Help Me Decide Please
Productivity
decision making tool
SHOW HN2020
194points
88comments
#287of 3,028 in 2020
Top 10%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
14 positive, 19 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 12 critical, out of 49 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.
Idea: 9 for, 5 againstDesign: 2 for, 5 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, useful way to structure decisions
From 3 comments
Nice job, it looks very simple and useful. Decisions that involve multiple options and criteria (like comparison shopping) are difficult because of your limited working memory.…
tphn on HNThat's pretty cool and a really intuitive way of decision making. I think I like that style of reasoning slightly better than a good old fashioned pro and cons list, forcing you…
vikramkr on HNThis is pretty awesome. I just used this to help consider what to get my mom for mother's day. I think the most value comes from actually enumerating your options and considering…
ALittleLight on HN
Fun and clear UX
From 2 comments
I put in “where should I run?” just to get past that first stage to see what would happen next and ended up going through the whole process. Really simple, kinda fun, thanks!
baliex on HNThat’s cool! Simple look with standard form elements works well.
gherkinnn on HN
Objections
Too many steps and decisions required
From 2 comments
This site is fun but I think it fails to understand what's difficult about making decisions for many people. The site asks you to make a LOT of decisions.
Waterluvian on HNI would much rather have the each question ask me to rate all my options on one aspect. I had to keep scrolling up and down to see what I said for other things to see where my…
karmakaze on HN
Scoring math not explained
From 1 comment
I like this idea in general (I have an Android app that does the same thing as your page, except it uses draggable sliders). Here are some things I believe you could improve…
TeMPOraL on HN
Spreadsheet would be simpler
From 2 comments
Yet another web app that’s easier to do in excel.
rubidium on HNI like this idea in general (I have an Android app that does the same thing as your page, except it uses draggable sliders). Here are some things I believe you could improve…
TeMPOraL on HN
Requests
Ability to go back and edit mistakes
From 1 comment
Nice tool! It would be nice to be able to go back and fix mistakes. For instance, on the first pass after entering something to consider I pressed Enter. I didn't even notice the…
dotancohen on HN
Spreadsheet-style or single-page input
From 2 comments
I like this idea in general (I have an Android app that does the same thing as your page, except it uses draggable sliders). Here are some things I believe you could improve…
TeMPOraL on HNI would much rather have the each question ask me to rate all my options on one aspect. I had to keep scrolling up and down to see what I said for other things to see where my…
karmakaze on HN
Questions
How is the score calculated?
From 2 comments
I like this idea in general (I have an Android app that does the same thing as your page, except it uses draggable sliders). Here are some things I believe you could improve…
TeMPOraL on HNI'm pretty good at UX and I don't have any issues with the current experience. It actually really helped me for my use case. I wouldn't use a spreadsheet. While I clicked 'How…
fortydegrees on HN
Alternatives named
Spreadsheets
From 2 comments
I like this idea in general (I have an Android app that does the same thing as your page, except it uses draggable sliders). Here are some things I believe you could improve…
TeMPOraL on HNYet another web app that’s easier to do in excel.
rubidium on HN
Decision Crafting Android app
From 1 comment
It's not my app in the sense of making it; it's just something I've found on the Play Store the other day:…
TeMPOraL on HN
dcidr
From 1 comment
Nice job, it looks very simple and useful. Decisions that involve multiple options and criteria (like comparison shopping) are difficult because of your limited working memory.…
tphn on HN
Easy Decision Maker
From 1 comment
I built a popular tool in the same niche [1]. I think your over complicating it. I got decision fatigue just trying to test it. [1] https://easydecisionmaker.com/
tylerjwilk00 on HN