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It would be hard to overstate how much I dislike the design, and (more objectively) I think it's working against you. I know the 90s are cool right now, but "S
by smt88 4y ago
It would be hard to overstate how much I dislike the design, and (more objectively) I think it's working against you.
I know the 90s are cool right now, but "Saved By the Bell intro" theme doesn't confer a lot of confidence in the product.
There's also a lot of low-contrast text (black text on purple background), bizarrely wide fonts, buttons/CTAs that don't look clickable at first glance, cards and pills that do look clickable but aren't, and distracting animations.
I've now spent at least 60 seconds on the page and still haven't actually absorbed any information because it's so busy and distracting. I badly want to close it as soon as I start skimming it.
The design is serving itself (and the designer), not whatever message you are trying to communicate.
Remember that with hipster-y, polarizing designs, you're filtering out some audience. You may hope it's an audience you don't need or don't care about, but sometimes that's not the case, and you'll never know because they'll just look like anonymous bounces.
- dvykhopen 4y agogreat point, and i'm starting to agree. we battled with this when implementing this design but after now stress-testing realized it may be a bit too much. as someone who strives to write concise copy, i find myself dying to just change to a white background with a heading and bullet points sometimes. will keep in mind as we improve this, thank you!
- valbaca 4y agoHonestly I love the “Saved by the Bell” high neon colors. Just tired of the same website templates used by every single startup.
- throwaway743 4y agoIt's a design trend that marketers think appeals to zoomers
- smt88 4y agoI wouldn't be surprised if it does. The issue is whether it simultaneously prevents them from comprehending the marketing message presented.
- throwaway743 4y agoTotally agree