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SwissMiss Pimps Out Hotly Designed Gojee.com

13 points by MPLaValle 15y ago

leftnode 15y ago
Gojee.com is poorly tested because it was attempting to animate giant background images which bring an older machine or one without a GPU to a crawl.
wmeredith 15y ago
This looks familiar... I did the UX and front end implementation on a very similar site in July last year (having been inspired by thesixtyone.com myself). Here's the site: http://BlaineFisherPhotography.com http://BlaineFisherPhotography.com Here's a walk through of the creative & dev process: http://voltagecreative.com/articles/blaine-fisher-photography-site-launch/ http://voltagecreative.com/articles/blaine-fisher-photograph... I love this design aesthetic and am glad to see it catching on more and more.
gte910h 15y ago
Must give email before you show me a reason I want to give you my email? No thanks.
- MPLaValle 15y ago
  Hey there, fair point and we're workin on a tour! For now you can see screen shots on SwissMiss's website. Should be enough to convince :-)
  - gte910h 15y ago
    But you need to show me the reason I want to give you my email. I don't see why the website needs my email to show me recipes.
subpixel 15y ago
The site looks great and is fun to use. But thinking about how Gojee might plan to make money, I'm reminded of the difference between a product and a feature: http://www.philmichaelson.com/founding-decisions/build-a-business-not-a-feature/ http://www.philmichaelson.com/founding-decisions/build-a-bus... EDIT: I didn't realize the author of that post is working on another recipe site. No idea if he's following his own advice or not ;)
hetian 15y ago
Thanks Leftnode. Because we just launched Gojee, we've chosen to focus on improving the depth of the browsing experience for a majority of current internet users. That means the major browsers on fairly recent machines and mobile. We're not perfect, but we're improving day by day. If you have any problems/suggestions, feel free to email me at tian.he@gojee.com

13 points by MPLaValle 15y ago

Gojee.com is poorly tested because it was attempting to animate giant background images which bring an older machine or one without a GPU to a crawl.

wmeredith 15y ago

This looks familiar... I did the UX and front end implementation on a very similar site in July last year (having been inspired by thesixtyone.com myself). Here's the site: http://BlaineFisherPhotography.com http://BlaineFisherPhotography.com Here's a walk through of the creative & dev process: http://voltagecreative.com/articles/blaine-fisher-photography-site-launch/ http://voltagecreative.com/articles/blaine-fisher-photograph... I love this design aesthetic and am glad to see it catching on more and more.

gte910h 15y ago

Must give email before you show me a reason I want to give you my email? No thanks.

MPLaValle 15y ago
Hey there, fair point and we're workin on a tour! For now you can see screen shots on SwissMiss's website. Should be enough to convince :-)
- gte910h 15y ago
  But you need to show me the reason I want to give you my email. I don't see why the website needs my email to show me recipes.

subpixel 15y ago

The site looks great and is fun to use. But thinking about how Gojee might plan to make money, I'm reminded of the difference between a product and a feature: http://www.philmichaelson.com/founding-decisions/build-a-business-not-a-feature/ http://www.philmichaelson.com/founding-decisions/build-a-bus... EDIT: I didn't realize the author of that post is working on another recipe site. No idea if he's following his own advice or not ;)

hetian 15y ago

Thanks Leftnode. Because we just launched Gojee, we've chosen to focus on improving the depth of the browsing experience for a majority of current internet users. That means the major browsers on fairly recent machines and mobile. We're not perfect, but we're improving day by day. If you have any problems/suggestions, feel free to email me at tian.he@gojee.com