Mission

Read one app's page and find what is missing

Pick one app, read its page as a first-time visitor would, and report every moment it left a question unanswered.

Why this matters

The people who built these apps cannot see the pages freshly any more. They already know what every sentence means.

You do not. One place where you stopped and wondered is worth more than a long opinion about the writing.

What this mission covers, and what it does not

The seven pages under The apps are real, with real screenshots and real four-step journeys.

Running one in your browser is not real yet, since that needs a domain not set up. A second pass covers that once it lands.

What you need to know first

Three things can go wrong, and they are not the same finding.

Bug

It does the wrong thing.

Gap

It does not do a thing it should.

Nit

It works, but it feels wrong.

Every finding also carries a severity, so the crew knows how much it matters.

Blocks

I could not finish the task.

Annoys

I finished, but it cost me.

Polish

It worked, and it could be nicer.

The steps

  1. Pick one app

    Choose the one you know least. A fresh eye is worth the most there.

  2. Read the whole page, once

    Open its page on The apps and read every section, top to bottom.

  3. Walk the journey in your head

    Follow the four-step journey and the screenshots. Note every unanswered question.

  4. Submit one finding per question

    Each unanswered question is its own finding, with its own severity.

A worked example

This is the exact finding used to test the validator behind this form, shown as a filled-in submission.

App

Voff: Subscriptions

Severity

Annoys

Title

The free-tier limit's wording is unclear

What happened

The price section says the free tier is "12 subscriptions tracked, soft-limited until the first reminder fires."

I read it three times and still could not tell if the limit of 12 is fixed, or changes once a reminder fires. "Soft-limited" is never explained.

Links

None. A finding does not need a link to be complete.

Hand it in

Optional. Leave blank if there is nothing to link.

If you get stuck

Not sure if it is a bug, a gap or a nit? Submit it anyway with your best guess.

Sorting happens on the board, not before you hand it in.

If the page never answers something you needed to know, that is a finding on its own. Set severity to blocks.

Check the board first. If someone reported the same moment, add yours anyway: two independent reports beat one.