Comments on “Rough Draft
Anna Cates@_annacates · Interaction Designer & Entrepreneur
Love the site (the "typing" is a really cool way to show what the product is about), love the onboarding and the simplicity of the UI. Everything is set up just right to get you focused on the task, no clutter, everything appears and disappears just as you need it. Really good job.
Corey Lee@factorzero · Designer
@_annacates Very happy to hear that. We spent a ton of time trying to get the onboarding just right.
Benjamin Cates@catesb · CEO, heyi.am
@factorzero @_annacates Hi Corey, Ben here, Anna's much less talented (newish) husband. :) Anna was raving about the UX in First Draft and insisted I try it so I did and I am not disappointed. I did, however, find what may be a bug. When deleting something (which I try desperately hard to avoid as apparently I have strikeout OCD) I noticed that in the fol… See more
Anna Cates@_annacates · Interaction Designer & Entrepreneur
@catesb @factorzero Agreed about the prompts in the top, it's a small thing but the focus is on the white area most of the time, so my eyes don't "see" the change of the instructions on the top unless I look for it.
ben Watanabe@benwtnb · 96 Problems
@catesb @_annacates Hi Ben, Ben here too :) I tend to hit space after striking out something, as I feel the same way as you. First Draft automatically strips out double spaces around strikedout words, so your export will still be clean. Maybe we should make the space by default. Thanks for the idea! I'm a little confused what you mean about the prompts. Th… See more
Benjamin Cates@catesb · CEO, heyi.am
@benwtnb @_annacates Hi Ben, I was referring to the prompts you show during the tutorial. The ones with the yellow okay button to the right. I would maybe try and find a way to put it inside the main part of the page where text is typed. Cheers!
ben Watanabe@benwtnb · 96 Problems
@catesb @_annacates Got it! Yes that's a point that we've been getting. Will definitely try to move that direction in the future! Thanks for pushing us in the right direction 😄