onboarding. The terse explanation on the Help page doesn’t cut it.
The five words sliding across the home page are currently hard-coded, but will soon cycle every weekday. You can turn off this upcoming “word-a-day” feature at https://flowery.app/settings.
I’m delighted that someone caught the Shakespeare reference! The product’s value should converge to its price as it evolves.
Nice! Good luck anyway and congrats getting this out of the door. I know how difficult it can be to get to this stage. With some UX refinement then I think you'll have a nice proposition. As you said, pricing can evolve.
I decided to roll my own virtual keyboard after a protracted battle with inconsistencies and quirks across mobile browsers. The glaring difference is that the native keyboard slides the viewport upward on iOS (pushing the fixed header off screen), whereas it shrinks it on Android (causing relayout that repositions any UI element fixed to the bottom).
Also, notice how the search box is anchored to (and animates with) the virtual keyboard. This effect cannot even be achieved with the experimental VirtualKeyboard API, which is not supported by WebKit anyway.
Personally, I think this should have been a nice to have (if at all). There are other areas of the product which could have been refined which would have had a bigger impact (intro and sign up journey).
Hey Dan, what makes this better than other project management tools?
It wasn't obvious to me that I could scroll to read more. I clicked 'Get started' to find out more. I think it might be at least worth making it more obvious that you can scroll.
Thanks for the feedback, and sorry for the long response time.
I have tried to make this tool target the specific niche of freelancers to meet their needs as best as I could think of. I am currently trying to add more AI features to the tool to make the product stand out more as a lot of the responses have been asking why the software is unique.
I will make sure to show that you can scroll as this is a problem that has been highlighted by a few people.
Again thanks for the feedback, hope this helps answer your question.
I have worked with lots of codebases using UIKit constraints in code. These were non-trivial apps (200k lines of code). You can create wrappers of your own to simplify things or use libraries like Snapkit. It works and there's no need to use Storyboards.
The bad codebase I'm thinking of was 120 kloc. But I'll take your word for it being possible to do better than that example, one example is merely an anecdote.
I came to write the same. I live in Thailand in a place with tons of jungle. It is common around here that cats die due to getting stuck in a tight spot because of the collar. I personally lost my first cat due to this. Now i am aware and will never put a collar on a cat if it hasn't got quick release. Such a horrible way to die. Quick release is for me a hard requirement.
Of course you could add a quick release/stretchy part to the collar so it is safe, but that also means that the tracker would easily get lost (especially if the cat isnt used to collars since kittenhood, they tend to be too annoyed by them and try to remove them)
Have cats with a tabcat each. The safety collar comes off a couple of times a year, once or twice it's been inaccessible - neighbour won't let you in and cant find it themselves, on a roof, etc.
For those worried about collars, I can confirm that https://www.coolcatcollars.co.uk collars do come off. You can also use a luggage scale to measure the force it takes to release.
You're right, partially. Yes, you can track the tracker itself and go to that location. But that location might be inaccessible to humans, or the cat might drop the tracker somewhere where it gets unusable, say a bit of water for example.
Also, whats the point of a tracker if its not on the cat?
It's a numbers game. A tabcat used to be £16 to replace the tracker, if you always replace, and they don't lose it that frequently, then it's highly likely that they'll have it in case of emergency. This device is probably more expensive to replace (and unfortunately the tabcat is now £60 to replace, although you do get two trackers for that cost)
It's better that it "malfunction" and fall up by mistake than not falling off when needed.
If it do falls off (by mistake or because the quick release did its intended job), at least you now have a good starting point where to go search for the cat. Assuming it doesn't fall off the very first day, you might also have a good idea or sense of in which area the cats normally goes strolling due to the tracking feature.
> or the cat might drop the tracker somewhere where it gets unusable, say a bit of water for example.
The dog GPS collars made by e.g. Whistle are waterproof, IPX8.
You might not get a cell signal under a couple of feet of water, but that much water also means you probably aren't finding the gadget even if you have a recent GPS fix.
> Also, what's the point of a tracker if it's not on the cat?
Well, if your cat is one that tolerates a collar most of the time, he'll have the tracker on most of the time, which is better than no tracking at all. One of our cats tolerates a collar without any problem.
For an indoor outdoor-occasionally GPS-tracked cat, collars are fine. There is no case where they will get themselves into trouble and be unaccompanied to ruin.
I mean, if you're concerned about the cat's health, keeping it indoors (or in a cat patio) is probably going to reduce the risks to the cats health way more than skipping a collar will, and you won't need a collar.
In some cases it is the opposite...but I guess you think you should be put under house arrest for your mental health too. There are so many dangers outside.
I think you need to make it more obvious that this is a preview and today you can only use words starting with S.
Changing the initial text in the search to 'Try searching for a word beginning with S...' would go a long way.
I'd also explain the product to people a bit more when on the landing page (without the copy above I would have been baffled) rather than launching them straight into it.
The login / sign up experience is a bit confusing. UX wise the view conflates sign up / login with information about the browser extensions. In my view, it's also a bit early to force people to use passkeys as the only way to login. Regardless, the whole button should be clickable rather than just the key.
The flying text is quite distracting.
On desktop, it's really not obvious that there is a button at the bottom right which has a lot of settings.
I also think there are very few people who would commit to spending $15.64 a month (1564 is Shakespeare's birthdate - nice) without some sort of free trial or at least having more of a go at using the app with more words than just daily one.
Sorry if that's harsh but that's my honest view. As I said, I like the idea overall. There is very little chance I'd spend $15.64 on this as it stands or if ever though.