Show HN: An elegant profile for a more civilized age
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#2I'm not sure I fully understand - clearly this is a LinkedIn competitor, but is it pulling data from their API or is it a standalone service?
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#3Assuming you appreciate some constructive criticism - the sample 'business card' you provided doesn't match your promise of being elegant...
The flow of the text around the round image makes it hard to read. There's a mishmash of font sizes. 'Show all' displays so little new text, you might as well not hide it under the link. The summary is cut off mid-sentence and there's no way of expanding it. The picture is cropped too closely and there's a pixelated border.
The font that 'CIVILIZED AGE' is written in hardly looks elegant, and doesn't match the cursive font.
Just my opinion...
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#4"Sign in with Twitter". Looks like I can't use this service... nice..
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#5Assuming you appreciate some constructive criticism - the sample 'business card' you provided doesn't match your promise of being elegant... The flow of the text around the round image makes it hard to read. There's a mishmash of font sizes. 'Show all' displays so little new text, you might as well not hide it under the link. The summary is cut off mid-sentence and there's no way of expanding it. The picture is cropp…
I agree with all of this feedback but I think it's the cursive font (Tangerine) that needs to change.
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#6"Sign in with Twitter". Looks like I can't use this service... nice..
Me neither.
I'm not going to register on Twitter just for the sake of checking this service out, especially given how scarce the sample is.
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#7Can't cut and paste it easily. Audrey's entry in my list of potential recruits would end up as her name and a short, bad tempered note. Compare it to linkedin's profile where I can grab key information easily (fairly easily - I imagine spreadsheet types get upset).
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#8Assuming you appreciate some constructive criticism - the sample 'business card' you provided doesn't match your promise of being elegant... The flow of the text around the round image makes it hard to read. There's a mishmash of font sizes. 'Show all' displays so little new text, you might as well not hide it under the link. The summary is cut off mid-sentence and there's no way of expanding it. The picture is cropp…
I agree with all of this feedback but I think it's the cursive font (Tangerine) that needs to change.
It's a combination of that and the overuse of drop shadows, which give it the "I just discovered Photoshop" look.
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#9I would highly recommend that instead of making this a web app, you turn it into a theme of some sort. Most people will not want ANOTHER profile on ANOTHER domain. But, many people do still want to have their own domain.
Make it easy for me to direct my dns at you, and then it makes more sense for me as a user.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I agree with all of this feedback but I think it's the cursive font (Tangerine) that needs to change.
It's a combination of that and the overuse of drop shadows, which give it the "I just discovered Photoshop" look.
Aw, but I LOVE drop-shadow and cursive! :)
I appreciate the feedback, guys; this project was just a 48-hour diversion which I figured had stand-alone merit, but I'll be sure to take your comments to heart vis-a-vis my other work.
Thanks!