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I think the idea is a great one, just not for this audience. Hackers use the desktop as little as possible, but my mother clutters her desktop with EVERYTHING.

Personally, I think you are on a good path. After using it briefly it felt pretty good. The biggest problem you will have is getting traction (as others have mentioned), and I do not really have any good ideas on how to solve that.

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I agree with this sentiment. It's difficult to gauge broader market appeal on a site like HN if your app is better suited for the "average" person. We all tend to look at stuff through our developer/hacker/designer/startup lenses and lose sight of the fact that 99% of people will evaluate what you've built in a far different light than this crowd. At your next family reunion, see how many people have heard of Dropbox, Basecamp or Xobni.

My advice to the creator(s): Don't get discouraged. This is a cool idea and most importantly, you've shipped something. Keep going.

I also agree, but I still think the HN community is great for getting feedback. It's true that we're not really aimed at hackers. However, a similar site to us AllMyFaves.com just hit 100M page views (http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6U_mVE_...), and I doubt HN users would use them either. Thanks for the encouragement!

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