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Free 5 minute grumpy feedback on the landing page :) Requires Javascript to display anything for no good reason. After enabling it and reloading it takes more
by aw3c2 12y ago
Free 5 minute grumpy feedback on the landing page :)
Requires Javascript to display anything for no good reason.
After enabling it and reloading it takes more than 10 seconds to anything but the loading icon to appear. When I quickly scroll down to see what's there, there is nothing, then it fades in. Screenshots are tiny. When I click them they jump into my face. FAQ is hard to impossible to read with the color combination and font and centering. On the whole page I have no idea what is a link and what is not. FAQ items take me back to the top when I click them. Requiring a mail address for downloading (free?!) software is a no-no for me. The buttons at the bottom (fb, twitter etc) have no anchors set so if I hover them, I have no idea what clicking will do. I would not want them to open my mail client or something. No idea what the rightmost icon even means.
> 92five app by Chintan Banugaria is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Creative Commons are not for programs. Please choose AGPL or something like that for code.
You waste a lot of vertical space, I would suggest putting elements of the top-most part of the side closer together and maybe strip some text like this: http://i.imgur.com/9MjNLvy.png http://i.imgur.com/9MjNLvy.png
That way the full screenshot has a better chance to appear on the page.
Writing:
Don't use slashes when you can use a word instead. "No-one can see / access your todos." could be "No-one can see or access your todos.". You are using "to-do" elsewhere which I prefer. I would recommend also using "To-Dos" in that header.
You say "I am sure you will love the design.". I would not use "I" in that page unless you introduce yourself first.
Also spotted "Yes its free." -> "Yes, it's free."!
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The praise is hidden here!
The product itself looks slick and useful. Personally I am not a fan of flat design but you seem to have pulled it off nicely. Self-hosted tools are the best, thanks for doing that! I really really really suggest you make the landing page less annoying though. :P
- johnward 12y agoI agree with the JS critique. I actually thought something was wrong when it didn't load. I'm not sure the loading time is worth it for those pop-in effects as they aren't really necessary. Also I'm 28 with pretty good vision but I'm having a hard time with that lime green on white.
- Smudge 12y agoYeah I found that loading indicator bizarre. What am I waiting for? Is it circumventing the browser's rendering engine and doing it all in canvas or something? (I mean, I know it's not, that would be silly. It's more likely having to make multiple network requests to fetch the rest of the content.) I can understand the other javascript-ey bits as forgoing some amount of UX/usability in exchange for flashier visuals. But the loading indicator on initial page load just doesn't make sense to me.
- reitanqild 12y agoThe intent of the license (no derivatives) seems very different from AGPL (strong copyleft). Please don't recommend AGPL uncritically. Not everyone cares to think through the implications (yes, I have had that discussion with someone who told me was fine about me using his AGPL licensed program in a clearly non-AGPL compliant way because it was just GPL3 but for the web. I Had to find another solution.)