Cool design. Going to stick with Popslate (http://www.popslate.com/) so I can keep my iPhone
Yotaphone
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#62The "Scroll down" hint wasn't obvious enough for me. I'd also show both screens as soon as you land on the page, as that is the unique feature of this phone and it took me quite some time before I actually found it. (If you don't scroll but just click on the links you just see 1 screen at a time. If you aren't really paying attention you don't notice that there are 2 different ones)
It's interesting how often people talk about looking for the scrolling hint. Until (sort-of-)recently, the presence of the _scroll bar_ was the hint, and it worked well for the multiple decades it had been in use. I had mostly gotten used to the new super scrolly pages, but this site breaks it by looking like a one-screen site with a footer and sidebar.
I'd disagree - the hint was normally that content was disappearing off the bottom of the screen.
I had entirely missed that you were meant to scroll. And even when I found out it was irritating - I'm on a desktop with a mouse with a scrollwheel, and the distance I had to scroll was enormous.
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#63Scrolling doesn't work on Chrome 31.0.1650.57 on Mac OS X 10.9.
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or Chrome. I had no idea it could scroll at all and closed the tab before seeing these comments. Update: even weirder, it does scroll somewhat, but gets stuck and won't respond to two-finger scrolling. All in all a terrible idea for navigation.
Why not just use the links on the left? Misses some animation but still gives you all the info.
For starters, the links on the left never show that there are two screens (even with scrolling that is harder to see than in should be). Why not just make a site that works?
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#65Some sites are enjoyable when they use the scrolling down animation effect, this site was horrible. It wasnt clear that I even should scroll down and when I did it never ended.
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#66The "Scroll down" hint wasn't obvious enough for me. I'd also show both screens as soon as you land on the page, as that is the unique feature of this phone and it took me quite some time before I actually found it. (If you don't scroll but just click on the links you just see 1 screen at a time. If you aren't really paying attention you don't notice that there are 2 different ones)
It's interesting how often people talk about looking for the scrolling hint. Until (sort-of-)recently, the presence of the _scroll bar_ was the hint, and it worked well for the multiple decades it had been in use. I had mostly gotten used to the new super scrolly pages, but this site breaks it by looking like a one-screen site with a footer and sidebar.
At least on OS X there aren't scrollbars visible until you need them (start scrolling).
There is that small hint on the top right, but if the page is scrolled any amount--even an amount that doesn't move the page at all--the hint goes away and there are no visible scrollbars. It's a terrible UX.
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#67"Be surprised" video link opens a blank new safari tab on iOS 7
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#68Can you use the device in e-ink only mode all the time? For all apps and phone calls etc?
That's what I want as well. Problem is that most apps would need some retooling to be optimized for E-Ink.
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#69Also, if I hadn't already seen Yota demos at SXSW I never would have know by this page that the Yota has two sides. Esp with the video link not working on iOS. Seriously you yota guys need to do a bit more work on this page before you put a lot of money into a marketing or press campaign. Its a great phone but the site isn't educating me about it like you guys did at SXSW
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#70The "Scroll down" hint wasn't obvious enough for me. I'd also show both screens as soon as you land on the page, as that is the unique feature of this phone and it took me quite some time before I actually found it. (If you don't scroll but just click on the links you just see 1 screen at a time. If you aren't really paying attention you don't notice that there are 2 different ones)
Yeah, I was calling bullshit several times when the text was going on and on about the e-ink screen right next to a picture of a beautiful, vibrant, full-color display. I was clicking each section rather than scrolling, so I never saw the back until I clicked "tech specs".