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juwo beta is released (at last!). Please use it and help improve it!

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Re: juwo beta is released (at last!). Please use it and help improve it!

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Post by davidw »

create_account wrote: post #14
davidw wrote: post #7

http://juwo.com/company.html "Juwo LLC was founded by Anil Philip in December 2004, and is based in Olathe, Kansas. We are" ... 'we' ? Also, the religious stuff probably belongs elsewhere, on your own home page, for instance.

It's not important, IMHO. It could be single founder + employees (but unlikely given the site design) or just him. But he could always say he's using the royal we.

You think? As someone potentially in the same situation as he is, I would feel uneasy about writing something that's not the truth.

Re: juwo beta is released (at last!). Please use it and help improve it!

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Post by juwo »

davidw wrote: post #31
create_account wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not important, IMHO. It could be single founder + employees (but unlikely given the site design) or just him. But he could always say he's using the royal we.

You think? As someone potentially in the same situation as he is, I would feel uneasy about writing something that's not the truth.

'we' is the truth because my wife does give me valuable advice and assessment on juwo, on people I interact with for juwo. Even though she has 0% equity.

Re: juwo beta is released (at last!). Please use it and help improve it!

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Post by juwo »

blader wrote: post #28
juwo wrote: post #25

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It goes much further than veotag IMHO. I have a comparison matrix with with competitors, including veotag.

I think the difference is that I can understand what Veotag is in about 2 seconds, and I am still trying to figure you what Juwo is after really reading about it and thinking about it, and I did that only because I was asked to check it out. More features does not a better product make. More importantly, you can have 100x times Veotag's features, but it won't matter unless you can make people understand, instantly wh…

so tell me, how should I explain it? should I move the diagrams to the left, or just one column?

Re: juwo beta is released (at last!). Please use it and help improve it!

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Post by blader »

juwo wrote: post #34
blader wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the difference is that I can understand what Veotag is in about 2 seconds, and I am still trying to figure you what Juwo is after really reading about it and thinking about it, and I did that only because I was asked to check it out. More features does not a better product make. More importantly, you can have 100x times Veotag's features, but it won't matter unless you can make people understand, instantly wh…

so tell me, how should I explain it? should I move the diagrams to the left, or just one column?

I really don't know how you would explain it, because I don't understand what your product is. Whatever your explanation is, it needs to be clear and concise, e.g. "Juwo is the easiest way to organize and share your recordings."

The location of the diagrams on your website is the least of its problems - it is almost irrelevant. I would suggest first getting rid of about 90+% of the text on your frontpage.

Re: juwo beta is released (at last!). Please use it and help improve it!

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Post by dhouston »

juwo wrote: post #32
davidw wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You think? As someone potentially in the same situation as he is, I would feel uneasy about writing something that's not the truth.

'we' is the truth because my wife does give me valuable advice and assessment on juwo, on people I interact with for juwo. Even though she has 0% equity.

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Re: juwo beta is released (at last!). Please use it and help improve it!

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Post by Goladus »

dpapathanasiou wrote: post #12
juwo wrote: post #8

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Thanks for being the first public to drive it!. I read that people dont want to click, but scrolling is ok - I thought that was the lecture at startup school? (I saw a breief note on it here on this site) the condensation is at the diagrams on the right.

I read that people dont want to click, but scrolling is ok I wasn't at the most recent Startup School, but in general, people don't mind scrolling down; scrolling horizontally is a headache.

I wasn't at the startup school either, but in my experience people don't want to have to scroll down just to find things. People will scroll down to follow something they've already started, such as a comment thread, an essay, or a list of topics. They also will scroll down to read a list of blog entries, preferably in chronological order. (Otherwise they'll prefer to follow links to particular articles)

But if there is a variety of different types of content on the page, there should at least be a table of contents to do the scrolling for you.

Re: juwo beta is released (at last!). Please use it and help improve it!

#39

Post by wammin »

juwo wrote: post #30
wammin wrote: post #18

Too many words! This is my most common criticism for evaluating an interface. If you need so many words on the home page to describe how to do something or what it is, then it's not easy enough. Remember you only have about 20 seconds of somebody's attention before they decide to click away. I got lost pretty quick (and I'm actually pretty smart). The crap about Jesus on the about page turned me off, too. You're welc…

I read that people dont want to click, but scrolling is ok - I thought that was the lecture at startup school? (I saw a breief note on it here on this site) the condensation is at the diagrams on the right. Should I move the diagrams left? I am stubborn about Jesus; even though I have lost a lot of good opportunities because of it.

I have no problem with scrolling ... but that doesn't mean you should try and cram more words on the page to explain what's going your website is about or how to use it. The harsh reality is that the vast majority of people won't make it through the first paragraph.

I don't have all the answers ... but try making better use of headlines, images/diagrams, or a quick demo. Somebody should be able to visit your site and quickly know what it is and the basics of how it's used. Juwo sounds like a cool idea, but I don't get that as soon as I hit the homepage.

Some examples of homepages that I like that do a good job of conveying the idea/service in less than 20 seconds (I have no affiliation with any of these): http://writewith.com/ http://basecamphq.com/

Re: juwo beta is released (at last!). Please use it and help improve it!

#40

Post by Goladus »

When I visit the site, I have these questions, in this order:

(1) What is Juwo?

(2) How do I get it? (Or get access)

(3) How do I use it?

(3) What can it do for me?

Here's what happens when I visit the site:

(1) What is Juwo? After scrolling up and down trying to make sense of the page, I gave up and just started reading from the top. After the first two sections I still am not quite sure what it actually is. I feel I have to try to piece it together from all the little clues in the text.

(2) How do I get it? As far as I can tell, there is nothing to get. I can't find a download area or login box anywhere. Halfway down the page I see some demos, but I can't tell if that's the actual software or what.

(3) How do I use it? This question is answered, although I had to scroll down to find it and I don't really understand the explanation because I don't know what Juwo is (1) and don't know how to get it (2).

(4) What can it do for me? This question isn't important for me, but it is for some people. A lot of the page is devoted to talking about how the product can help me, however because (1) and (2) haven't been answered, I feel like I'm wasting my time.

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