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I would have left you this feedback live on your site, but no widget there, which I feel is a missed opportunity. Anyhow. Talk about how web designers in spec

by patio11 12y ago

I would have left you this feedback live on your site, but no widget there, which I feel is a missed opportunity. Anyhow. Talk about how web designers in specifically should be using this rather than getting their feedback over email with non-descriptive explanations like "I feel the paragraph was overshadowed by the icon." "What icon?" "The green one." "On what page?" "The home page." "Oh yay after 3 emails I finally understand what you meant!" Get Beta Access doesn't read as a button. The hero shot is a lovely photo and I don't want to crush your soul about it, but it sells a lifestyle of working on Macbooks in hipster cafes, not your software. It is impossible to tell, at that point in the sales process, that the fake website which gets 100% of the screen-within-a-screen real estate is not actually the point of the shot, but rather, the UI that gets 10% of the screen-within-a-screen real estate is the point. That UI is unreadable to me, both literally and figuratively. Your animated explanation later on the page is superior in explaining what your software actually does. You should probably sell this face-to-face to designers at meetups/etc. Give away two dozen beta accounts to actual people in real life, with that crazy founder gleam in your eyes. If they don't use it, pester them about why. Answer the objections in onboarding -- e.g. don't have a website that I need feedback on right now, didn't get the snippet installed, etc.

loceng 12y ago
Indeed, if you're not even using your product yourself - showcasing it front and centre, then why would I want to use it? Including it would be the perfect demo opportunity.
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m4nu 12y ago
As much as I'd love to have the snippet in use on the landing page, it wouldn't work "out of the box", I would need to branch the whole app and made one specific for that use. Couldn't agree more about you comment on the landing page, so no soul crushed there. Optimising that page is definitely on the top of the todo list but even more important now is to know if the app is actually useful for people in their day to day workflow, and I am having quite a bit of trouble to find users willing to try it out - even though the one that registered seem to really like it. So a bit confused now as to what I should put my focus on from here. Thanks for the feedback
LTheobald 12y ago
Completely agreeing with this comment. The first thing I wanted to do was see it in action myself (and by see, I mean use). As soon as I couldn't there & then I left. The "Right tool for the job" example also was more damaging than useful in a way. You have this huge blowup circle to show the toolbar. But that's over 50% whitespace and even hides the demo you have running behind it.
paulrov 12y ago
As a designer the last thing I want is a client to be drawing boxes all over the screen pointing out what they don't like. It makes it much more difficulty to manage expectations and talk them round to my way of thinking. I'd rather they vocalise their issues and I can tackle them as I see fit and justify my position the same. This is app is just "hovering client as a service"

by patio11 12y ago

loceng 12y ago

Indeed, if you're not even using your product yourself - showcasing it front and centre, then why would I want to use it? Including it would be the perfect demo opportunity.

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m4nu 12y ago

As much as I'd love to have the snippet in use on the landing page, it wouldn't work "out of the box", I would need to branch the whole app and made one specific for that use. Couldn't agree more about you comment on the landing page, so no soul crushed there. Optimising that page is definitely on the top of the todo list but even more important now is to know if the app is actually useful for people in their day to day workflow, and I am having quite a bit of trouble to find users willing to try it out - even though the one that registered seem to really like it. So a bit confused now as to what I should put my focus on from here. Thanks for the feedback

LTheobald 12y ago

Completely agreeing with this comment. The first thing I wanted to do was see it in action myself (and by see, I mean use). As soon as I couldn't there & then I left. The "Right tool for the job" example also was more damaging than useful in a way. You have this huge blowup circle to show the toolbar. But that's over 50% whitespace and even hides the demo you have running behind it.

paulrov 12y ago

As a designer the last thing I want is a client to be drawing boxes all over the screen pointing out what they don't like. It makes it much more difficulty to manage expectations and talk them round to my way of thinking. I'd rather they vocalise their issues and I can tackle them as I see fit and justify my position the same. This is app is just "hovering client as a service"