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You really need to explain what this is for.
by matt1 18y ago
You really need to explain what this is for.
- peterbe 18y agoDamn it! That's what I hoped I wouldn't have to. Especially the example under the form.
- ryanwaggoner 18y agoEven a simple sentence at the top explaining who the site is for and what it does would be a HUGE improvement. "Crosstips helps you finish that crossword you're stuck on." "Need help with your crossword?" "Can't solve a tough crossword? We're here to help..." These aren't very good, but at least I know what the site is for now...having a description will also help with SEO.
- catch23 18y agoNot just crosswords... scrabble!
- joe_adk 18y agoI don't think it would be all that useful for scrabble. For that you would have to be able to input random letters and get words out. I didn't, however, have any difficulty figuring out what the site was for (the name and the icon made it fairly clear I thought). The "crossword puzzle" metaphor could have been incorporated a bit more in the design, maybe.
- stuntgoat 18y agoWell, Google does not explain what their search is for; why should you have to? Considering it is a niche market for folks that want to solve crossword puzzles, and you had enough people talk about it with each other, you could keep the front page non-descriptive. It is a destination site that people will visit when they know about what it does. I wouldn't want to see a slogan every time I visited the site, anyways. Change the tip word daily to mix it up a bit.
- baddox 18y agoNo you don't. It's quite obvious.
- JoelSutherland 18y agoIt would be even more obvious if you put the favicon next to the "Crosstips" header.
- ryanwaggoner 18y agoJudging by the number of comments saying that it needs to be more explicit, it's quite obviously not obvious to everyone.
- peterbe 18y agoI've clearly learned something by all your feedback. It used to have a more obvious name before that I couldn't use because of domain name real estate. I had to change to Crosstips but didn't pad it with more explanation of what it does. Plus having stared at it so much myself I got "home blind".
- baddox 18y agoBut most of the complaints say it needs to be more explicit because they didn't realize it was a crosswords tool, which inherently means they DID realize it was a crosswords tool.
- herval 18y agoIt was definitely NOT obvious for me...
- petercooper 18y agoAgreed. I took a look for about 30 seconds, then came here to say the same thing. EVERY site should have a single sentence (at the least) with a concise, non-jargony explanation of what it is. You can't just assume. When I saw someone mention the Favicon I went back and got it :) I think the problem I really had was that I read your "example" but it made no sense since I couldn't see any of the character boxes until I typed in the number of characters.
- peterbe 18y agoI've added a tagline now. I didn't have one before because before I launched it on a domain name I had a much more obvious name for the site which would need a tagline much less.
- acangiano 18y agoIt became obvious to me after glancing at the favico. It's one of those tiny details that ends up being important.
- peterbe 18y agoI've made some improvements now thanks to Nicholas Woodham. There is now a tag line and the first time you visit it it writes the tag line in full.