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jaeclecticEvery time I use evite.com, it drives me up a wall. Apparently these people don't do any user testing, because little things that drive me crazy never get fixed. Plus the whole ad-a-liscious-ness of it.
So, this time I decided to look for an alternative, and found two possibilities that seem promising: DarkGuest, and Goovite.
DarkGuest seems plain but functional; however, I have noted what seems to be a fatal flaw: when it displays the list of guests, it apparently shows the email address instead of the display name, which doesn't seem acceptable in terms of my friends' privacy (but I don't want to hide the list, because seeing who else is coming is part of the fun, and/or essential when I am inviting people who don't work at IP anymore ;)
The other site, Goovite, comes out of Mark Hurst's shop, who in theory ought to be able to design something Good. However, I am very turned off by the lack of contextual information, or "preview" in any sense of the word (e.g. a verbal description of what is going to happen next if I press the submit button. I guess I can test it by making a dummy party and only inviting myself? But honestly, it is sad when something designed by geeks is more approachable than something designed by a design guru!
Plus it looks like it does the same damn thing with the email addresses. Bah.
I suppose I'll just test both and do a bake-off. And if they both suck, I'll go back to evite.com.
p.s. The party is on the 27th :)
Update, about 5 minutes later: apparently DarkGuest is shutting down. Right now. Between the time I went there to copy the URL, and when I tested the link above.
Which is too bad, because my test showed that the fatal flaw (displaying emails) is only on the preview, not the actual invitation.
But sadly, Goovite seems to have that flaw throughout. Bah bah bah.
Update to update: Well, looking more closely, the email addresses on Goovite are mildly obfuscated, not enough to suit me, but I suppose it's OK. But it really ought to use the display name when you give it one.
*grumble*
So, this time I decided to look for an alternative, and found two possibilities that seem promising: DarkGuest, and Goovite.
DarkGuest seems plain but functional; however, I have noted what seems to be a fatal flaw: when it displays the list of guests, it apparently shows the email address instead of the display name, which doesn't seem acceptable in terms of my friends' privacy (but I don't want to hide the list, because seeing who else is coming is part of the fun, and/or essential when I am inviting people who don't work at IP anymore ;)
The other site, Goovite, comes out of Mark Hurst's shop, who in theory ought to be able to design something Good. However, I am very turned off by the lack of contextual information, or "preview" in any sense of the word (e.g. a verbal description of what is going to happen next if I press the submit button. I guess I can test it by making a dummy party and only inviting myself? But honestly, it is sad when something designed by geeks is more approachable than something designed by a design guru!
Plus it looks like it does the same damn thing with the email addresses. Bah.
I suppose I'll just test both and do a bake-off. And if they both suck, I'll go back to evite.com.
p.s. The party is on the 27th :)
Update, about 5 minutes later: apparently DarkGuest is shutting down. Right now. Between the time I went there to copy the URL, and when I tested the link above.
Which is too bad, because my test showed that the fatal flaw (displaying emails) is only on the preview, not the actual invitation.
But sadly, Goovite seems to have that flaw throughout. Bah bah bah.
Update to update: Well, looking more closely, the email addresses on Goovite are mildly obfuscated, not enough to suit me, but I suppose it's OK. But it really ought to use the display name when you give it one.
*grumble*