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Re: Show HN: Stairway, daddy that will enforce some online meeting culture

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Post by jeremyt »

Just a quick couple of thoughts about your UX and landing page:

* There's not enough information on your homepage for me to figure out what you do

* The information I need is between one and three clicks away ("learn more", and then "more" until I've read enough to get it), clicking "more" just gets in the way

* I don't really get the "you will", "we will" dichotomy. Frankly, I don't care what "I will" do, all I want to know is how this product is going to make my life easier.

* Stop using buzzwords ("message-based collaboration", "asynchronously"), and just tell me what you do in plain English

* Some of the English phrases come out awkwardly ("We will guide you to prepare quality agenda before calling the meeting.")

Having said all that, it's a neat idea, and I hope it catches on. We all need fewer meetings.

Re: Show HN: Stairway, daddy that will enforce some online meeting culture

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Post by polyfractal »

gyardley wrote: post #5

When I went to your domain and read the main page, I didn't understand what it did. The big call to action 'learn more' button took me to a series of points that didn't really clue me into what it was about. I thought I got it, but I wasn't sure - certainly not sure enough by the time I got dumped off at the signup page. Both the 'about' and the 'features' page told me more, but I had to click around to get to those,…

Wanted to emphasize this point - I did the exact same thing. I read through the "Learn More" bullets and thought "hmm, this sounds interesting and useful...but I still really have no idea what it does".

It wasn't until I read the About and Features that I actually understood the product.

The benefits listed in the "Learn More" are really good...you just need to add a little more concrete information about the product itself.

Anyhow, looks interesting and I'm going to recommend it to my company. We work in three different locations (and two timezones), so it could be useful for us.

Re: Show HN: Stairway, daddy that will enforce some online meeting culture

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Post by icco »

gyardley wrote: post #5

When I went to your domain and read the main page, I didn't understand what it did. The big call to action 'learn more' button took me to a series of points that didn't really clue me into what it was about. I thought I got it, but I wasn't sure - certainly not sure enough by the time I got dumped off at the signup page. Both the 'about' and the 'features' page told me more, but I had to click around to get to those,…

I skimmed it and I definitely don't understand. I saw mention of asynchronous, but it looks like it's for video not for text?

Re: Show HN: Stairway, daddy that will enforce some online meeting culture

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Post by mihar »

From my standpoint as an introvert, I see meetings done this was like a godsend.

I can’t express my thoughts clearly when there are other louder individuals at an in-person meeting. This way, I can sit down, relax, gather my thoughts and provide a whole lot more valuable input. This way everybody wins - me and my company.

Of course I’d have to say this doesn’t work in all circumstances, like free-for-all brainstorming sessions, but still.

Re: Show HN: Stairway, daddy that will enforce some online meeting culture

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Post by mihar »

icco wrote: post #13
gyardley wrote: post #5

When I went to your domain and read the main page, I didn't understand what it did. The big call to action 'learn more' button took me to a series of points that didn't really clue me into what it was about. I thought I got it, but I wasn't sure - certainly not sure enough by the time I got dumped off at the signup page. Both the 'about' and the 'features' page told me more, but I had to click around to get to those,…

I skimmed it and I definitely don't understand. I saw mention of asynchronous, but it looks like it's for video not for text?

Where does it tip you off as being video? We're trying to learn here.

Re: Show HN: Stairway, daddy that will enforce some online meeting culture

#17

Post by rf45 »

At the moment I am mostly using skype or gotomeetings and I usually have two problems with the meetings online:

1. hard to find the availability for all participants 2. archiving meeting minutes and finding them when I need them

this could be the ideal solution, especially because i can control my time and still participate on the meeting.

do you have the same problems? how you are solving them?

Re: Show HN: Stairway, daddy that will enforce some online meeting culture

#18

Post by mihar »

polyfractal wrote: post #12
gyardley wrote: post #5

When I went to your domain and read the main page, I didn't understand what it did. The big call to action 'learn more' button took me to a series of points that didn't really clue me into what it was about. I thought I got it, but I wasn't sure - certainly not sure enough by the time I got dumped off at the signup page. Both the 'about' and the 'features' page told me more, but I had to click around to get to those,…

Wanted to emphasize this point - I did the exact same thing. I read through the "Learn More" bullets and thought "hmm, this sounds interesting and useful...but I still really have no idea what it does". It wasn't until I read the About and Features that I actually understood the product. The benefits listed in the "Learn More" are really good...you just need to add a little more concrete information about the product…

Very valuable feedback! We are experimenting with different kinds of learn more tours and explainers.

Glad that in the end you got it.

Re: Show HN: Stairway, daddy that will enforce some online meeting culture

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Post by brittohalloran »

gyardley wrote: post #5

When I went to your domain and read the main page, I didn't understand what it did. The big call to action 'learn more' button took me to a series of points that didn't really clue me into what it was about. I thought I got it, but I wasn't sure - certainly not sure enough by the time I got dumped off at the signup page. Both the 'about' and the 'features' page told me more, but I had to click around to get to those,…

Yeah same here. No clue what your product IS. You need a big fat example on the homepage.

Re: Show HN: Stairway, daddy that will enforce some online meeting culture

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Post by tadruj »

gyardley wrote: post #5

When I went to your domain and read the main page, I didn't understand what it did. The big call to action 'learn more' button took me to a series of points that didn't really clue me into what it was about. I thought I got it, but I wasn't sure - certainly not sure enough by the time I got dumped off at the signup page. Both the 'about' and the 'features' page told me more, but I had to click around to get to those,…

We're testing different variations of the pitch. We find it really hard to pitch features and functionality to business/management people, so we have a few variations running that are pitching only benefits or pains, but no exact functionality. For the features tour we decided one must sign-up and try. And only then we take them trough features tour.
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