Documentation tool research
I'm currently developing a tool which aims to be the quickest and easiest way to create and manage documentation and knowledge bases for web apps. Basically it's the tool I wish I had when I was running Saber Feedback.

I've got as far as building a proof of concept (which you'll see in the video below), so now I'd like to do some basic market research to help me decide whether to pursue this.

Please be brutally honest with your answers, I'd rather know now if I'm the only person who would want this 😊

Thanks for taking the time fill this in, all questions are optional, and it should only take a few minutes.

 - Matt
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What is the name and URL of your web app?
How do you currently create, manage and publish the documentation / knowledge base for your web app?
Including yourself, how many people write your documentation?
What are your thoughts on the what you just saw?
Other planned features
Like the video says, this is just a proof of concept of the writing interface, I wanted to make sure that part was even possible before moving on.

I'm also planning to add:

 - Search audit - This would be an area in the control panel that would list any search queries that have been entered on your documentation that either didn't yield any results, or had results, but none were clicked. This would allow you to add extra tags/keywords to your docs to help users find them, or even create new docs you may not have realised you needed. Only the search query and what was clicked will be stored, no personal information about the searcher.

 - User specific variables - eg: if your user was reading a page about using your API, you could add something like {{API_KEY}} to your docs, and then pass in the current users's public API key when the docs are loaded. The user's actual API key would be included in the docs, making it easier for them to copy and paste sample code, etc. (and there'd be a fall back dummy value when viewing the docs while logged out)

 - Stale article/file notifications - Another issue I've faced is remembering to keep docs up to date. This would be an area in the control panel that lists all your articles and files, ordered by the least recently updated first. You could also specify a notification period. Eg: 3 months. If any docs haven't been updated for that long, you'd receive an email asking you to confirm it's still up to date.

There are some other planned features listed below, these are just the ones I felt warranted a detailed explanation
How interested would be in using this to manage your documentation / knowledge base?
Not at all
I want it yesterday
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Please rank how important the following features would be to you
Search audit
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User specific variables
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Stale docs notifications
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WYSIWYG / drag and drop editor
Not important
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Annotate screenshots (eg: add arrows, shapes, text)
Not important
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Analytics and insights (eg: see which docs are most viewed, "was this page helpful?" buttons)
Not important
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Private end to end encrypted pages (for internal docs containing sensitive information)
Not important
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Revision history & restore to previous version
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Export docs as HTML for self hosting
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Are there any other features you'd like to see?
Roughly how much, if anything, would you be willing to pay per month for this tool?
What should I call it? (naming stuff is hard)
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