Hi all, we'd like some criticism on our startup. It's Ingolingo, and the url is http://www.ingolingo.com. Be harsh, I don't mind!
Request for some critique on our startup
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Re: Request for some critique on our startup
#2Don't require users to sign up. Let the users start the process and then decide whether or not to sign up. I don't like having to type in all that information just to try out a service.
Re: Request for some critique on our startup
#3The site looks very wordy. Even if you're in the business of teaching language, you're users still don't want to see that many words on one page. Try breaking up all your benefits into separate pages like a tour.
I really like the idea and the interface once you get logged in, although I don't really like the background color, except for the purple on the bottom of the front page
Re: Request for some critique on our startup
#4Be more front and center with what it is you're doing. (Which isn't about "improving your vocabulary") It's about learning another language!
Once I farted around a bit, I liked your site. I should get that interest within 1-2 seconds though.
Re: Request for some critique on our startup
#5A few minor things:
- after I signed up, it asked me to login. There's no need for this.
- I went through German lesson 1, but at the bottom it says "You are doing Lesson 0".
- progress went over 100% towards the end - a bit surprising - restarting a lesson probably shouldn't reset the fact that it was completed
- I would like to see a list of the lessons I completed, maybe some stats to see how I did (maybe there is one and I missed it?) to track how I'm doing over time
- the links at the bottom of your homepage are broken
- being asked to pay for more than 3 lessons felt a bit like bait-and-switch, since the homepage promises 3000 words in big letters, but has no mention of cost (true, if it had, I might not have registered in the first place)
Al in all, a good idea, and good implementation. Clean, clear, and simple to use. I'm actually considering signing up.
Re: Request for some critique on our startup
#6Be more front and center with what it is you're doing. (Which isn't about "improving your vocabulary") It's about learning another language! Once I farted around a bit, I liked your site. I should get that interest within 1-2 seconds though.
To be fair, my eyes were first drawn to the "I want to learn *" dropdown, so the rest made sense in that context.
Re: Request for some critique on our startup
#7Why do I need to sign up to use it? What reason is there that I need to create an account, give email address, choose a password?
Either allow everyone to just use it, or at least show them a demo, or let them play with something.
Re: Request for some critique on our startup
#8In terms of graphic design, you want to limit the number of fonts and font sizes in any given composition. You have a lot of different sizes and some odd bolding. "The average newspaper..." doesn't need to be bold. In fact, it hurts the readability.
Re: Request for some critique on our startup
#9Be more front and center with what it is you're doing. (Which isn't about "improving your vocabulary") It's about learning another language! Once I farted around a bit, I liked your site. I should get that interest within 1-2 seconds though.
I agree, I thought it was more for vocabulary building and it took me a couple of moments to realize it was about foreign language.
Re: Request for some critique on our startup
#10Front page is too busy. While base color scheme is nice and consistent, whoever decided on help/blog/login colors must be shot. Do the same to whoever spelled "this is the fastest .." all in lower case and highlighted with lime background.
Selecting German and clicking on Start brings me to the page featuring a photo of dude wearing what looks like an Afghani hat. Also bunch of text is in bold - this is really annoying, you should really ease off on neurolinguistics :)
The overall impression of first two pages is "amateurish", which means that I am leaving even before I had a chance to learn what the site is about. Work on your design, make sure it's as visually polished as it gets. Then poll people again, this time - regarding the functionality of the service.