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I'm not interested in the product, but I have to say this site is great. Too many sites that get posted in Show HN are so difficult to decipher what service the

I'm not interested in the product, but I have to say this site is great. Too many sites that get posted in Show HN are so difficult to decipher what service they provide or function they serve. This landing page is about as clear as you could be straight away: it's a small camera -> great battery life -> pricing (without going to another page!) -> Mac Only -> Buy/Download links. You provide use cases, your tech specs are visible just by scrolling a bit, there's photos of the device that highlight its size. It even looks good. Only downside is a lack of example photos (which sound like they'll be added). This is a breath of fresh air and I applaud your effort on it.

davekeck 2y ago
That means a lot, thanks friend.
bbor 2y ago
Yeah echoing this. Everything about the design is technically immaculate (color contrasts & usage, consistent styling, and a satisfying visual variety), but it has that super important element that most product pages lack: a cohesive narrative. Not, like, a literal narrative (though the motorcycle story sounds intense!), more like… being introduced to a friend’s friend for the first time. I guess I’d give credit for this effect to my internal questions coming up in the same order as they were answered by the page! As a fellow solo-webdev/“founder”/layabout, OP I’d love to hear your comments on design and how you got to this point, if you find the time and interest. The camera itself looks sleek as hell and I’d love to hear about the physical design too, but that’s much less my bailiwick lol
sgallant 2y ago
Yes, the site is very authentic but at first glance I was pretty confused. The animated cartoony camera followed by "only for mac" and "download" made me think this was an app, not a hardware camera. I'd put a real photo of the camera in the hero section so people instantly grok that it's a real device.
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password4321 2y ago
As opposed to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40557726 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40557726 yesterday though it came with a disclaimer.

davekeck 2y ago

That means a lot, thanks friend.

bbor 2y ago

Yeah echoing this. Everything about the design is technically immaculate (color contrasts & usage, consistent styling, and a satisfying visual variety), but it has that super important element that most product pages lack: a cohesive narrative. Not, like, a literal narrative (though the motorcycle story sounds intense!), more like… being introduced to a friend’s friend for the first time. I guess I’d give credit for this effect to my internal questions coming up in the same order as they were answered by the page! As a fellow solo-webdev/“founder”/layabout, OP I’d love to hear your comments on design and how you got to this point, if you find the time and interest. The camera itself looks sleek as hell and I’d love to hear about the physical design too, but that’s much less my bailiwick lol

sgallant 2y ago

Yes, the site is very authentic but at first glance I was pretty confused. The animated cartoony camera followed by "only for mac" and "download" made me think this was an app, not a hardware camera. I'd put a real photo of the camera in the hero section so people instantly grok that it's a real device.

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password4321 2y ago

As opposed to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40557726 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40557726 yesterday though it came with a disclaimer.