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It's odd to see how people are not accustomed to plain websites anymore. You click the 'About' link in the footer, and get a direct explanation of what it is, p

It's odd to see how people are not accustomed to plain websites anymore. You click the 'About' link in the footer, and get a direct explanation of what it is, pricing and the entire documentation.

virgil_disgr4ce 10mo ago
why do we need to click anything? Why wouldn't the relevant information be there in the initial view?
- ascii0eks84 10mo ago
  Gatekeeping mechanism. This effectively filters useless traffic and trash contacts.
  - conductr 10mo ago
    You’re right that it probably filtered out a lot of traffic. Traffic that may have converted to users if they didn’t meet such a useless landing page
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albedoa 10mo ago
You truly, honestly believe that to be the real problem? Come on. You don't need to do whatever this is.
canadiantim 10mo ago
Even the 'About' page doesn't have much information either though All the About page contains is: > exe.dev is a subscription service that gives you virtual machines, with persistent disks, quickly and without fuss. These machines are immediately accessible over HTTPS, with sensible and secure defaults. You can share your web server as easily as you can share a Google Doc. With built-in optional authentication, so you can focus on your thing. > Your VMs share CPU/RAM. Create as many VMs as you like with the resources you have.
- ricardobeat 10mo ago
  As (probably?) their target audience, this is very clear to me. It’s a service to create persistent VMs and ssh into them. What’s missing? Granted, navigation on mobile could be better – the “All docs” breadcrumb is the only way to find the pricing and rest of the docs. On desktop it is clearer.
strathmeyer 10mo ago
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beAbU 10mo ago
What is the purpose of the landing page of this site, if it conveys nothing? Sure, 'about' explains what it is, but then from there I need to go back to a page that's called 'all docs' to see the link to pricing. Don't defend this. It's not plain. It's obtuse. A properly designed plain site will have the following text front and centre on it's hero: "virtual machines in the cloud with persistent disks and sudo, starting from $20/month."
AuthAuth 10mo ago
Given that this is an AD for the ten millionth VPS service, it should be upfront about the value proposition. Most people think its a game or something interesting and when they find out what it is they're disappointed. You dont want people associating that with your brand.

It's odd to see how people are not accustomed to plain websites anymore. You click the 'About' link in the footer, and get a direct explanation of what it is, pricing and the entire documentation.

virgil_disgr4ce 10mo ago

why do we need to click anything? Why wouldn't the relevant information be there in the initial view?

ascii0eks84 10mo ago
Gatekeeping mechanism. This effectively filters useless traffic and trash contacts.
- conductr 10mo ago
  You’re right that it probably filtered out a lot of traffic. Traffic that may have converted to users if they didn’t meet such a useless landing page

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albedoa 10mo ago

You truly, honestly believe that to be the real problem? Come on. You don't need to do whatever this is.

canadiantim 10mo ago

Even the 'About' page doesn't have much information either though All the About page contains is: > exe.dev is a subscription service that gives you virtual machines, with persistent disks, quickly and without fuss. These machines are immediately accessible over HTTPS, with sensible and secure defaults. You can share your web server as easily as you can share a Google Doc. With built-in optional authentication, so you can focus on your thing. > Your VMs share CPU/RAM. Create as many VMs as you like with the resources you have.

ricardobeat 10mo ago
As (probably?) their target audience, this is very clear to me. It’s a service to create persistent VMs and ssh into them. What’s missing? Granted, navigation on mobile could be better – the “All docs” breadcrumb is the only way to find the pricing and rest of the docs. On desktop it is clearer.

strathmeyer 10mo ago

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beAbU 10mo ago

What is the purpose of the landing page of this site, if it conveys nothing? Sure, 'about' explains what it is, but then from there I need to go back to a page that's called 'all docs' to see the link to pricing. Don't defend this. It's not plain. It's obtuse. A properly designed plain site will have the following text front and centre on it's hero: "virtual machines in the cloud with persistent disks and sudo, starting from $20/month."

AuthAuth 10mo ago

Given that this is an AD for the ten millionth VPS service, it should be upfront about the value proposition. Most people think its a game or something interesting and when they find out what it is they're disappointed. You dont want people associating that with your brand.