Swirrl on ReadWriteWeb
Posted by Bill Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:05:00 GMT
Richard McManus of ReadWriteWeb was kind enough to give Swirrl a try and write up his first impressions. His article gives a good overview of Swirrl and what we are trying to achieve.
He has a few criticisms to make: “In our tests, it was difficult to use Swirrl.” Obviously, we’re doing our best to make the system as intuitive to use as possible, but this is very valuable feedback for us. The data sets features of Swirrl are something new – and so it may be difficult for new users to know where to start. We hope that a bit of perseverance will pay off and that once people get used to it, they’ll find it a useful way to work.
But we realise that helping users get over that “OK, I’ve signed up, what do I do now?” moment is crucial. We’‘ll keep tweaking our design to try to make it easier and more natural for people to work with.
We’re hoping that our rapidly growing user base will give us some feedback on what works for them and what doesn’t. So if you have been giving Swirrl a try, please do drop us a line at hello@swirrl.com, leave a comment on the blog, or post your thoughts on our new forum.
