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42 points by stevencorcoran 13y ago

boldrikboldrik 13y ago
Is is just me or is this site completely unreadable due to tiny size of text and unreadable images?
- dewey 13y ago
  It's not just you. It's one of the default tumblr themes and not really a good choice for text posts.
- exceptione 13y ago
  No, me too. I can't even see what those images should show.
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- dec0dedab0de 13y ago
  In the blog they mention that is one of the things they fixed. That's why the screenshot is in the foot notes.
  - psykovsky 13y ago
    Fixed it with another stock photo pretending to be "one of the team"? Lame as lame can be.
    - dec0dedab0de 13y ago
      yeah, it does seem kind of lame.
trcollinson 13y ago
I am sure we can debate all day the merits of different styles of testing, but Ryan (the blogger and co-founder, for those who don't want to read the article), really should think about adding some testing for features like this. To say things like "this [bug] was embarrassing, especially when that [user] was a potential investor" and then also make comments like "we had just redone our website, and hadn't done too much testing" or "I could have written a script for this [testing], but that itself would have taken up precious time", is, frankly, silly. I'm glad actual users were able to give you the data to debug and have a potentially mediocre experience in the mean time. If you are a start up and expect potential investors to give you their money to fund your dream a) don't come off sounding lazy about quality, and b) make a well tested, high quality product. Testing will make your product better, waste a lot less of your own time as a developer, and win you investors for your idea.
hablahaha 13y ago
Glad to see that y'all have removed the Kate Upton photo, I can see that it was just a mistake :)
- gus_massa 13y ago
  Mmm, the new Jesse Swanson, "My Dedicated Lawn Genius" is a screenshot from a Stock Video (not sure which one, she has many videos that are very similar): http://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/33665071/smiling-woman-takes-look-right.html http://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/33665071/smiling-woman-ta... http://footage.shutterstock.com/clip-5295113-stock-footage-smiling-woman-suddenly-looks-to-the-right-surprised-with-her-mouth-open.html http://footage.shutterstock.com/clip-5295113-stock-footage-s...
  - hablahaha 13y ago
    Ugh, I was afraid of that. It looked very much like a stock photo. They really, really don't need a picture there to begin with.
panarky 13y ago
Still seems broken. 1) Navigate to http://lawnstarter.com/signup/ http://lawnstarter.com/signup/ 2) Enter my address, Google Street View of my house shows up 3) "Is this your address?" has "Yes" highlighted in green 4) I click the green "Yes" element, nothing happens How do I get to the next step?
- teh_klev 13y ago
  I tried that too and got the same result. I'm outside the US, if this isn't your intended audience then make it clear you're serving US(/Canada) only users/customers. Edit: Ok...so I discover that you're limited to DC metro and a couple of VA counties at the very bottom of the page. Perhaps your address selector should be a bit more clever and save folks some time.
- ricket 13y ago
  I see the same, pretty sure it's broken for everyone, see the JS console: http://i.imgur.com/eQZlNKO.png http://i.imgur.com/eQZlNKO.png Gotta love that professional log message, "This shit ran". In addition to several errors. The onclick function doesn't work at all, except in browsers where window.event is a thing. Guess what browser does that? Internet Explorer.

boldrikboldrik 13y ago

Is is just me or is this site completely unreadable due to tiny size of text and unreadable images?

dewey 13y ago
It's not just you. It's one of the default tumblr themes and not really a good choice for text posts.
exceptione 13y ago
No, me too. I can't even see what those images should show.

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dec0dedab0de 13y ago
In the blog they mention that is one of the things they fixed. That's why the screenshot is in the foot notes.
- psykovsky 13y ago
  Fixed it with another stock photo pretending to be "one of the team"? Lame as lame can be.
  - dec0dedab0de 13y ago
    yeah, it does seem kind of lame.

trcollinson 13y ago

I am sure we can debate all day the merits of different styles of testing, but Ryan (the blogger and co-founder, for those who don't want to read the article), really should think about adding some testing for features like this. To say things like "this [bug] was embarrassing, especially when that [user] was a potential investor" and then also make comments like "we had just redone our website, and hadn't done too much testing" or "I could have written a script for this [testing], but that itself would have taken up precious time", is, frankly, silly. I'm glad actual users were able to give you the data to debug and have a potentially mediocre experience in the mean time. If you are a start up and expect potential investors to give you their money to fund your dream a) don't come off sounding lazy about quality, and b) make a well tested, high quality product. Testing will make your product better, waste a lot less of your own time as a developer, and win you investors for your idea.

hablahaha 13y ago

Glad to see that y'all have removed the Kate Upton photo, I can see that it was just a mistake :)

gus_massa 13y ago
Mmm, the new Jesse Swanson, "My Dedicated Lawn Genius" is a screenshot from a Stock Video (not sure which one, she has many videos that are very similar): http://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/33665071/smiling-woman-takes-look-right.html http://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/33665071/smiling-woman-ta... http://footage.shutterstock.com/clip-5295113-stock-footage-smiling-woman-suddenly-looks-to-the-right-surprised-with-her-mouth-open.html http://footage.shutterstock.com/clip-5295113-stock-footage-s...
- hablahaha 13y ago
  Ugh, I was afraid of that. It looked very much like a stock photo. They really, really don't need a picture there to begin with.

panarky 13y ago

Still seems broken. 1) Navigate to http://lawnstarter.com/signup/ http://lawnstarter.com/signup/ 2) Enter my address, Google Street View of my house shows up 3) "Is this your address?" has "Yes" highlighted in green 4) I click the green "Yes" element, nothing happens How do I get to the next step?

teh_klev 13y ago
I tried that too and got the same result. I'm outside the US, if this isn't your intended audience then make it clear you're serving US(/Canada) only users/customers. Edit: Ok...so I discover that you're limited to DC metro and a couple of VA counties at the very bottom of the page. Perhaps your address selector should be a bit more clever and save folks some time.
ricket 13y ago
I see the same, pretty sure it's broken for everyone, see the JS console: http://i.imgur.com/eQZlNKO.png http://i.imgur.com/eQZlNKO.png Gotta love that professional log message, "This shit ran". In addition to several errors. The onclick function doesn't work at all, except in browsers where window.event is a thing. Guess what browser does that? Internet Explorer.