Looking for feedback on my new website

by e_xyz • 6 years ago

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uberman• 6 years ago

Looks like a stylized desktop that is presenting an error/warning message. I closed the tab. Probably not what you hoped for but I was not even able to tell what your site was actually about.

e_xyz5• 6 years ago

Thanks for the feedback, experimenting with a more 'fun' portfolio style. Also just something that was a bit more interesting to build.

Appreciate feedback on impressions

sarcasmatwork• 6 years ago

God no! That was bad. Animations, colors, SOUND! I hope this is a joke, and not something serious.

e_xyz5• 6 years ago

I love this!

ppf• 6 years ago

I kinda like it, but the clickable area of the "x" buttons to close a window is smaller than the button. My first experience of your site is trying to close the window asking for money, and therefore having difficulty doing so. Normally, I'd give up there.

e_xyz5• 6 years ago

This has come up before, I think I'll revise having that pop up so early on.

Appreciate the feedback :)

maximp2• 6 years ago

I think this is awesome. The colors are garish, but also, totally 80s nostalgia. I think this is creative and fun. I just have two small suggestions:

1. If I click a window, it gets brought to the front. Awesome. if I click it again, it gets sent to the back!! Not cool.

2. Consider holding off on getting me to buy you a coffee. Having that popup upfront, before I've had a chance to explore the website, doesn't make a lot of sense. Consider displaying it after 30-60 seconds, and adding an icon to the dock.

e_xyz5• 6 years ago

As #2 has come up quite a few times I increased the time on it. Thanks for the feedback!

And totally agree on #1, trying to resolve the bug there. Super appreciate the nice words and feedback! :)

maximp2• 6 years ago

You fixed it! So much better :) Awesome project, definitely sharing with friends.

purritos• 6 years ago

I really like the colors and your idea for the portfolio! However, as I opened your website, I immediately thought it was one of those fake virus warning websites due to the sound and popup. Almost close it due to habit. Not sure why you are asking for money upfront when first-time visitors have no idea what your site has to offer. A bunch of your links open in a new window which makes it a little annoying to stay on your site. I'm also unable to resize the windows so the pictures in 'Photos' are tiny and hard to see. Since you're a product designer, I would recommend writing case studies for a couple of your projects to best showcase your process rather than just high-fidelity mockup and a few sentences on Dribbble, which doesn't tell a whole lot about your skills.

e_xyz5• 6 years ago

This feedback has come up a lot so I've adjusted the alert!

You are correct about the case studies. I wanted to get a basic version out first and add them as I go along. Super appreciate the feedback :)

ntht8• 6 years ago

The fact that I cant drag the scrollbar bothers me

bobblywobbles2• 6 years ago

I'm on a mobile device, so here are my thoughts.

I didn't quite know what your site was supposed to be saying, to be honest. Is it a blog, a portfolio, a product-hunt like page? I really wasn't sure.

After reading a bit I figured it's a little bit of everything, which is kind of confusing because I feel not many people would stay long as long as I did to figure out.

The words "personal" on the page or in the header would help me a little bit to get where I think you are aiming at the site.

Your design was great, although I feel I'm missing some of it because the mobile site only has the "basic" version. That said, the splash page and the basic page are like two different sites, so that is very jarring for users, it was for me.

I was also confused about the buy me a coffee link, because most of the content appeared to be things you wanted to write about, and I get you may be looking for some extra side money (we all are), but seeing that link made me feel like you need to be a bit more focused on your target. My question was why would I tip you, I didn't know what quite you were providing in content on the site. My main driver for saying that was the loading bar on the home page, where it then took me to am about you page. Hard to understand in that flow what the site is about to me.

I tried to be frank here, I hope this provides you feedback whether you take my words or not. God bless you and have a good day.

bobblywobbles2• 6 years ago

Okay, I must say you need a callout on your mobile viewport to view this page in desktop, this rocks!!

iev6• 6 years ago

Loved the Venu Mallesh reference! Never knew he was this famous outside my country.

Looking for feedback on my new website

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