Show HN: INeedAResume – Modern free resume generator
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I'm also looking for some feedback on the UX/UI. If you have any suggestions on improving anything, please let me know!
Thanks for putting this out there, I otherwise like the presentation of the form.
I am curious how you are doing the PDF generation, I have small POS app that does report generation and I ended up using wkhtmltopdf.
I can go back using arrow keys after making an error, but I didn't even know that was an option until reading the comments in this thread since I so rapidly skimmed through the introductory headlines. One doesn't expect to learn about a new/foreign navigation method under a headline titled 'SUPER DUPER SIMPLE', and so I missed it entirely.
The geo-locate area code, while maybe convenient for some, is creepy. I'd prefer another set of '555' 's or (xxx), but that's probably just me. I don't need help remembering what area code my primary phone number is within, and in my case the suggestion was incorrect anyway.
I very much like the styling and the liveliness of the UI otherwise. It feels very polished.
1. I found having the navigation mapped to my arrow keys super frustrating.
2. Embedding your URL into the finished product is unnecessary and as an employer, I would find it off-putting.
Address both of those points and I will happily plug the crap out of this.
I would suggest that considering that he already has an html based generator, he could use that and then pandoc [0] on the backend to convert to pdf and (optionally) print.
[0]http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/
PS - To the author - the standard keyboard shortcut for moving to the next form field is tab, why not use that?
I'm working on finding something better than the arrow navigation. I thought it was a good idea at first, but then realized it's annoying when using the textarea boxes to type paragraphs because you're unable to switch between letters. I'll definitely be disabling it now until I find something better!
As for the URL in the finished product, that's there by default since I'm relying on Chrome's "Print Page" function, and I have no control over those settings. I need to find a way to tell the user that they can click "More Settings" then uncheck "Show Headers & footers" to remove that. It's just hard to display since I can't show anything over that dialog.
Again, Thanks for the feedback though!
Pro-tip if you are unemployed, send in a Word document and not a PDF and you are substantially more likely to get a reply. I know it is idiotic, but would you not rather have a job?
Not sure what part of Europe you are referring to but that certainly doesn't apply to the UK & Ireland.