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Show HN: Quicktions – Answers to your quick questions

42 points by madhurjain 12y ago

madhurjain 12y ago
Here's a quick demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq03pewE6ds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq03pewE6ds Download the Android App here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quicktions.android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quicktions... We're still in early beta. Feedback is welcomed!
- meta_pseudo 12y ago
  Looks likes you and Omkarnath has decided to post on show hn everyday :P Fairly good idea, I think it would be better if one could just post links of products directly and app would extract images etc.
  - madhurjain 12y ago
    :) Being able to post links to products and extracting images directly is next on our roadmap.
aqme28 12y ago
Damn, I was working on something really really similar. Well... I guess I have work to do.
- borgel 12y ago
  Me too! Nice way of validating that it seems like a good idea though.
timdaub 12y ago
I downloaded your app 10 minutes ago and I think there should really be a way to turn of participation. Right now I get like 1 question a minute. Otherwise, very nice mvp, works quite well and I could imagine myself using it every day/week.
- madhurjain 12y ago
  hey timdaub, thanks for the feedback and sorry for the constant notifications you might be getting, we are pretty low on users right now. You should not receive as many once we get more users :)
  - GotAnyMegadeth 12y ago
    With more users won't you get more questions being asked?
sathyabhat 12y ago
Interesting idea. I'm reminded of Aardvark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardvark_%28search_engine%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardvark_%28search_engine%29). That was a fun service before it was shuttered. What is this built on? Seems pretty lightweight. Best wishes.
- madhurjain 12y ago
  Thanks sathyabhat. Didn't know about Aardvark. Our back-end is completely built on Go and the app is hybrid.
sarciszewski 12y ago
Q: Is Hacker News overrated? - Yes (0) - Definitely (0) - Downvote without comment (1) At least you're all consistent!
nharada 12y ago
Is there a way for me to answer questions from the webpage without downloading the app?
- Omie6541 12y ago
  nharada, sorry, but that won't be possible at least for now
pariya 12y ago
Love the idea, let me know when you launch an iOS version.
mungoman2 12y ago
Why does the app need these permissions?
enigami 12y ago
Great Job!! Congrats! Very simple and easy to use. No doubt highly helpful in those difficult times. Try posting in Product Hunt, you'll get lot of traction (since it is your early days)
- Omie6541 12y ago
  thanks for the feedback. We have learned few things that are absolutely essential when we got traffic from HN. we will be adding some more features, fixes before posting on product hunt :)
Strathmore 12y ago
i asked a question yesterday and then i was doing something else while waiting that 5 minutes. then today i realized i forgot to check it out later and i closed that tab already!
vinod_s19 12y ago
Product is good. Bug-> it asked me the question I posted. When are you trying on PH?

42 points by madhurjain 12y ago

Here's a quick demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq03pewE6ds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq03pewE6ds Download the Android App here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quicktions.android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quicktions... We're still in early beta. Feedback is welcomed!

meta_pseudo 12y ago
Looks likes you and Omkarnath has decided to post on show hn everyday :P Fairly good idea, I think it would be better if one could just post links of products directly and app would extract images etc.
- madhurjain 12y ago
  :) Being able to post links to products and extracting images directly is next on our roadmap.

aqme28 12y ago

Damn, I was working on something really really similar. Well... I guess I have work to do.

borgel 12y ago
Me too! Nice way of validating that it seems like a good idea though.

timdaub 12y ago

I downloaded your app 10 minutes ago and I think there should really be a way to turn of participation. Right now I get like 1 question a minute. Otherwise, very nice mvp, works quite well and I could imagine myself using it every day/week.

madhurjain 12y ago
hey timdaub, thanks for the feedback and sorry for the constant notifications you might be getting, we are pretty low on users right now. You should not receive as many once we get more users :)
- GotAnyMegadeth 12y ago
  With more users won't you get more questions being asked?

sathyabhat 12y ago

Interesting idea. I'm reminded of Aardvark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardvark_%28search_engine%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardvark_%28search_engine%29). That was a fun service before it was shuttered. What is this built on? Seems pretty lightweight. Best wishes.

madhurjain 12y ago
Thanks sathyabhat. Didn't know about Aardvark. Our back-end is completely built on Go and the app is hybrid.

sarciszewski 12y ago

Q: Is Hacker News overrated? - Yes (0) - Definitely (0) - Downvote without comment (1) At least you're all consistent!

nharada 12y ago

Is there a way for me to answer questions from the webpage without downloading the app?

Omie6541 12y ago
nharada, sorry, but that won't be possible at least for now

pariya 12y ago

Love the idea, let me know when you launch an iOS version.

mungoman2 12y ago

Why does the app need these permissions?

enigami 12y ago

Great Job!! Congrats! Very simple and easy to use. No doubt highly helpful in those difficult times. Try posting in Product Hunt, you'll get lot of traction (since it is your early days)

Omie6541 12y ago
thanks for the feedback. We have learned few things that are absolutely essential when we got traffic from HN. we will be adding some more features, fixes before posting on product hunt :)

Strathmore 12y ago

i asked a question yesterday and then i was doing something else while waiting that 5 minutes. then today i realized i forgot to check it out later and i closed that tab already!

vinod_s19 12y ago

Product is good. Bug-> it asked me the question I posted. When are you trying on PH?