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I'm sure I've heard of Waterfox before, but this is the first time I have checked it out. Some constructive criticism, if you're open to it: The web page is ju
by bityard 3y ago
I'm sure I've heard of Waterfox before, but this is the first time I have checked it out.
Some constructive criticism, if you're open to it: The web page is just a bunch of standard marketing fluff with about 5 download links scattered around. It looks a lot like every other "product" website out there screaming, "trust us, it'll be worth it!"
If you really want to attract people like me to it, you can't just _say_ you're awesome, you need to _show_ us you're awesome. In your blog (which is hard to find), you express great gratitude towards your users and community. Where is this community, exactly? I might like to join it but I can't find it anywhere. I had to scroll all the way to the bottom of the page to find a link to the source code (which just says "GitHub," mind).
I had to search pretty hard to find out that it is open source and apparently actively maintained, so I will check it out after all. But I was seconds away from just closing the tab out of disinterest and not looking back.
- MrAlex94 3y ago> Some constructive criticism, if you're open to it: Definitely, much appreciated. You aren’t wrong about the fluff. We did user studies and showed people responded really well to this kind of landing page. I’ll see if I can have some more “hard facts”, but the average user doesn’t really understand the terminology which is why it’s dumbed down on this page - which essentially equates to fluff I suppose. For the blog, it’s in the navigation, not sure how to have it more prominent without it being obnoxiously placed? Open to suggestions. For the community, good points. I’ll make sure the subreddit and GitHub are more easily accessible as that’s where the community is based around and it’s very active.