Session with Alex & Adriano on Feb 13, 2013
beta.gigkoapp.com
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Should probably merge this above.
What should just be fixed.
How I’d like things to be.
Misc goes here.
Other things to check out.
Conclusions, questions, etc.
I’d like hoverable icons that expand into the following buttons: ((Save)) ((Edit)) ((Add Child)) ((Add Sibling)).
I use keyboard shortcuts more than anyone I know, but even still to learn/explore a new UI with a mouse.
https://beta.gingkoapp.com/api/exports/2b19d1f291c99960b6000001.txt
Because the export URL is not timestamped/unique, browsers cache it improperly.
In another tree, I dragged a card to the top of the leftmost column. Although I was able to edit/save the card contents, it would not appear in the exported markdown until I deleted and re-created it anew.
This tree is public, but it’s export is inaccessible to anonymous visitors:
$ curl --head https://beta.gingkoapp.com/api/exports/2b19d1f291c99960b6000001.txt
HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
The “Contact Us” and “Who’s viewing” blocks are annoyingly placed! Also, The menu wraps awkwardly at smaller screen widths. Screenshot
To split a section of a card into its own card, I need to do the following: select the paragraph(s), cut it via Cmd+X, create new sibling via Cmd+Down, paste via Cmd+V, save via Cmd+Enter. Could it be streamlined as follows: select the paragraph(s), press Cmd-Enter to create a child card from it.
For merging, this should be done via dragging a card onto a specific zone in another card (at which point an icon would appear showing that we’re about to merge).
Drag and drop rearranging also needs to support making a card a child of another card, which could also be done by dropping it in a specific zone. It’s not clear if this is currently implemented, or not.
Card titles should always be h1. Have Gigko’s CSS style h1s in column 3 to be smaller than H1 in column 2.
A newly created card should look as follows:
When visiting a public tree he doesn’t own, a user should be prompted to clone it. Like forking a gist
When visiting a public tree a user owns, he should have a link to edit it.
The “Save as text” feature is great! Related ideas:
I want version control on my documents. Examples include Google Docs and Gist revision handling
Both are too busy. I’d like to have automatically creating a restorable/diffable revision whenever:
Alternatively you can keep every edit (like most wikis and gist do), but this could be a premium feature.
duolingo.com has an “Feedback” tab just like Gingko’s “Contact us”, and when you click on it you see this:
I am using Gingko as a slideshow maker!
I even wrote a tool called url2mdpress to automate this.
The current tutorial assumes you’re following it exactly. Most users don’t do that. Most users hate typing, and even copying-and-pasting is no fun.
I recommend replacing the tutorial with one that involves modifying an existing tree.
Make it very hard (or impossible) to lose/hide the tutorial if you’re at “My First Tree”. Consider only having the tutorial on this tree.
If the tutorial ever is dismissed and then re-shown, make it remember what step it was on.
Add a 45 sec video intro/tutorial, like on https://workflowy.com/
Tiddlywiki inspired Gigko.
Asana supports subtasks and inline editing
Keynote (and Powerpoint) might be the most popular card-hierarchy based mind-mapping tools out there.
Drupal Sun is Evolving Web’s take on an RSS reader UI, all in javascript.
I use Dropbox and Copy Public Url to automatically upload my screenshots and copy their URL into the clipboard. It’s freaking awesome combined with Gignko!
Because screenshots are automatically resized (which is great!) you should provide a way to view full size, either as a link, or as a lightbox.
After using it for the last hour, I feel it’s what I wanted workflowy and keynote to be. I love it already!