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Show HN: My project helps you create kick ass mobile sites

27 points by Concours 15y ago

gryzzly 15y ago
Please, hire a designer. Also “create and monetize your mobile website in less than 2 mins for all phones.It's free to start.” – please, insert space after “all phones.”
- Concours 15y ago
  fixing the text issue, thanks. What's wrong with the design?
  - mattmanser 15y ago
    It's amateur hour. Some basics: All the shades of yellow are subtly different The font sizes are all over the place The fonts themselves are all different, you seem to be using 4 different ones Whitespace proportions are wrong The red and the yellow don't compliment each other The shading effect in the red looks horrible What the hell is going on in the footer? Why are there full stops after people's names in the quotes? The embedded video has a higher z-index than the form for creating the mobile site Also the video is downright insulting too. Your target market seriously don't know what an iPhone or an App looks like? Or how to fill out a form?
pavel_lishin 15y ago
Watched the video, some complaints. * Your video says "GMBH", but your website says "MOBIlova". * "Remote the dots" and "remove the domain" do not make it at all obvious that you mean the TLD. * The worst thing, though, is that you didn't show us what happens once you hit "MOBILIZE." Does Mobilova then host a mobile version of the site? Do I get a static list of files? What's the point of the category dropdown? I tried it out, using BoingBoing as an example. It took me to a page that says: "Thank you very much for trying us. Your submission will be reviewed, and should be added shortly if accepted, meanwhile add following code in your site header or template, to take full control of your mobile site" If accepted? What? I literally have no idea what's going on. What happened to less than two minutes?
- gryzzly 15y ago
  +++ there is no need to tell me how to fill a form (although it's not friendly for the user), and of course I first want to see what will I get (after typing my credentials in the unknown website's form).
  - Concours 15y ago
    yeah, updating the description: you will be surprise on how many people don't know what to do with a form or how to fill it.
- Concours 15y ago
  Thanks for the great feedback pavel, The Video is a bit outdated and I'm still tweaking the new one. (GMBH is the old brand) working to fix that, when you hit mobilize now, there are two options, a mobile webapps is created in the choosen category and listed in the mobile portal http://www.nicezine.com http://www.nicezine.com , I'll add a description at the front page to make it clear. The second option that we offers is based on stylesheets, that's the option with the floating tab, if you use it, we'll create a mobile stylesheet and host it on Amazon S3 /and backup on Google storage , and send you the link for media query linking. Working to get all these infos on the front page now. As for remove the dots, I'm a bit concern that, non techie folks don't know what TLD means, do you have any other alternative suggestion? Thanks
  - jmcannon 15y ago
    Use javascript to automatically extract this information from the URL that they enter.
  - clark-kent 15y ago
    You can get the info from the RSS feed, like site name, site url, category etc.
Construct 15y ago
I'm 99% sure this site is some sort of parody or joke. After all, this is what it looks like on my iPhone: http://i.imgur.com/KNqzy.png http://i.imgur.com/KNqzy.png And searching 'TechCrunch' for 'Mobilova' returns zero results, despite Mobilova's claim that they were featured on TechCrunch.
- Concours 15y ago
  nope, it's not, I miss that bug, it's due to the sidefloating button, fixing it right away, thanks for pointing out.
  - joshuamerrill 15y ago
    You absolutely need to remove the TechCrunch and KillerStartups logos if indeed they have not reviewed you. It's highly misleading to your users and an abuse of their brand. In addition, the testimonials each have New York Times icon logos next to them. This doesn't add credibility; it's obvious the New York Times didn't write those reviews.
    - zitterbewegung 15y ago
      Techcrunch UK did review the site. See http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/11/24/gmbhnews-turns-any-blog-into-a-mobile-site-for-a-price/ http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/11/24/gmbhnews-turns-any-blog-... (old branding of the site).
    - joshuap 15y ago
      It's hard to believe, but TechCrunch actually did cover them: http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/11/24/gmbhnews-turns-any-blog-into-a-mobile-site-for-a-price/ http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/11/24/gmbhnews-turns-any-blog-...
    - Concours 15y ago
      maybe you are wrong about Techcrunch and Killerstartup not reviewing me, maybe you just miss the reviews...well, as for the testimonials, for me, it's indeed obvious that the New York times didn't write them as well, as it is for you, so I don't get why "it's misleading", could you please elaborate? Check Techcrunck UK , and look for GmbhNews: Old Brand. Check Killerstartup, and look for GmbhNews: Old Brand Check the press section, you will find some of those infos. Thanks for your great feedbck, I'll create new facvicon, I wasn't aware that those favicons are exclusively NYT favicons (it's a suggestion of the designer)
JarekS 15y ago
Your site doesn't work on mobile safari Techcrunch has never heard of you Link to your blog doesn't work... I could go on like this forever...
- Concours 15y ago
  Got the bug info , I've tested the site so far in a simulator and it looks good (my mistake was to not check it on an iPhone after adding some UI related features), working on it to fix those bugs. As for TechCrunch , you mean you couldn't find my link on TechCrunch? You shoudl try TechCrunhc Europe (TechCrunch UK)...with the old branding: GmbhNews , thanks for your feedback, fixing all the bugs, and don't hesitate to share any other bugs/issues you find.
huhtenberg 15y ago
Is this what I am supposed to see - http://i54.tinypic.com/ibkkt2.png http://i54.tinypic.com/ibkkt2.png ? This hardly relates well to anything "kick ass".
BobPalmer 15y ago
Renders poorly in Firefox 6 (Yes, Firefox 6 not IE 6). There's a weird floating half-cut off artifact that says something about 'ustom mobile site'... Advice. If your service is centered around the generation of quality content formatting for other people's sites, better make sure your own house is in order first (both on mobile and in modern browsers). Otherwise it's like buying cabinets from a carpenter who conspired to already cut off half of his fingers and both of his thumbs.
evertonfuller 15y ago
April Fools' Days is a few months off yet. Post again then?
suking 15y ago
$10/mo for that joke - come on.
bdickason 15y ago
Could you accomplish this by just starting with the URL as your first step? #1 - Enter your URL, then if you like what you see, enter your email, etc. I didn't give it a try because the signup form looked daunting.
BasDirks 15y ago
What's up with all these people who "JUST SHIP" and are shit at everything they do?
swatthatfly 15y ago
As others have pointed out you have a lot of work to do on your own site. Re-size the browser on your desktop an see if you notice anything that strikes you as odd. Hint: your design breaks apart. Mobile phones have a small screen so you must be able to re-size it seamlessly, before you can sell a web to mobile solution .
bane 15y ago
Lots of unnecessarily harsh comments for what could be a cool idea. He's doing a "Show HN" to get some feedback. Maybe we could all be a bit more constructive? Calling somebody's work a "joke" or an april fools prank isn't really all that nice. There's plenty of other places than HN I can go to watch somebody's work get needlessly trashed. I agree his stuff needs work, but I bet all of our projects (for those that have actually made something) needs some level of work. The vitriol here is kinda toxic, take a chill pill people.
matttah 15y ago
Keeps crashing my iPhone browser ironically
startupcto 15y ago
Fix your own site first if you are serious. It doesn't look that awesome btw.

27 points by Concours 15y ago

Please, hire a designer. Also “create and monetize your mobile website in less than 2 mins for all phones.It's free to start.” – please, insert space after “all phones.”

Concours 15y ago
fixing the text issue, thanks. What's wrong with the design?
- mattmanser 15y ago
  It's amateur hour. Some basics: All the shades of yellow are subtly different The font sizes are all over the place The fonts themselves are all different, you seem to be using 4 different ones Whitespace proportions are wrong The red and the yellow don't compliment each other The shading effect in the red looks horrible What the hell is going on in the footer? Why are there full stops after people's names in the quotes? The embedded video has a higher z-index than the form for creating the mobile site Also the video is downright insulting too. Your target market seriously don't know what an iPhone or an App looks like? Or how to fill out a form?

pavel_lishin 15y ago

Watched the video, some complaints. * Your video says "GMBH", but your website says "MOBIlova". * "Remote the dots" and "remove the domain" do not make it at all obvious that you mean the TLD. * The worst thing, though, is that you didn't show us what happens once you hit "MOBILIZE." Does Mobilova then host a mobile version of the site? Do I get a static list of files? What's the point of the category dropdown? I tried it out, using BoingBoing as an example. It took me to a page that says: "Thank you very much for trying us. Your submission will be reviewed, and should be added shortly if accepted, meanwhile add following code in your site header or template, to take full control of your mobile site" If accepted? What? I literally have no idea what's going on. What happened to less than two minutes?

gryzzly 15y ago
+++ there is no need to tell me how to fill a form (although it's not friendly for the user), and of course I first want to see what will I get (after typing my credentials in the unknown website's form).
- Concours 15y ago
  yeah, updating the description: you will be surprise on how many people don't know what to do with a form or how to fill it.
Concours 15y ago
Thanks for the great feedback pavel, The Video is a bit outdated and I'm still tweaking the new one. (GMBH is the old brand) working to fix that, when you hit mobilize now, there are two options, a mobile webapps is created in the choosen category and listed in the mobile portal http://www.nicezine.com http://www.nicezine.com , I'll add a description at the front page to make it clear. The second option that we offers is based on stylesheets, that's the option with the floating tab, if you use it, we'll create a mobile stylesheet and host it on Amazon S3 /and backup on Google storage , and send you the link for media query linking. Working to get all these infos on the front page now. As for remove the dots, I'm a bit concern that, non techie folks don't know what TLD means, do you have any other alternative suggestion? Thanks
- jmcannon 15y ago
  Use javascript to automatically extract this information from the URL that they enter.
- clark-kent 15y ago
  You can get the info from the RSS feed, like site name, site url, category etc.

Construct 15y ago

I'm 99% sure this site is some sort of parody or joke. After all, this is what it looks like on my iPhone: http://i.imgur.com/KNqzy.png http://i.imgur.com/KNqzy.png And searching 'TechCrunch' for 'Mobilova' returns zero results, despite Mobilova's claim that they were featured on TechCrunch.

Concours 15y ago
nope, it's not, I miss that bug, it's due to the sidefloating button, fixing it right away, thanks for pointing out.
- joshuamerrill 15y ago
  You absolutely need to remove the TechCrunch and KillerStartups logos if indeed they have not reviewed you. It's highly misleading to your users and an abuse of their brand. In addition, the testimonials each have New York Times icon logos next to them. This doesn't add credibility; it's obvious the New York Times didn't write those reviews.
  - zitterbewegung 15y ago
    Techcrunch UK did review the site. See http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/11/24/gmbhnews-turns-any-blog-into-a-mobile-site-for-a-price/ http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/11/24/gmbhnews-turns-any-blog-... (old branding of the site).
  - joshuap 15y ago
    It's hard to believe, but TechCrunch actually did cover them: http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/11/24/gmbhnews-turns-any-blog-into-a-mobile-site-for-a-price/ http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/11/24/gmbhnews-turns-any-blog-...
  - Concours 15y ago
    maybe you are wrong about Techcrunch and Killerstartup not reviewing me, maybe you just miss the reviews...well, as for the testimonials, for me, it's indeed obvious that the New York times didn't write them as well, as it is for you, so I don't get why "it's misleading", could you please elaborate? Check Techcrunck UK , and look for GmbhNews: Old Brand. Check Killerstartup, and look for GmbhNews: Old Brand Check the press section, you will find some of those infos. Thanks for your great feedbck, I'll create new facvicon, I wasn't aware that those favicons are exclusively NYT favicons (it's a suggestion of the designer)

JarekS 15y ago

Your site doesn't work on mobile safari Techcrunch has never heard of you Link to your blog doesn't work... I could go on like this forever...

Concours 15y ago
Got the bug info , I've tested the site so far in a simulator and it looks good (my mistake was to not check it on an iPhone after adding some UI related features), working on it to fix those bugs. As for TechCrunch , you mean you couldn't find my link on TechCrunch? You shoudl try TechCrunhc Europe (TechCrunch UK)...with the old branding: GmbhNews , thanks for your feedback, fixing all the bugs, and don't hesitate to share any other bugs/issues you find.

huhtenberg 15y ago

Is this what I am supposed to see - http://i54.tinypic.com/ibkkt2.png http://i54.tinypic.com/ibkkt2.png ? This hardly relates well to anything "kick ass".

BobPalmer 15y ago

Renders poorly in Firefox 6 (Yes, Firefox 6 not IE 6). There's a weird floating half-cut off artifact that says something about 'ustom mobile site'... Advice. If your service is centered around the generation of quality content formatting for other people's sites, better make sure your own house is in order first (both on mobile and in modern browsers). Otherwise it's like buying cabinets from a carpenter who conspired to already cut off half of his fingers and both of his thumbs.

evertonfuller 15y ago

April Fools' Days is a few months off yet. Post again then?

suking 15y ago

$10/mo for that joke - come on.

bdickason 15y ago

Could you accomplish this by just starting with the URL as your first step? #1 - Enter your URL, then if you like what you see, enter your email, etc. I didn't give it a try because the signup form looked daunting.

BasDirks 15y ago

What's up with all these people who "JUST SHIP" and are shit at everything they do?

swatthatfly 15y ago

As others have pointed out you have a lot of work to do on your own site. Re-size the browser on your desktop an see if you notice anything that strikes you as odd. Hint: your design breaks apart. Mobile phones have a small screen so you must be able to re-size it seamlessly, before you can sell a web to mobile solution .

bane 15y ago

Lots of unnecessarily harsh comments for what could be a cool idea. He's doing a "Show HN" to get some feedback. Maybe we could all be a bit more constructive? Calling somebody's work a "joke" or an april fools prank isn't really all that nice. There's plenty of other places than HN I can go to watch somebody's work get needlessly trashed. I agree his stuff needs work, but I bet all of our projects (for those that have actually made something) needs some level of work. The vitriol here is kinda toxic, take a chill pill people.

matttah 15y ago

Keeps crashing my iPhone browser ironically

startupcto 15y ago

Fix your own site first if you are serious. It doesn't look that awesome btw.