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Re: Ask HN: Does my homepage make sense to you?

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Post by landland »

lmm wrote: post #5

Looks pretty slick. I like that it's full width, at least on my screen. On my computer on initial load the image is almost, but not quite, all above the fold, with the orange button cut in half, which isn't a great look. The colour scheme seems slightly incoherent - you've got a lot of blues, some orange, and then this black/yellow section in the middle that sticks out almost like a banner ad. I'd see if you can rewo…

thanks, mate. I'll fiddle with it some more to move the button higher up. I'll also try to cut back on all the colours, it is probably overwhelming to users.

Re: Ask HN: Does my homepage make sense to you?

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Post by superasn »

I think there is too much going on there, in terms of text, and colors. Try moving the video to the top just below the main headline. Also a span12 grid with 3 cols would look better since you want an opinion.

"Use this knowledge to build strategic relationships, sa.." text looks really out of place.

Re: Ask HN: Does my homepage make sense to you?

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Post by landland »

slater wrote: post #6

- Way, way, waaaaaaaay too much text. - Odd color and layout choices: -- Why is "Enterprise" in scary black? -- Why are some things vaguely centered (but not), other items right-aligned, and then back to left-aligned? -- From the top, we go through blue, light-gray, orange, grayish-blue, black, yellow, dark-gray, blue, etc. colors. - Bottom menu links don't work. - "It's as easy (and awesome as pie)" should probably…

thanks for taking the time to write all of this, I really appreciate it. So it looks like I have a lot of work to do, mostly clean up the design colors and fix the copy, formatting. There was actually a lot more text in previous iterations believe it or not! I'll work on it. Thanks again for the candid feedback.

Re: Ask HN: Does my homepage make sense to you?

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Post by landland »

superasn wrote: post #13

I think there is too much going on there, in terms of text, and colors. Try moving the video to the top just below the main headline. Also a span12 grid with 3 cols would look better since you want an opinion. "Use this knowledge to build strategic relationships, sa.." text looks really out of place.

Thanks man. It seems like the general consensus is that there is too much going on which I'll need to address somehow. Back to the drawing board.

Re: Ask HN: Does my homepage make sense to you?

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Post by EricW613 »

landland wrote: post #17
EricW613 wrote: post #16

Doesn't work with old browsers. And may want to make sure potential clients browser versions are compatiable with the site

Which browser did you try it with? Thanks for the heads up.

When it broke I was using IE version 9.0.8112.16421.

Re: Ask HN: Does my homepage make sense to you?

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Post by EricW613 »

landland wrote: post #19
EricW613 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When it broke I was using IE version 9.0.8112.16421.

Interesting, when I switch to IE 9 it loads fine over here. What exactly broke?

Just some layout things. Everything is there but the layout gets totally screwed.

Works fine and looks good in Firefox though.

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