Taurus.io
Dev tools
product tour builder
SHOW HN2012
87points
55comments
#260of 1,677 in 2012
Top 16%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
16 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 6 critical, out of 33 comments about the project. Thread score +0.37.
Pricing: 5 for, 5 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clean, attractive site and design
From 2 comments
Beautiful site. Have seen a few of these on HN but your implementation looks the best so far. We need this - looking forward to launch.
nedwin on HNI think the product is pretty cool. I also really like the design of the site.
CT100 on HN
WYSIWYG authoring is useful and needed
From 2 comments
Cameron from Kera here. You're right about you guys being wysiwyg and I think that's awesome. It's super important and I think you're on to something!
camwest on HNKeen to get this setup, we need a product tour but didn't have a good way of building it quickly.
jordanthoms on HN
Objections
Price of $3/month is too low and signals an unsustainable business
From 3 comments
Cool product! Congrats on launching. I can think of several companies off the top of my head who should implement this yesterday. But I have to take issue with the price point.…
therealarmen on HNWhat others have said, plus: I don't trust you to stay in business at $3/mo. You may deliver an awesome product, but I simply don't believe the economics will work at all for…
runako on HNI don't mean this in an insulting way, but you're wrong here. You don't think a product tour that potentially hundreds if not thousands of people use and can significantly…
dchuk on HN
Tooltips seem easy to build yourself; paying monthly is hard to justify
From 2 comments
I don't know what these people are talking about... Call me crazy but when I saw that I had to pay for this at all I thought "Hmm, couldn't I implement that quickly myself?".…
xauronx on HNI agree. My first impression when I saw this was : Tooltip for 3$/mth ? Anyone who's capable to do good web design can do it themselves in 30 minutes max. Maintenance ? I…
prazzt on HN
Demo does not show what the end-user tour looks like
From 2 comments
This is not evident from your demo. Can you include the tooltips to show up by default in your demo page? I am guessing most people would first want to see how the tooltips come…
hsuresh on HNYeah, but before I get to trying out your features I want to experience it as a user would. I would recommend creating another page for this user experience, calling it the…
vineet on HN
Bugs in positioning and absolute/relative toggle
From 1 comment
Looks really great, congratulations. A few things I picked up on though: 1. Couldn't toggle Absolute/Relative after I had placed a tooltip. 2. If you position your tooltip then…
Jarshwah on HN
Requests
Analytics and split testing
From 2 comments
Ok, so a lot of people are commenting you are charging too little and your general reply was you felt you didn't deliver the value to justify a higher price. In that case, I…
kposehn on HNI don't mean this in an insulting way, but you're wrong here. You don't think a product tour that potentially hundreds if not thousands of people use and can significantly…
dchuk on HN
Tooltips that stay anchored to selectors and are responsive
From 1 comment
Feature request that will make this much more valuable - relative adjustment, if you can create a tooltip that will stay near a selector (regardless of browser resizes) and will…
eranation on HN
Bind tooltips to elements
From 1 comment
Looks really great, congratulations. A few things I picked up on though: 1. Couldn't toggle Absolute/Relative after I had placed a tooltip. 2. If you position your tooltip then…
Jarshwah on HN
Multiple pricing plans or tiers
From 2 comments
Instead of asking yourselves "what's the minimum amount someone would pay?", you should be asking "what's the maximum?". I'm really cheap, and even I find $3/month ridiculous. It…
sgdesign on HNWhat others have said, plus: I don't trust you to stay in business at $3/mo. You may deliver an awesome product, but I simply don't believe the economics will work at all for…
runako on HN
Support for single page apps and JS-triggered popups
From 1 comment
Great idea! But 3$ is really way to cheap, even at the current 9$/month I'd just have signed up without thinking twice! Why? Because I know how much value a tour provides my…
hendi_ on HN
Questions
How does it differ from Bootstrap Tour or Joyride?
From 1 comment
what's the different with using Bootstrap tour ( https://github.com/sorich87/bootstrap-tour ) or Joyride ( http://www.zurb.com/playground/jquery-joyride-feature-tour-plugin ) for…
knes on HN
How does it differ from Kera.io?
From 1 comment
Looks like Kera.io, great project. I'd love to hear how you guys differ btw :)
davidtyleryork on HN
Alternatives named
Bootstrap Tour
From 1 comment
what's the different with using Bootstrap tour ( https://github.com/sorich87/bootstrap-tour ) or Joyride ( http://www.zurb.com/playground/jquery-joyride-feature-tour-plugin ) for…
knes on HN
Joyride
From 1 comment
what's the different with using Bootstrap tour ( https://github.com/sorich87/bootstrap-tour ) or Joyride ( http://www.zurb.com/playground/jquery-joyride-feature-tour-plugin ) for…
knes on HN
Kera.io
From 1 comment
Looks like Kera.io, great project. I'd love to hear how you guys differ btw :)
davidtyleryork on HN
Code Canyon tooltip scripts
From 1 comment
Are you saying that you don't think your product provides $30/month value compared to tooltip scripts like on Code Canyon, or compared to not having a web app tour at all? - I…
itships on HN