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Like most websites of such projects, its missing the "What is X" that explains what problem your "product X" solves. (yes you are selling your product) And giv
by barrystaes 12y ago
Like most websites of such projects, its missing the "What is X" that explains what problem your "product X" solves. (yes you are selling your product)
And gives context such as being a supplement to Y and an alternative to Z. After reading every page, i still have no idea what it does, what its for and how i can learn more about Y and Z so i can understand why i need X.
- derefr 12y agoIt's an alternative to creating a repo for your 50-line app and pushing it up to Heroku, basically.
- king_magic 12y agoI... never would have guessed that. Still can't wrap my mind around it.
- tombh 12y agoIt clicked for me when I saw the example curl request; `curl --data 'foo=bar&hello=there' http://hook.io/Marak/echo` But yeah, up till then I felt a bit uncomfortable that the assumption was made that I already knew what it was all about. Gotta say I really like it, maybe put the example curl request much nearer the top in a big font size?
- _Marak_ 12y agoThanks for the feedback! I took the curl example added it to the homepage right under the tagline. Thinking of a Hook as a standard Unix Pipe really helps solidifying the entire concept.
- king_magic 12y agoHonestly, I still have no clue what it does, even with the curl example.
- SimeVidas 12y agoThis is a great point. Most tools and services fail at ELI5 which is a missed opportunity for them (since they’re alienating potential users/customers).
- king_magic 12y ago100% agree. I have no clue what this does or why I would need it, and furthermore I feel like I would have to do a fair bit of research before the website makes sense.