Crumble
Dev tools
jquery plugin
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
5 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 5 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Idea: 3 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple and open source
From 2 comments
And Crumble is open-source! Which is awesome! Great job, I was looking for something exactly like this - simple. Will try tomorrow
mck- on HNThis is good. I remember seeing a couple of other walk-through plug-ins recently on HN, except they both wanted a monthly subscription. Unless they're also offering (and you…
highace on HN
Useful for guiding first-time users
From 2 comments
Look's great. I'm going to give it a try to guide first time users of my app.
lukevdp on HNThis is exactly what I've been considering using on http://debugmap.com It's a site that needs a little explaining but I hadn't been able to come up with something usable myself.…
MattGrommes on HN
Objections
Tours may not educate users; a commenter's tutorial saw poor retention and more support requests
From 2 comments
I used to use a system like this for my software, and unfortunately I found that it did a terrible job of educating users. People would work through the entire tutorial (~5…
the_bear on HNThe guide itself was definitely being read. I built it directly into the app, so users could only advance the guide by completing the step described (like, they'd have to…
the_bear on HN
Bubble dismissal is unclear, no close button
From 1 comment
I think it would help to have a more obvious method for dismissing the bubble, like an X button, or a button that explicitly says OK on it, to give a better visual clue for users…
nuclear_eclipse on HN
Bubble is an image, hard to style
From 2 comments
This is great and I'll probably use it! However, I think I might fork because I don't like that the bubble is an image. If it were just css it would be much easier to style. Is…
sunsu on HNInitial thoughts: 1. A circle is not a very effective content area at this size, particularly for instructions or steps. 2. Why an image instead of CSS?
mnicole on HN
Requests
Dismiss bubbles when clicking page elements
From 1 comment
Nicely done. One thing: I think you need to be careful it doesn't get frustrating for users - perhaps have the messages dismiss when you click on website elements, and try to…
jem_nz on HN
Questions
How to detect a user's first visit
From 1 comment
Folks who've used tour things like this: how do you detect if it's the first time your users are using your app? Do you make a db query every time they log in? Do you use…
fratis on HN
Why bubble is an image instead of CSS
From 2 comments
Initial thoughts: 1. A circle is not a very effective content area at this size, particularly for instructions or steps. 2. Why an image instead of CSS?
mnicole on HNThis is great and I'll probably use it! However, I think I might fork because I don't like that the bubble is an image. If it were just css it would be much easier to style. Is…
sunsu on HN
Alternatives named
bootstrap-tour, pageguide, aSimpleTour, jQuery Joyride, Taurus, Kera
From 3 comments
Similar jQuery plugins: 1. http://sorich87.github.com/bootstrap-tour/ 2. http://tracelytics.github.com/pageguide/ 3. http://tympanus.net/Development/WebsiteTour/ 4.…
johnx123-up on HNSeems very similar to https://taurus.io/
yefim323 on HNYou're probably thinking about http://kera.io/
aviv on HN