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I do like Haystack better, but not because of minimal design, and I'm not sure what "focus on the company" means. I like Haystack better (this is very first-im
by DanielStraight 17y ago
I do like Haystack better, but not because of minimal design, and I'm not sure what "focus on the company" means.
I like Haystack better (this is very first-impression for them too because I hadn't heard of Haystack before) because it gives you right up front in a bold way exactly and only what you care about. To put myself in the users shoes, I want to hire a designer. What do I care about? Who's out there, what can they do, and how much will it cost me. Haystack answers this is 3 seconds. It also keeps the contact information simple and web-based. If I need a phone number or address, I can always email and ask.
Haystack has some problems of its own, but I think as far as the profile pages go, Haystack is much better.
Perhaps you could have different profile templates which are catered to various types of businesses if you don't want to go completely freeform (and it's probably a good idea not to because then it will turn into Myspace and be scarily bad). Or perhaps you could have widgets that users could add like a portfolio or like a contact info or testimonial box (instead of putting these on all profiles). Or, since templates and widgets have been done to death, perhaps you could come up with something different. Who knows. I just know that what you have right now is very phone-book-ish and not particularly compelling to the user looking to hire someone for some job.
- leftnode 17y agoYour contact information isn't in your profile, but you've given me some great ideas. Would you mind emailing me at vmc@leftnode.com so I could personally contact you in the future?
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