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Just created an account and it looks interesting. Some random thoughts, take them for what you will: 1. The differentiating factor is the 5-second check inter
by bhauer 15y ago
Just created an account and it looks interesting. Some random thoughts, take them for what you will:
1. The differentiating factor is the 5-second check interval, yes? Clearly, I am not the target audience for that, but I suppose it could be of interest for some people. The argument seems to be that there is a measurable difference in the ability to react to an outage if you are notified within 5 seconds versus 60 seconds. That is true, but I suspect that even at my best, it would take me at least another 5 minutes to do anything about an outage.
2. It's not clear on the demo account tier how I would receive notifications. On the Probe editor, it shows that I will be notified, but not how. I presume by e-mail at the e-mail address I used to sign up (since you don't have anything else yet). But it should probably be more clearly indicated. Aha, elsewhere on the site it's clear the notification is via e-mail.
3. Overall the graphic design looks a little too "templatey," if you know what I mean. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a designer so I don't have any grounds to criticize design. Nevertheless, a few things could probably improve the look & feel:
a. Slightly tone down the color depth. Right now, many different sections of the page are all popping as if they are accent or highlight colors.
b. Commission some custom icons. I don't have any drawing skill, so I too use stock icons. But considering how heavily you utilize your icons, the icons are important for you. The icons have no site-specific character.
c. At the "Detect Portal," the content of most interest to me--the list of monitors--seems among the most diminutive and unimportant visually speaking.
d. Padding, margin, and spacing. The icons shouldn't touch the borders of their containers. The label on the "Create Check" button looks off-center vertically.
e. Terminology. The page names are a little weird; the page title doesn't seem to change? Also, while I understand what you're trying to do with the main navigation along the left, it's a little odd to click "Detect" to get to a list of "Checks" which are then called a "probe" in the URL.
Best of luck!
- verelo 15y agoThanks! Great feedback, we'll chase those items down. We have the differential locked in, but its not released yet...you'll have to stay tuned, but trust me its good ;-)