The idea is outstanding. Thank you for making this.
One nitpick. It is confusing that all your options are named "disable" and "allow" but your instructions say "if you set this control, it will disable...". So the control is "set" when it says "disabled"? It is also against convention in the sense that your options are negative-positive (disable-allow) when the convention is positive-negative (yes-no, set-unset, block-unblock, etc).
Personally, I would change the controls to "block" and "unblock", and the instructions to something like "set this to block to disable and hide... ". In the very least, I would change them to "enable" and "disable", in that order.
Edit: just wanted to add that after completing the whole sign-up, I found your overall style clear, concise and organic. You did get a lot of things "just right". Great job.
One more nitpick. During installation, I noticed the use of two app names, "ParentControl" for the app itself, and "Parental Control" otherwise. Could become a problem from SEO standpoint.
And one last nitpick/question. It looks like the app requires a connection? Was it simply easier to develop, or did you want to simplify the sign up process by tying users' settings to their email? It would obviously be much better if this worked in Airplane mode. However, it's not a dealbreaker, and the unusually low friction of getting set up may be worth it (in fact, if that were the goal, I think it's kinda genius).
Didn't know about the group, thanks for the pointer.
Seems like the group is invite only (my signup is pending for approval).
If you have a minute, would be great if you could help me post the link
there, otherwise I'll wait for the approval and do it later.
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The idea is outstanding. Thank you for making this.
One nitpick. It is confusing that all your options are named "disable" and "allow" but your instructions say "if you set this control, it will disable...". So the control is "set" when it says "disabled"? It is also against convention in the sense that your options are negative-positive (disable-allow) when the convention is positive-negative (yes-no, set-unset, block-unblock, etc).
Personally, I would change the controls to "block" and "unblock", and the instructions to something like "set this to block to disable and hide... ". In the very least, I would change them to "enable" and "disable", in that order.
Edit: just wanted to add that after completing the whole sign-up, I found your overall style clear, concise and organic. You did get a lot of things "just right". Great job.
good points, thanks for the feedback! I'll look into how I can reword the text to make it clearer.
One more nitpick. During installation, I noticed the use of two app names, "ParentControl" for the app itself, and "Parental Control" otherwise. Could become a problem from SEO standpoint.
And one last nitpick/question. It looks like the app requires a connection? Was it simply easier to develop, or did you want to simplify the sign up process by tying users' settings to their email? It would obviously be much better if this worked in Airplane mode. However, it's not a dealbreaker, and the unusually low friction of getting set up may be worth it (in fact, if that were the goal, I think it's kinda genius).
One more suggestion, in case you don't know, there is this HN parents mailing list:
groups.google.com/group/hn-parents
I vaguely recall there being a discussion on it a while ago about this.
Didn't know about the group, thanks for the pointer.
Seems like the group is invite only (my signup is pending for approval). If you have a minute, would be great if you could help me post the link there, otherwise I'll wait for the approval and do it later.
How about I test it out on my iPhone (left it at home today) and post a recommendation to the group tomorrow?
That would be awesome of course, thanks!