This font: TiemposHeadlineLight - was VERY difficult to read and made me want to run for the high hills.
Sendicate - Simply send beautiful emails to people that matter.
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Re: Sendicate - Simply send beautiful emails to people that matter.
#12At first (and second) glance it's not obvious to me whether this is a desktop app, a mobile app or a web app / service. Does it send emails for me or does it just make HTML? Does it mail-merge from a CSV? Can I bring in my own templates?
It is a web app. It handles subscriber management, templates, compose workflows, and of course sending emails. Sendicate is a full ESP.
Templates are very welcome. Have a look at the template docs https://github.com/Sendicate/sendicate-theme-docs
Re: Sendicate - Simply send beautiful emails to people that matter.
#13This font: TiemposHeadlineLight - was VERY difficult to read and made me want to run for the high hills.
It looks very choppy to me in Chrome. I've noticed this with some of the more recent nicely designer blogs. Is there a special Safari font or something that is becoming common, that looks terrible in other browsers?
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#14Wow that was quick. The site hasn't even been online for 24 hours yet. I created Sendicate and if there are questions I'd be happy to answer.
Apparently if you ask for questions, what you get is critiques. I'll keep up the pattern. :)
This phrase struck me as out of sync with the style: "we have focused on creating compelling templates that drive influence." It's jargon-y, and the jargon is slightly creepy, at least the way all advertising talk is slightly creepy when it gets too specific about what it's trying to do. It's less about people [who] matter to me, and more about people who matter because they can be manipulated into doing something I want. I would suggest you think about how the phrase "drive influence" makes you feel, and then take out anything else in your site that makes you feel the same way. (Or go for whatever crowd you're going for that isn't me.)
Aside from that, I agree with another commenter that if your template design is what makes you special, I'd like to see some example emails before signing up. The world is too full of web startups to create an account for every one that claims to be better than MailChimp.
Anyway, thanks for your work -- looks like an awesome start.
Re: Sendicate - Simply send beautiful emails to people that matter.
#15Email is text, now and forever, so mote it be, amen.
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#16Wow that was quick. The site hasn't even been online for 24 hours yet. I created Sendicate and if there are questions I'd be happy to answer.
Nice site. One suggestion:
“Simply send beautiful emails to people _who_ matter.
Both are technically correct, but "who" is usually preferred when referring to people. Plus it feels more personal :)
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#17As others have alluded to, Chrome for Windows is making fonts on this page impossibly hard to read.
I'm beginning to think that rendering horribly in Chrome for Windows is the Internet's latest "Built on a Mac" badge.
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#18Cross-browser testing used to be to ensure layouts wouldn't break, now it's to make sure fonts don't look abysmal.
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#19Cross-browser testing used to be to ensure layouts wouldn't break, now it's to make sure fonts don't look abysmal.
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#20Wow that was quick. The site hasn't even been online for 24 hours yet. I created Sendicate and if there are questions I'd be happy to answer.
Apparently if you ask for questions, what you get is critiques. I'll keep up the pattern. :) This phrase struck me as out of sync with the style: "we have focused on creating compelling templates that drive influence." It's jargon-y, and the jargon is slightly creepy, at least the way all advertising talk is slightly creepy when it gets too specific about what it's trying to do. It's less about people [who] matter to…
Thanks for the thoughtful comment. I originally wrote "results" in place of "influence" but that sounded overused. I do believe that emails with better content, better design, and better accessibility will drive more visibility (and opens/clicks/etc), and that is what I was aiming for with influence. If you want your email to be seen and read then a focus on content and design will go a long way. I'll rethink how to express that better.
Also yes, totally agree on showing more templates. When the public beta opens there will be a handful for customers to play with, and we do intend to do something that stands out, and especially hoping that the community gets involved too.