How about "Try it now" instead of "Join now"? Also, how about more varied and colorful pictures on the front page?
Thanks for the feedback. Good point about the front page photos.
Feedback on Startup: Simple, fast photo sharing
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Re: Feedback on Startup: Simple, fast photo sharing
#12No specific feedback on the startup, but I don't care for it when folks send images via email. Put it online, where I have more control.
I guess I do have advice: why not focus on a 1-click way for getting images onto a webpage they can email to their friends?
(But I can understand how complex it can be for some folks to figure out how to get images to their family and friends.)
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#13One thing that is a little confusing about the site are the images at the bottom: They are too zoomed in... Are these images meant to be abstract? It's almost like a puzzle to figure out what they are: - The leftmost image: Just plug in your camera... Wait, didn't you skip the step where I install something on my computer? "Just plug in your camera and click share"... How will my computer know to send the images to y…
Thanks for the feedback. This is exactly the kind of detailed feedback we were hoping for.
A revised landing page is in the works. You gave us a ton more to think about :)
RE: squares. We do create square thumbnails (it lets us fit a lot more on a page, especially at 1024x768). Clicking the thumbnails goes to a larger, correctly aspected version, and of course there's the original photo data as well.
Re: Feedback on Startup: Simple, fast photo sharing
#14No specific feedback on the startup, but I don't care for it when folks send images via email. Put it online, where I have more control. I guess I do have advice: why not focus on a 1-click way for getting images onto a webpage they can email to their friends? (But I can understand how complex it can be for some folks to figure out how to get images to their family and friends.)
In fact, that's precisely what we do. It's easy to see how you might have gotten the wrong impression, since our front page is deliberately light on technical details.
We're trying to bridge the gap between tech-savvy photo sharing -- using web pages and not clogging up people's inboxes -- and the vast majority of people who don't understand URLs and just want to see the pictures.
Our tool creates a web page that's under the user's control, just like you say, and it simply sends out an email that links to the page. But in an HTML-capable mail reader, you also get a nice grid of image links to the photo thumbnails. (Click a thumb goes to the larger version on the web.)
Hopefully, it's the best of both worlds. My mom (she's not a focus group) gets to see the pictures, and she doesn't need to remember a URL to go to or tell other people about. On the other hand, I don't have to wait five minutes for gnus to download her enormous photo attachments.
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#15instead of "Get photos from your camera to an email in one step." how about a simple flow chart with pictures, a camera plugged into computer then the computer with a gmail icon up on it... pictures speak easier than words... I also agree with the unzooming of the photos.
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#16No specific feedback on the startup, but I don't care for it when folks send images via email. Put it online, where I have more control. I guess I do have advice: why not focus on a 1-click way for getting images onto a webpage they can email to their friends? (But I can understand how complex it can be for some folks to figure out how to get images to their family and friends.)
In fact, that's precisely what we do. It's easy to see how you might have gotten the wrong impression, since our front page is deliberately light on technical details. We're trying to bridge the gap between tech-savvy photo sharing -- using web pages and not clogging up people's inboxes -- and the vast majority of people who don't understand URLs and just want to see the pictures. Our tool creates a web page that's u…
Yes, it's the best of both worlds. I implemented it on http://ourdoings.com/ in November, 2004. It has been one of the most exciting features.
Re: Feedback on Startup: Simple, fast photo sharing
#17One thing that is a little confusing about the site are the images at the bottom: They are too zoomed in... Are these images meant to be abstract? It's almost like a puzzle to figure out what they are: - The leftmost image: Just plug in your camera... Wait, didn't you skip the step where I install something on my computer? "Just plug in your camera and click share"... How will my computer know to send the images to y…
Thanks for the feedback. This is exactly the kind of detailed feedback we were hoping for. A revised landing page is in the works. You gave us a ton more to think about :) RE: squares. We do create square thumbnails (it lets us fit a lot more on a page, especially at 1024x768). Clicking the thumbnails goes to a larger, correctly aspected version, and of course there's the original photo data as well.
yeah, I thought the repeated photographs were weird too, made me think I wasn't getting the idea or something. I would replace them with a set of photographs that are obviously related. Tell a small story. A lot of work, sure, but its your home page, make them good, even if they are a tiny part of a screen shot. This is where you get people's attention. You have the Eiffel Tower, what about other scenes from Paris or Europe as if the person was traveling? After all, people will identify with travel photographs, and hence identify with you (its one of the psychological points of selling, make yourself seem similar to the customer).
Re: Feedback on Startup: Simple, fast photo sharing
#18No specific feedback on the startup, but I don't care for it when folks send images via email. Put it online, where I have more control. I guess I do have advice: why not focus on a 1-click way for getting images onto a webpage they can email to their friends? (But I can understand how complex it can be for some folks to figure out how to get images to their family and friends.)
In fact, that's precisely what we do. It's easy to see how you might have gotten the wrong impression, since our front page is deliberately light on technical details. We're trying to bridge the gap between tech-savvy photo sharing -- using web pages and not clogging up people's inboxes -- and the vast majority of people who don't understand URLs and just want to see the pictures. Our tool creates a web page that's u…
You mom should totally be in your focus group.
Re: Feedback on Startup: Simple, fast photo sharing
#19Under your Terms of Service, under the indemnification heading, the word covenants is spelled incorrectly.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
In fact, that's precisely what we do. It's easy to see how you might have gotten the wrong impression, since our front page is deliberately light on technical details. We're trying to bridge the gap between tech-savvy photo sharing -- using web pages and not clogging up people's inboxes -- and the vast majority of people who don't understand URLs and just want to see the pictures. Our tool creates a web page that's u…
You mom should totally be in your focus group.
Can't tell if you're kidding, but in case you didn't know I was ... :-)
http://www.vcwear.com/your-mom-is-not-a-valid-test-market/
http://www.startable.com/2008/07/10/before-starting-a-new-bu...