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If you're looking for feedback: The front page feels a little unfinished, and my eyes don't really know where to land when the page loads. The next thing I see

If you're looking for feedback: The front page feels a little unfinished, and my eyes don't really know where to land when the page loads. The next thing I see is a 'Drift' chat pop up, asking me how you can help? I'm not really sure as I don't know what the site does yet, but now I'm thinking you're probably selling something? It's more the kind of thing I'd expect to see on an eCommerce store, also there's another modal behind it that it's covering, here's a pic: http://imgur.com/PBxOYZ8 http://imgur.com/PBxOYZ8 It's hard to judge much more, as there's not really much content, trending matches the row below and some of the categories are empty. I'd heavily focus on content before launching to anywhere as, such as Product Hunt.

attacomsian 9y ago
Thank you for quick feedback. StartupBase is going to be a platform for entrepreneurs to show their products to the community of makers and early adopters ready to provide valuable feedback. I agree with you on front page. It is not well finished yet. Drift may be removed in future depending on how it is useful. The modal behind Drift has been removed. Thank you for reporting. For launching on Product Hunt, I am in no hurry. Right now, my focus is to add more content (mainly startups).
meagher 9y ago
Side note: I hate the little chat bubbles that pop up on sites nowadays. They are fine if they just sit there until you need them, but often they make noises, expand automatically, change the page's title ("Hi! The team is around to chat if you need help"), etc. I think people put them on their site because everyone else has them. What's not considered is you are giving real estate on your page to someone that has different goals than you (even if you are on their paid version). The effectiveness and conversations might be great, I still hate them.
- attacomsian 9y ago
  Drift does not expand automatically and makes no noise :)
  - meagher 9y ago
    Perhaps not on your site. Go to the Drift home page and it will expand after a few seconds if you're a new visitor. It also makes a pingy-new-message sound.
    - attacomsian 9y ago
      Correct. But I was referring to my site.

attacomsian 9y ago

Thank you for quick feedback. StartupBase is going to be a platform for entrepreneurs to show their products to the community of makers and early adopters ready to provide valuable feedback. I agree with you on front page. It is not well finished yet. Drift may be removed in future depending on how it is useful. The modal behind Drift has been removed. Thank you for reporting. For launching on Product Hunt, I am in no hurry. Right now, my focus is to add more content (mainly startups).

meagher 9y ago

Side note: I hate the little chat bubbles that pop up on sites nowadays. They are fine if they just sit there until you need them, but often they make noises, expand automatically, change the page's title ("Hi! The team is around to chat if you need help"), etc. I think people put them on their site because everyone else has them. What's not considered is you are giving real estate on your page to someone that has different goals than you (even if you are on their paid version). The effectiveness and conversations might be great, I still hate them.

attacomsian 9y ago
Drift does not expand automatically and makes no noise :)
- meagher 9y ago
  Perhaps not on your site. Go to the Drift home page and it will expand after a few seconds if you're a new visitor. It also makes a pingy-new-message sound.
  - attacomsian 9y ago
    Correct. But I was referring to my site.