* The play icon with the strike through is not meaningful to me. I recommend a popover on hover to explain what this means. You probably thought about a log of different icons but might be worth polling for a few or letting the user pick one of a few a preference (At first I thought it "wasn't working")
* It would be nice to be able to add meta to the session, i.e. "1:1 with joseph" that automatically gets timestamped for start and end. Then be able to show the graphs from a day of meetings stacked.
* Analysis would be good. Being able to say how many others are in the meeting so it makes more sense when there are longer gaps.
* Someone mentioned additional recommendations, that would be awesome if it had a guidance mode where I could fit a template over this thing and have it help keep the meeting on track. 5 mins introductions / waiting for quorum, 5 mins agenda, 10 mins topic 1 etc.
I realize the idea for this is to be a simple private app and its great at that. If necessary, I'd suggest offering something more complex that might require greater buy in privacy wise so it can do more.
I'd still recommend requiring zero network requests as you've done on this version, even though the analytics might be useful.
I use an network filter and manually allow connections from apps.
Starting with this high level of privacy is how you get someone like me to be comfortable allowing your app to run on my machine.
Wow. Thank YOU for putting in the effort of sharing your feedback. I agree that many of those would be helpful and likely part of a paid version at some point.
> I'd still recommend requiring zero network requests as you've done on this version, even though the analytics might be useful.
I know, right? It's how I wish an app behaved. The conversation we're having is a thousand-fold more _interesting_ than "312 uSeRs cLicKeD pLaY."
> Starting with this high level of privacy is how you get someone like me to be comfortable allowing your app to run on my machine.
I'm the same way. I had a whole FAQ guide on how to poke holes into the app.
> Q: How do I know this app isn't shipping malware?
> A: Me claiming it’s safe is impossible to prove to you. Instead, here’s a good book for malware analysis on macOS that you can use to poke holes into the app: https://taomm.org/vol1/read.html
I think it’s okay to add a link but maybe make it secondary to a statement about you and your public reputation, that you stand by your app, etc.
It would probably be worth it to get whatever certifications are necessary so the app can be signed by apple, or even distributed via the App Store.
Despite the clucking, I do think the App Store offers the potential of increased screening for malware. Given the choice I generally install small apps from there to get that update mechanism alone.
By way of feedback:
* The play icon with the strike through is not meaningful to me. I recommend a popover on hover to explain what this means. You probably thought about a log of different icons but might be worth polling for a few or letting the user pick one of a few a preference (At first I thought it "wasn't working")
* It would be nice to be able to add meta to the session, i.e. "1:1 with joseph" that automatically gets timestamped for start and end. Then be able to show the graphs from a day of meetings stacked.
* Analysis would be good. Being able to say how many others are in the meeting so it makes more sense when there are longer gaps.
* Someone mentioned additional recommendations, that would be awesome if it had a guidance mode where I could fit a template over this thing and have it help keep the meeting on track. 5 mins introductions / waiting for quorum, 5 mins agenda, 10 mins topic 1 etc.
I realize the idea for this is to be a simple private app and its great at that. If necessary, I'd suggest offering something more complex that might require greater buy in privacy wise so it can do more.
I'd still recommend requiring zero network requests as you've done on this version, even though the analytics might be useful.
I use an network filter and manually allow connections from apps.
Starting with this high level of privacy is how you get someone like me to be comfortable allowing your app to run on my machine.