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Is this what is considered a product page these days? One vaguely non-specific sentence and 2 embedded videos. They have all the information and images they ne

Is this what is considered a product page these days? One vaguely non-specific sentence and 2 embedded videos. They have all the information and images they need available on the play store, so why are they not presenting it on their own site? (grumble, grumble)

throwaway13000 7y ago
Based on the profile, it was done by a new college grad. I think we should appreciate him.
- aswinmohanme 7y ago
  Thanks for the support and I still got one more year to become a grad :)
aswinmohanme 7y ago
I wanted a minimal aesthetic since it would match the minimal style of the launcher. Also I thought the videos gave sufficient explanation, will be improving the page in the meantime :D
- johnchristopher 7y ago
  > I wanted a minimal aesthetic since it would match the minimal style of the launcher. Words are more minimal and efficient than voice (think of the passage from oral civilization to writing civilization). After the introduction "So the thing I have been thinking about a bit recently" with the classical youtuber voice tone I just stopped the video (didn't want to check out if you - or the other guy, I don't know, don't care - were going to show me the product or spend 7 minutes on storytelling) and went to the play store to see what it actually does (since a quick glance to the page didn't show any screenshots or explanation). Now I am installing the thing :).
  - thaumasiotes 7y ago
    > Words are more minimal and efficient than voice (think of the passage from oral civilization to writing civilization). While text is certainly more efficient than voice, I think the (very large!) differences between oral civilization and writing civilization are more down to the fact that text is more permanent than voice.
sleavey 7y ago
Indeed. I don't click videos in public when browsing on my phone because I hate hearing random videos from others. Text should always accompany videos.
choward 7y ago
It's kind of ironic that it forces you to use a distracting feature of your phone: speakers. Text describing the product would be more minimal and informative.

throwaway13000 7y ago

Based on the profile, it was done by a new college grad. I think we should appreciate him.

aswinmohanme 7y ago
Thanks for the support and I still got one more year to become a grad :)

aswinmohanme 7y ago

I wanted a minimal aesthetic since it would match the minimal style of the launcher. Also I thought the videos gave sufficient explanation, will be improving the page in the meantime :D

johnchristopher 7y ago
> I wanted a minimal aesthetic since it would match the minimal style of the launcher. Words are more minimal and efficient than voice (think of the passage from oral civilization to writing civilization). After the introduction "So the thing I have been thinking about a bit recently" with the classical youtuber voice tone I just stopped the video (didn't want to check out if you - or the other guy, I don't know, don't care - were going to show me the product or spend 7 minutes on storytelling) and went to the play store to see what it actually does (since a quick glance to the page didn't show any screenshots or explanation). Now I am installing the thing :).
- thaumasiotes 7y ago
  > Words are more minimal and efficient than voice (think of the passage from oral civilization to writing civilization). While text is certainly more efficient than voice, I think the (very large!) differences between oral civilization and writing civilization are more down to the fact that text is more permanent than voice.

sleavey 7y ago

Indeed. I don't click videos in public when browsing on my phone because I hate hearing random videos from others. Text should always accompany videos.

choward 7y ago

It's kind of ironic that it forces you to use a distracting feature of your phone: speakers. Text describing the product would be more minimal and informative.