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Show HN: Creating a website should be as easy as creating a Word doc

by nateparrott on 8/26/14, 12:26 AM with 7 comments

• by diasks2 on 8/26/14, 7:46 AM

  Great job. Nice execution. I would recommend adding some type of simple tutorial walk-through after the new page is first created. It took a little while for it to sink in that this is a blank canvas and I can start typing, etc. Maybe the fact that the canvas is the same color as the background of the site, it is not easy that this is a "word doc" where I can start building. I know you probably want to keep it minimalistic, but it might help to outline the canvas so this fact is more obvious.

• by smt88 on 8/26/14, 2:38 AM

  My first reaction: creating a website already is as easy as creating a Word doc.

  How is this different (or how will it be different) from creating a Google Doc and sharing it with the public? Or using Google Sites for that matter?

  (Not trying to jam you up -- genuinely interested in this and your answer.)

• by fiatjaf on 8/27/14, 10:18 AM

  Amazing take at simplicity. Anyone can edit by default is great, email-only authentication better yet.

  I just don't know how to add more pages.