Design-Feedback & Prototyping for teams
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- janmc
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- Continuity0
Sigh.
Looks like Basecamp. Smells like Basecamp.
I know you're probably really proud of this, and I suppose you should be since you worked hard on it, but it's simply not bringing anything new to the table.
On top of that, its concept — design feedback and prototyping for teams — seems entirely too esoteric to be a stand-alone product. To be truly effective, it would need to be integrated into a broader project management framework; which is kind of there, but nerfed.
I really wish all of these apps added key business functionality, like cost estimate systems, and less freestyle project management methodologies.
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- I feel the same way. It's OK.d_rek
- If this was integrated into something like Solo from Thrive, then we'd be talking. But it's not.Continuity
- Also, janmc, I feel a bit bad pissing on your corn flakes like that, but I just wanted to give an honest impression.Continuity
- d_rek0
It looks like a good too. One that could be really useful.
I agree with Continuity though about integrating with other project management solutions. Maybe you would be better served by trying to market this technology to developers of project management software?
And here's my personal experience with tools like this: As an individual designer and one who works with a small team we evaluate dozens of similar software and applications on a yearly basis. It's not that these tools aren't good or useful. It's that it's a monumental task to start implementing one-off tools into our current workflow and project management system (we use basecamp).
And good luck getting our clients to login and use another third-party tool to give us feedback. For Clients, Email is as good as it gets. We're lucky if Basecamp gains any traction with most of our clients.
So to reiterate, this would definitely be a welcome addition to a system like Basecamp - or whatever your preferred project management system is. But as a one-off tool I think it's a tough sell.
- Continuity0
^ Too right about clients not giving a toss about the latest online collaboration toy your shop is using.
At one agency in which I worked, it was actually the other way round: most of our major clients had this sort of in-house feedback web app of their own that _we_ would have to use. So you can imagine trying to integrate four or five of these into your daily workflow. Fuckin' headache.
