I agree with most people on this thread. There's an information overload. Plus I suggest you hire a web designer. The design is not doing your service justice.
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juwo beta is released (at last!). Please use it and help improve it!
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#62In one sentence, what is Juwo?
juwo is...
A "Swiss Army knife" piece of software that gives more power to consumers to structure snippets of audio, video and text as a bullet list, to more easily index and annotate them, and to share the lists with others. Its benefits extend to multimedia as related to more enriching broadcasts, collaboration and organizing.
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#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
I have reorganized the page.
The new design is a huge improvement, but (and I know this is harsh) only because the old one was so poor. There are still a lot of problems with the page. Right now your homepage looks like (well, it IS) a manual. It needs to look like a brochure. Put your manual somewhere else.
Paul Graham's suggestion to take a look at wufoo.com is a great one. That's one of the best homepages you can find on the net. Simplify simplify simplify and reduce reduce reduce.
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
The website. I've no idea what the software is and thus I didn't download it.
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What you really need to do is make a screencast demo explaining from the VERY beginning a) what is the problem b) how juwo solves it. In very plain language with in screen demo.
For a sample look at Mosoto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpuU4l_4Nr0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmosoto%2Ecom%2F
You don't have to be anywhere near as crisp as these guys. If you can answer what's the problem and how juwo solves it in 2minutes you'll have fewer confused minds.
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#65In one sentence, what is Juwo?
juwo is... A "Swiss Army knife" piece of software that gives more power to consumers to structure snippets of audio, video and text as a bullet list, to more easily index and annotate them, and to share the lists with others. Its benefits extend to multimedia as related to more enriching broadcasts, collaboration and organizing.
is this for web or desktop?
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#66Too 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…
why does Jesus make you and others so angry?
I will bet $10 that if instead, it were a short para on Hinduism or Buddhism (and I dare say, even Islam), no one would have been so hostile.
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#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have reorganized the page.
What you really need to do is make a screencast demo explaining from the VERY beginning a) what is the problem b) how juwo solves it. In very plain language with in screen demo. For a sample look at Mosoto: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpuU4l_4Nr0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmosoto%2Ecom%2F You don't have to be anywhere near as crisp as these guys. If you can answer what's the problem and how juwo solves it in 2minutes you'l…
Arent the pictures clear and simple?
The problem with screencast is what juwo tries to solve.
However, as you suggest, I shall create a screencast and see which is better.
Also see: my reply is here: http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=14590 Thanks for continuing to engage!
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#68I can't tell what it does. Aim for this: http://wufoo.com
It is hard to explain juwo in one sentence because it can be used for at least a dozen things. I dont want to leave anything out. IMHO, juwo is a new concept. IMHO it is very powerful - but I am getting carried away...
I have reorganized the page so that the simple explanation with the diagrams comes first.
I have to also say this. Your recommendation, wufoo.com; "Online HTML forms" means nothing to the layman. Similarly, I think the layman will not understand anything by "juwo is...
A "Swiss Army knife" piece of software that gives more power to consumers to structure snippets of audio, video and text as a bullet list, to more easily index and annotate them, and to share the lists with others. Its benefits extend to multimedia as related to more enriching broadcasts, collaboration and organizing".
Yes, it may look like I have put the Help manual there. That is intentional. For a new concept, I believe that if people cannot get help easily with the details, then they will stop using it. Help manuals tend to be secreted away in software like a squirrel hides nuts.
Of course, it can be argued successfully that I have already scared even the geeks away!
I am not justifying, but explaining my rationale. I hope everyone at news.YC will continue to engage with juwo.
Anil Philip juwo.com
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
I have put in a TOC now.
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have reorganized the page.
The new design is a huge improvement, but (and I know this is harsh) only because the old one was so poor. There are still a lot of problems with the page. Right now your homepage looks like (well, it IS) a manual. It needs to look like a brochure. Put your manual somewhere else. Paul Graham's suggestion to take a look at wufoo.com is a great one. That's one of the best homepages you can find on the net. Simplify sim…
my reply is here: http://news.ycombinator.com/comments?id=14590
Thanks for continuing to engage!