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Ask HN: Review our webapp - Apollo

4 pointshitonagashi4 comments

Link: www.useapollo.com

Hi there,

We are a small Ruby on Rails shop, based in Shropshire(UK), and we've been using Apollo to collaborate with our clients on designs for sites. Based on some feedback, we've released it for general use.

We intend for the core functionality to remain free, and we'd appreciate any feedback on features the community might find useful. This isn't aimed at the high end graphic design company market, it's just something that's simple to use for quick feedback from a team or client. If there's any reason why you wouldn't use it, or any suggestions about how we can improve it, please let us know.

Thanks for reading! :) Joe Pym 27 Stars

You should work on your copy on the main page. It isn't clear exactly what the app does. You discuss what it is (a way to get comments from another group), but I had trouble trying to picture exactly how it works. As near I can tell, I work on a doc (image, whatever), then can share it with other people who can comment on it, within a protected area of a site. That isn't too clear from the front page.

Thanks for the feedback! :). It's very much appreciated. And yes, that is how it works.

You solved my problem there. Just make sure it can be used to clients intuitively and you're on.

We currently use it with our clients, and we haven't had any problems with it.

From the client side, when you invite someone, they get sent a link with a url in, that automatically logs them into the image, and it's one click image commenting in exactly the same manner as the designers side. They also get emailed when new notes get added by you, with a link in each email so they can go to the proof.

If we have any issues with clients, we'll be the first ones looking to update the UI...without the clients, it's pretty much a useless tool after all.

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