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Matt Galligan
CircaNews.com 👻 — To-the-point mobile news, now on the web
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Ryan Hoover
It's worth pointing out that Flipboard just launched their web product a few weeks ago (cc @mmccue). While very different from Circa, it plays within the same space. In the past few years, there's been a disproportionate focus on mobile and while I have no data to back this up, it feels like that's shifting back to the web. Is this just me? Product Hunt began on the web (we didn't have an option, tbh) and continues to be our main focus. Only ~5% of our traffic and engagement comes from our mobile app, which launched about 6 months ago. I'm certain this percentage will shift over time but I love the flexibility of the web and frankly, it's a lot easier to find talented web folks than it is to find an iOS engineer.
Ryan Hoover
@mg I was wondering when you'd release a web version of Circa. 😃 What differences have you made from the origin mobile app to adapt to the web? Are you considering adding browser push notifications, which could make a lot of sense for breaking news and following articles (e.g. Roost)?
Matt Galligan
Maker
@rrhoover Wonder no longer… It's finally here! The first big difference is that we didn't simply port over our new "Wire" feature found in Circa News 3. Actually, this is our first path towards removing that moniker and moving to a more simplified approach for our Briefings and Updates. In future versions of the Circa News apps we'll eliminate Wire and replace it with something much better and more streamlined. The web already has this built in. As far as push notifications go, that's definitely something we'd like to get in there. Because we care so much about push on the mobile it's obvious we'd do it on the web, but we want to be very thoughtful and careful about how we implement it. Shouldn't be too long now!
Jonathon Triest
Was totally worth the wait. Well done team. Looks awesome!
Kevin Rose
Congrats!
Matt Galligan
Maker
Hey everyone! Thanks for all of the votes! Happy to answer any questions you might have right here…
Brenden Mulligan
@mg so so awesome. Congrats on the launch! Looks fantastic!
Matt Galligan
Maker
@mulligan Thanks man!
Eric Willis
@mg Sweet. I was going to hunt this, but noticed that you've hunted your own products before so I didn't. Interesting that both Circa and Flipboard have come over to the web recently. What drove the decision?
Matt Galligan
Maker
@erictwillis Appreciate that, Eric ;) I was asleep at the wheel whenever I tweeted out the link but then went back to waking up before I put it up on ProductHunt. The decision has mostly to do with the fact that we want to provide succinct and time-saving news no matter where our readers are. The web is obvious. But we also want it to be a great place to discover what Circa's all about, before you might get the idea to install the app. Since all we had before were simply permalink pages to the various stories we published there really wasn't a "discovery" experience to be had.
Ced
@mg This is so good. Not only well designed but done with an eye to journalism and instant access to the info. Love it.
Kevin Kliman
Great example of starting w simple, taking really smart incremental steps towards building a really awesome product... Love that downs whipping automatically affixes the top of the next card.
Simon Dawlat
@mg do you still think you're going to go advertising with Cir.ca, or premium? Or a mix of both? My personal trend is to subscribe to a few paid news outlet and rely on them exclusively. Too much noise got me there, in a counter-reaction to the BuzzFeed-ification of the web/headlines. I believe there's going to be an ever-increasing potential there.
Greg Galant
Looking great!! Is there a way (or have you considered adding one) for users to submit news stories or tips for consideration?
Matt Galligan
Maker
@gregory Thanks! Not quite yet though that's something that we want to support in the future for sure.
jason
MG: what would you say is the most important feature/innovation on the new web platform? What are you most proud of?
Thomas Marban
Plug for a somewhat compressed view of the moment's hottest stories; less quality than Circa but more web pop culture: http://popist.com (I've also created the infamous popurls in case you've used the web before 2006)
Jon Catchpowle
Is there any way to get the daily brief in email form? If not are there any plans to add this? The site looks great by the way!
Matt Galligan
Maker
@catchpowle The plans are definitely there! We want to do more with our Daily Briefing and some of those will start with the website…
William Sulinski
Just wanted to say thanks @mg - Circa is the first app I open in the morning and has all but replaced my news consumption from other sources. The succinctness and aesthetic have completely won me over so I'm stoked to have a web version now as well.