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I think you might be a bit harsh. First thing on the landing page, it says: "Write your music scores online" Create, collaborate and discover sheet music with

• jdcarter 11y ago
  Harsh, yes, but I had the same experience. I scrolled around looking for some actual music, then left the site to check HN news comments. Thanks for the tip about the "popular" link, I had missed it. After checking out a couple scores I signed up, looks like a cool site. Had the site simply put their top 4-8 songs (with that nifty preview-on-hover) on their landing page, I imagine their sign-up rate would skyrocket.
• noahlt 11y ago
  I agree. If "Write your music scores online" is not enough for you to understand the product, then you are probably not a target user. Similarly, lots of ad tech and dev tools landing pages are unintelligible to people who probably don't want to use the product, but perfectly reasonable to those who might.
  • logicrook 11y ago
    I can't see how you can make such a comment while being efficient. When you're looking for some software, you don't want "X that does Y". There are already solutions (maybe hacky ones) to do Y, so you want some X that will be good in your workflow. And this is not something you can decide with "Do Y. Awesomely." Honestly the current page is not so bad, but it is still a far-cry that the convincing thing: a demo, a quickstart tutorial, or a video.
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• noahlt 11y ago
  I agree. If "Write your music scores online" is not enough for you to understand the product, then you are probably not a target user. Similarly, lots of ad tech and dev tools landing pages are unintelligible to people who probably don't want to use the product, but perfectly reasonable to those who might.