Ask HN: I need feedback for duuble.me

by liu3hao • 14 years ago

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godarderik• 14 years ago

You've got a small typo: "We are user-oriented, everything is about u, the user." Should be "you" Also, "We believe in a good experience experience..." You repeated "experience"

liu3hao5• 14 years ago

Updated, thanks!

jusob• 14 years ago

Test is too small, it is hard to read. There is also a bug in the layout: the box on the left overlay with the ext on the right (https://browshot.com/screenshot/image/377852?scale=1)

liu3hao5• 14 years ago

Can't seem to view that screenshot

verelo2• 14 years ago

Way too much writing, it needs to be simpler. You have around 10 seconds to catch the interest and anything from there is a bonus...i couldnt instantly get it, took me around 30-45 seconds to really know whats going on and even then i didnt know what to do next.

Changes i would suggest:

- Remove as much text a you can

- Give me instructions. i.e. Step 1 blah blah, Step 2 blah blah blah...i need to know what i need to do to make it work for me

verelo2• 14 years ago

One more, on the signup page...auto select my timezone for me. There are a bunch of ways:

- get the time offset from my browser and just pick one thats "close"

- get the timezone based on my IP (best way is to get the lat and long, and then pick the nearest timezone)

second option is the most accurate, but having to scroll the list almost caused me to bail.

liu3hao5• 14 years ago

Thanks for the feedback! Will make those changes asap!

TruffleLabs• 14 years ago

Visual design whose goal is to sign people up needs some work. Agree with too much text comment.

phzbOx• 14 years ago

After standing on the landing page, I really wasn't sure about what it was about. I decided to signup to try it out but there was clearly too much fields. I'm an asshole, I know. I'd suggest making the font bigger, cutting the text to a strict minimum, providing a Demo page or an example of a diary and finally making the signup way smaller (or even better, let the user start to write.. and let it create the acount later on).

liu3hao5• 14 years ago

Ok, I will try to make a demo page. In the mean time the font size has been increased.

dwynings• 14 years ago

Way too much text in a font-size that is too small. There's a lot of fluff in your copy, like "We believe in a good experience and the least trouble for our users."

The navigation on the left isn't necessary at all.

You also ask for a lot of information from me just to sign up.

Personally, I'm a big fan of the simplicity of OhLife's landing page (http://ohlife.com/) – maybe you can draw some inspiration from them.

gwillis13• 14 years ago

As others have already commented, too much text.

The issue isn't really "too much" text, but the way your conveying that text is boring and mundane.

If your going to give "bulletin point synopsis" of information. Make it enticing to read, or simplify your approach all together.

Great design is always impacting, and straight to the point. Your a website you have a limited window of capturing one's attention.

true_religion• 14 years ago

What is the point of the sidebar if all the information is on the same page?

liu3hao5• 14 years ago

Yeah, we sort of planned for more content, but decided against it and we have yet to remove the side bar! Will do it soon though! Thanks!

mackyinc• 14 years ago

Looks neat to me good work on the bold words, I like the background image that gives it a feel of using a paper. Navigation on the left is useless tho.

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