Comment by revorad | Hacker News Reader

Comment by revorad | Hacker News Reader

You need to improve your onboarding process.

The sign up process is slick but way too long. Need to provide some instant gratification.

Just because I like to check out new products, I was patient and did all the steps properly. But, in the end I just got a blank screen saying "this list is empty". That was pretty disappointing. Then I imported my Instapaper articles and still the list is empty.

If speed is an issue, why don't you just show me "today's popular articles" or just fetch the last 10 links I shared on twitter? Show me something or I might never come back. This is not exactly a space without competition.

Edit: I'd like to be able to save articles with a single click. The 2-click save thing is what everyone gets wrong and why I end up using Instapaper for all my bookmarking.

There are one-click bookmark lets for each list you create, as well as your inbox and read later list, on the tools page[1], under Quick Bookmarklets

[1]:https://kippt.com/tools/

Thanks, I didn't see that. Clicking on a list-specific bookmarklet didn't seem to work. So, I clicked a few times and then found that article saved multiple times. You need to provide some visual feedback while saving the article, otherwise it looks like it's not doing anything. Also, de-duplication would be nice.

Generally, I don't like managing bookmarks. I think that's what search is for. I should just be able to save pages with one click and then find them easily with search later on.

Bookmarklets for each list seem way too complicated. I don't want to have more than one kippt bookmarklet on my toolbar. So, I'll end up using your app just with one list bookmarklet.

If you find this is common among your users, then this could be the basis of a freemium model. Users like me with simple needs can use it for free. People who want multiple lists can pay a small fee.

If you're aiming the product only at power users who don't mind lots of complex options, then you can probably ignore my comments.

Thanks for the feedback. It's really helpful.

Generally we try to make the service as simple and effortless to use as possible. You shouldn't need to manage your bookmarks (if you don't want to, that what the search is for). The visual feedback has been long time on my to-do list, hopefully I get to it soon :)

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