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I agree with your point: BCC is a niche market. Though I wonder if BCC even has achieved its potential. I was surprised by patio11's statement: I’m sorry, Bin

I agree with your point: BCC is a niche market. Though I wonder if BCC even has achieved its potential. I was surprised by patio11's statement: I’m sorry, Bingo Card Creator does not support using clip art. Have a nice day. Maybe he was joking. Clip art seems to be a feature straightforward to implement, IMHO should have been part of the feature set to begin with.

smackfu 13y ago
Seems like it would be a support headache to me. So much can go wrong with random uploaded images on the way to the printer.
patio11 13y ago
The straightforward implementation of clip art would be larger than BCC in complexity, be used by almost no one, and not appreciably increase sales. For example, you have to create a UX which allows non-technical customers who largely do not understand the file system metaphor to upload 25+ images, edit them, scale them to bingo card box size without making them look terrible, and then successfully print in greyscale.
- cygwin98 13y ago
  Maybe I significantly underestimated the workload to implement such a feature, especially with good UX. I personally consider it a good feature to differentiate BCC from its competitors. Though I am not sure if you can say such a feature won't increase sales. I guess you may have done some market research on it, such as doing survey among users.
- tg3 13y ago
  I (obviously) don't know your business, but the fact that the clip art / images question is part of your standard operating procedure gives me the impression that it would be used by quite a few of your customers. You may be right that it wouldn't improve sales numbers. As to the UX, I was under the (possibly mistaken) impression that in today's day and age, most users on the internet, technical or not, understand the filesystem metaphor just fine. They send photos and other files over email, facebook, and other media frequently.
  - rmc 13y ago
    I was under the (possibly mistaken) impression that in today's day and age, most users on the internet, technical or not, understand the filesystem metaphor just fine. Did you see Google's video where they asked people what browser they use? Many used Google, sometimes using Yahoo.

smackfu 13y ago

Seems like it would be a support headache to me. So much can go wrong with random uploaded images on the way to the printer.

patio11 13y ago

The straightforward implementation of clip art would be larger than BCC in complexity, be used by almost no one, and not appreciably increase sales. For example, you have to create a UX which allows non-technical customers who largely do not understand the file system metaphor to upload 25+ images, edit them, scale them to bingo card box size without making them look terrible, and then successfully print in greyscale.

cygwin98 13y ago
Maybe I significantly underestimated the workload to implement such a feature, especially with good UX. I personally consider it a good feature to differentiate BCC from its competitors. Though I am not sure if you can say such a feature won't increase sales. I guess you may have done some market research on it, such as doing survey among users.
tg3 13y ago
I (obviously) don't know your business, but the fact that the clip art / images question is part of your standard operating procedure gives me the impression that it would be used by quite a few of your customers. You may be right that it wouldn't improve sales numbers. As to the UX, I was under the (possibly mistaken) impression that in today's day and age, most users on the internet, technical or not, understand the filesystem metaphor just fine. They send photos and other files over email, facebook, and other media frequently.
- rmc 13y ago
  I was under the (possibly mistaken) impression that in today's day and age, most users on the internet, technical or not, understand the filesystem metaphor just fine. Did you see Google's video where they asked people what browser they use? Many used Google, sometimes using Yahoo.