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Having your home page be just a login button is a bit disappointing. There's no screenshots and no information about how it works (or information at all for th

Having your home page be just a login button is a bit disappointing. There's no screenshots and no information about how it works (or information at all for that matter), which doesn't really convince me to create an account (in my mind, the process of picking a deck and printing it is not one where requiring a login would be obvious, so some more "convincing" might help). I don't want to sound mean-spirited, but I'd guess many people would similarly refrain from creating an account for the reasons mentioned above. Edit: Turns out there's a cool scrolling cards animation as background! It's just that it doesn't seem to work on Firefox so there it just has a blank background.

nticompass 2y ago
The animated background works in Chrome, but not Firefox. There is one CSS rule that Firefox doesn't like. If you open the Firefox devtools/console and type this, it'll fix it: document.querySelectorAll('img.mantine-Image-root').forEach(i => i.style.flex = 1);
theogravity 2y ago
I agree. Without this post, if I visited the page without any prior knowledge, I'd have no idea what this is about, and would have no incentive to sign up.
- _zfsy 2y ago
  The only way I'm showing people this website is a personal text or this hacker news post, which I would hope gives enough context.
  - trigonated 2y ago
    Fair enough. Sorry for sounding a bit mean. I also saw your other comment about the "test" account (didn't feel like replying on both places). Thank you for that.
- trigonated 2y ago
  Maybe some sort of "guest mode" where you could use the site, pick a deck and preview the printing (maybe a very small image), but then required an account to not lose the deck or actually getting the printable would be pretty reasonable. That said, maybe there's some other advantage to having an account that I just didn't think of.
_zfsy 2y ago
If you want to play around with it, try account hn@example.com with password hackernews! I didn't add any restrictions on email registration because I hear you that actually creating an account can be a chore. Exposing web services to the public internet without auth seems scary, which is why I rarely do it.
- lxgr 2y ago
  > I didn't add any restrictions on email registration […] Exposing web services to the public internet without auth seems scary Aren’t you still effectively doing that, though? This seems like the combination of two downsides: Bots will be able to perform email verification if they want to; honest users will still be deterred.
  - _zfsy 2y ago
    great point- bot protection is enabled in clerk, where email registration is not.
- nafey 2y ago
  Just adding a static website with screenshots of the product will be a great upgrade for users who are interested to learn more before signing in.
- cmg 2y ago
  For anyone else trying this, the password is hackernews - without an exclamation point. Tripped me up. Thanks for setting this up adenta!
- dgrove 2y ago
  Also login over a VPN unless you want your IP leaked to everyone else
- snapcaster 2y ago
  but also the chat function doesn't do anything unless you supply an email. Seriously without your post text here it's literally impossible to figure out what your site does exactly pre-account creation
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nticompass 2y ago

The animated background works in Chrome, but not Firefox. There is one CSS rule that Firefox doesn't like. If you open the Firefox devtools/console and type this, it'll fix it: document.querySelectorAll('img.mantine-Image-root').forEach(i => i.style.flex = 1);

theogravity 2y ago

I agree. Without this post, if I visited the page without any prior knowledge, I'd have no idea what this is about, and would have no incentive to sign up.

_zfsy 2y ago
The only way I'm showing people this website is a personal text or this hacker news post, which I would hope gives enough context.
- trigonated 2y ago
  Fair enough. Sorry for sounding a bit mean. I also saw your other comment about the "test" account (didn't feel like replying on both places). Thank you for that.
trigonated 2y ago
Maybe some sort of "guest mode" where you could use the site, pick a deck and preview the printing (maybe a very small image), but then required an account to not lose the deck or actually getting the printable would be pretty reasonable. That said, maybe there's some other advantage to having an account that I just didn't think of.

_zfsy 2y ago

If you want to play around with it, try account hn@example.com with password hackernews! I didn't add any restrictions on email registration because I hear you that actually creating an account can be a chore. Exposing web services to the public internet without auth seems scary, which is why I rarely do it.

lxgr 2y ago
> I didn't add any restrictions on email registration […] Exposing web services to the public internet without auth seems scary Aren’t you still effectively doing that, though? This seems like the combination of two downsides: Bots will be able to perform email verification if they want to; honest users will still be deterred.
- _zfsy 2y ago
  great point- bot protection is enabled in clerk, where email registration is not.
nafey 2y ago
Just adding a static website with screenshots of the product will be a great upgrade for users who are interested to learn more before signing in.
cmg 2y ago
For anyone else trying this, the password is hackernews - without an exclamation point. Tripped me up. Thanks for setting this up adenta!
dgrove 2y ago
Also login over a VPN unless you want your IP leaked to everyone else
snapcaster 2y ago
but also the chat function doesn't do anything unless you supply an email. Seriously without your post text here it's literally impossible to figure out what your site does exactly pre-account creation

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