Ask HN: Feedback on landing page v2?

#1

Post by iamjonlee » Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 6:06 AM UTC

Thanks to HN, I got lots of advice in creating a better landing page the last time which resulted in a full redesign. V2 is out.

Same as last time, looking for feedback. Any and all suggestions even criticism welcome.

www.grooovy.me

Re: Ask HN: Feedback on landing page v2?

#2

Post by danielhunt » Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 6:21 AM UTC

It fails miserably on mobile (Android here) Layout is confusing, text is hard to read and the image seems to jump around.

Re: Ask HN: Feedback on landing page v2?

#3

Post by aparadja » Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 6:54 AM UTC

danielhunt wrote: post #2

It fails miserably on mobile (Android here) Layout is confusing, text is hard to read and the image seems to jump around.

Doesn't fail miserably on my Android phone. The colored background strip is a bit too short to contain everything, but that's the only problem.

Re: Ask HN: Feedback on landing page v2?

#4

Post by aparadja » Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 6:59 AM UTC

Not much of a criticism, but I love the design. It's pretty generic, but it feels like a generic app site done absolutely right.

Re: Ask HN: Feedback on landing page v2?

#5

Post by danielhunt » Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 7:17 AM UTC

danielhunt wrote: post #2

It fails miserably on mobile (Android here) Layout is confusing, text is hard to read and the image seems to jump around.

Just had a look on my laptop - it's a very nice landing page :o

Re: Ask HN: Feedback on landing page v2?

#6

Post by jacobolus » Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 7:27 AM UTC

The 1px gray border around the phone on the landing page blends right into the blue stripe, and the top metal bezel blends right into the white, making the whole design feel very flat. It would look better if you in some way added a bit of separation between phone and background.

Re: Ask HN: Feedback on landing page v2?

#7

Post by Uldis » Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 11:55 AM UTC

Text aligning for content on blue stripe could be left, I think.

And I'd placed those bullets representing slides below/above content. It takes time to find it.

BTW, app seems pretty beautiful.

Re: Ask HN: Feedback on landing page v2?

#8

Post by iamjonlee » Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 3:36 PM UTC

jacobolus wrote: post #6

The 1px gray border around the phone on the landing page blends right into the blue stripe, and the top metal bezel blends right into the white, making the whole design feel very flat. It would look better if you in some way added a bit of separation between phone and background.

Thanks! I'll make a note of this and see what I can do. Maybe I'll add a slight background glow behind the phone or something.

Re: Ask HN: Feedback on landing page v2?

#9

Post by iamjonlee » Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 3:40 PM UTC

Uldis wrote: post #7

Text aligning for content on blue stripe could be left, I think. And I'd placed those bullets representing slides below/above content. It takes time to find it. BTW, app seems pretty beautiful.

Text aligning on blue stripe is left for me on my firefox, chrome and IE. Could you specify which content and browser where it's not left? Much appreciated!

Spot on on the bullets, will look into making that more user friendly.

Thanks! I'm no designer, so I had to put a lot of hardwork in to make up for it. It's great to know someone admires it!

Re: Ask HN: Feedback on landing page v2?

#10

Post by iamjonlee » Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 3:43 PM UTC

aparadja wrote: post #4

Not much of a criticism, but I love the design. It's pretty generic, but it feels like a generic app site done absolutely right .

Thank you! I'm glad you think it's good. It's not criticism, but definitely helpful. I'd take compliments any day ;). It's my first time learning design since 11 weeks ago so didn't think it would turn out as well as it did.