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I checked out the page BEFORE reading your description, so this is my impression as a normal web user. Sorry, but it's kind of brutal. I'm trying to be honest.
by JohnTitus 16y ago
I checked out the page BEFORE reading your description, so this is my impression as a normal web user. Sorry, but it's kind of brutal. I'm trying to be honest.
First thoughts:
After viewing the page for about 20 seconds, I have no idea what it is. If I were a normal user, I'd be gone by now.
Seconds thoughts:
Now that I've read all the boxes around the page, I get that it's for managing a band. Took way too long to figure that out. The 6 boxes need to be shrunk down into one "sound bite" to describe what the site is. You don't have to tell your users all your feature on the front page - that's what a "more info" link is for.
Also - there's a SIGNUP UP NOW, below that there is an Enter, and below that is another Enter. Over on the bottom left is another Enter with a smiley face. Not sure what to do first.
Decided to pretend I'm a band:
Clicking on Band starts a video tutorial. Wasn't expecting that. Video tutorial goes by pretty fast. How do I stop this video? The "Enter" button at the bottom of the page is apparently a free text field that does nothing.
Decided to sign up:
Filled out the fields. Clicked Continue. Took me back to the form and told me the user was not found.
At this point, I'm done. In general:
Too much going on for a simple landing page. The idea of a landing page is to convert casual surfers into signing up.
I never saw the Terms of Service anywhere.
- TimothyBurgess 16y agoAlso - there's a SIGNUP UP NOW, below that there is an Enter, and below that is another Enter. Over on the bottom left is another Enter with a smiley face. Not sure what to do first. This front page is using the same framework behind the rest of the app. I figured I'd do that to keep everything consistent. The free text field that says "Enter" is the name of that particular layout (it matches the smiley face icon)... I figured I'd leave all layouts editable on the front page just for people to tinker with if they wanted. Video tutorial goes by pretty fast. How do I stop this video? It's actually all javascript. :| I've considered adding pause/stop/forward/back buttons.