Ask HN: Landing page for our upcoming app. What do you think?

Post by mansigandhi » Sun, Sep 30, 2012, 6:25 AM UTC

doctorpangloss wrote: post #11

The map sort of explains the concept. Don't have the points fade away: let them stack. Gives us time to read the texts, and let the messages aggregate on screen. A real flourish would be to show a device with your app running on it. Same deal: phone, black background, white text box. Show the message text typing out on the phone, have it disappear, then fade in the message. Now the concept is crystal clear. You can g…

Post by [deleted] » Sun, Sep 30, 2012, 6:30 AM UTC

benologist wrote: post #9

Unless you're LaunchRock or similar your product is not a landing page. Feedback on a temporary "give me your email address" placeholder page is the last thing you should be asking for and especially acting on in any stage between deciding to make something and launching something. Energy spent on your landing page is energy you should have spent preparing to delete it.

Post by mansigandhi » Sun, Sep 30, 2012, 6:36 AM UTC

wilfra wrote: post #7

I think it's fucking gorgeous. On what could be improved: -Too much text in the lower left. You can use less characters and communicate the same thing better. Such as... -'Leave your email and we'll let you know when Shoutt arives' change to 'Request a beta invite' and change from 14px to 18-20px. Alternately, remove this text entirely and change button text from 'Submit' to 'Request Invite'. -Logo could use a bit mo…

Post by mwilcox » Sun, Sep 30, 2012, 6:44 AM UTC

benologist wrote: post #13

mansigandhi wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi there. I think there's been a misunderstanding. We're actually launching this week at Stanford (our app has already been approved by Apple). The launch page is to get the email addresses of interested people and to create a pre-launch buzz at the school. We also have our pre-launch marketing on the campus going on.

I think we do have a misunderstanding - I see this page as the modern day equivalent of an "under construction" page, that should be replaced as soon as humanly possible because every eyeball on it is an eyeball wasted. Even the early signups have to be convinced twice to try your app, the fewer people who see your launch page instead of your launched page the better.

Post by dmerfield » Sun, Sep 30, 2012, 6:54 AM UTC

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