@alexisohanian yay!! Congrats. :-)
Some quick notes for you, fwiw:
- It looks great at first glance! Login was super easy.
- The compact view is 🔑 and I'm surprised it's not the default view because it feels the most Reddit-y. Unfortunately, my love of compact view means I now have to switch to compact view for each subreddit I'm subscribed to.
- Having my default feed in the Alien tab is perfect. (I never liked how Alien Blue handled this.)
- The "four circles" icon for the discover/search tab doesn't seem right. I also don't really care about subscriber count on my subscribed reddits, but maybe it's the best you've got as a proxy for activity.
- I'm surprised by the r/ convention everywhere. I'm sure you have a good (branding?) reason for it but honestly I'd prefer just "books" to "r/books" when I'm in Reddit-land.
- The pencil icon usually means "edit", but for this app it means "post." I think that's confusing.
- Nice animations! Esp. liking the upvote animation.
Hope this helps.
@tashian hey Carl! How are ya??!
- great! thank you!
- you can make it site-wide default in settings
- huzzah!
- I'd personally love to get more people subscribing (and even understanding that they can do it). What icon would you recommend?
- r/ is the hotness. it's our thing
- ah, interesting....
- POP! I love it, too.
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@alexisohanian ok my two cents--
Instead of the pencil I'd try the conventional "+", which seems like the only thing both Google and Apple agree on.
Getting the tab icon right is harder-- I would test a few options and see what works for people: ⭐, 🔎, and 📂 come to mind...
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@alexisohanian also, when you say "get more people subscribing" I think having a smooth UX flow for first time users to find a few subreddits they like would be a great way to introduce the idea, rather than throwing them into the default set. maybe you already have this.
@doney Sorry, I love stroopwafels, too. We want to roll it out worldwide, of course, but for now we're now available in the US, Canada, UK, and Australia. Launching apps in other countries requires a little bit more diligence than just making a website available globally.
@bolivar Thank you! Supporting deletion of messages is certainly something that's on the list, but fairly far down compared to some of the other things we want to get in :)
I've been a paid Alien Blue user for years and super looking forward to giving this a shot for the next few days.
So far, it's totally blowing me away. The responsiveness is pretty unbelievable. I was expecting a lot of polish, but this is fluid in a way that exceeded those already high expectations.
My only concern is the same as @devin_soni's: I feel like the "Compact" option could definitely be more compact.
Love the work y'all have done!
@brendonbigley@devin_soni Thank you so much, we worked really hard on that! One of our favorite descriptions a redditor gave in the beta testing group was "buttery smooth" - now it's sort of become our benchmark/motto ;)
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Super excited. Anyone having troubles finding the app in the store? Even the link on the Reddit landing page doesn't pull it up.
@elane04 We're starting in US, UK, Canada and Australia. If you're outside of those countries, we'll have you covered soon! Otherwise, lmk and I'll look into it!
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@ahiggz yes, I am in the US. Strange. Do you the App Store page link to paste here below?
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