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That moment when I have to go to Product Hunt to see screenshots of your app because apparently they aren't important enough to put on your landing page. Why do

That moment when I have to go to Product Hunt to see screenshots of your app because apparently they aren't important enough to put on your landing page. Why do so many app landing pages leave out screenshots?

robotresearcher 10y ago
They have screenshots. 30% of the landing page is that. But the screenshots they choose are the on-boarding/startup screens. Choose any of the other sub-pages (from PRIVACY | AI | TRACKING | SANITIZER | SNOOZE | SEARCH) and you see other screenshots. The on-boarding screenshots are a bad choice for the landing page.
- xoa 9y ago
  I had to switch to another computer to see screenshots, I couldn't see them either from Chromium or iCab under iOS 10. Whatever fancy stuff they're trying to do on their site comes with a significant(ly irritating) browser compatibility cost. The iOS screens themselves are also pretty mediocre. I do not think stuffing them into that iPhone frame is at all helpful in making them informative, and they don't cover a lot of important basic questions I have. I guess I'm supposed to go to one of the linked other sites for more information but I consider that a significant fail in a product, IMHO their own web page should be the authoritative source that can answer most of my questions about core basics of specs and interface.
colept 10y ago
Because they need upvotes for their product on a community homepage that churns out tech spam and the occasional golden goose. Product Hunt is beyond the tipping point of being an inside community where your product only succeeds if a dozen or so other "makers" (as they call it) can also advertise their churn in your thread. Just last week that Spreadshare product was at the top of the page because their maker went out and spammed Slack channels soliciting upvotes under the false pretense of offering jobs to developers.

robotresearcher 10y ago

They have screenshots. 30% of the landing page is that. But the screenshots they choose are the on-boarding/startup screens. Choose any of the other sub-pages (from PRIVACY | AI | TRACKING | SANITIZER | SNOOZE | SEARCH) and you see other screenshots. The on-boarding screenshots are a bad choice for the landing page.

xoa 9y ago
I had to switch to another computer to see screenshots, I couldn't see them either from Chromium or iCab under iOS 10. Whatever fancy stuff they're trying to do on their site comes with a significant(ly irritating) browser compatibility cost. The iOS screens themselves are also pretty mediocre. I do not think stuffing them into that iPhone frame is at all helpful in making them informative, and they don't cover a lot of important basic questions I have. I guess I'm supposed to go to one of the linked other sites for more information but I consider that a significant fail in a product, IMHO their own web page should be the authoritative source that can answer most of my questions about core basics of specs and interface.

colept 10y ago

Because they need upvotes for their product on a community homepage that churns out tech spam and the occasional golden goose. Product Hunt is beyond the tipping point of being an inside community where your product only succeeds if a dozen or so other "makers" (as they call it) can also advertise their churn in your thread. Just last week that Spreadshare product was at the top of the page because their maker went out and spammed Slack channels soliciting upvotes under the false pretense of offering jobs to developers.