Using the phrase "crush the competition" seems to go against the rest of your site - calling the product "Zen," the bonsai tree, and the logo. At the least, it's a jarring contrast that distracts me from your product.
Review My App: Zen
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#12What is Kanban? Was that the original name? I ask because it's on all of your page titles.
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_software_development
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#13Using the phrase "crush the competition" seems to go against the rest of your site - calling the product "Zen," the bonsai tree, and the logo. At the least, it's a jarring contrast that distracts me from your product.
Pretty sure the contrast is on purpose, for humorous effect. It's just not very funny.
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#14You should combine your JavaScript. Also, the querystring timestamps break caching in some proxies. It's a bit of a pain, but it's best to integrate the timestamp into the filename.
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#15The "Add Story" sidebar doesn't render properly for me when hints are enabled (FF 3.5, Windows 7). The submit button is hidden behind the hint bar -- maybe the sidebar could be shorter so it's not covered by the hint.
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#16The UI is really clean, and the workflow seems pretty straighforward. Great job! The "Add Story" sidebar doesn't render properly for me when hints are enabled (FF 3.5, Windows 7). The submit button is hidden behind the hint bar -- maybe the sidebar could be shorter so it's not covered by the hint.
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#17"Enhances visibility and communication" -> "Make it easy to understand the status of your project at a glance"
"Simple and flexible" doesn't really have any meat in it. See Kawasaki's opposite rule – your competition doesn't describe their product as "Complicated and rigid."
"Easy to get started" -> "Get started in seconds"
Specific claims add a lot more punch and right now they're ousted from prominent positioning by phrases that don't say much.
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#18Using the phrase "crush the competition" seems to go against the rest of your site - calling the product "Zen," the bonsai tree, and the logo. At the least, it's a jarring contrast that distracts me from your product.
Edit: Signed up; looked around; certainly appears to be a solid product. I kinda like the story-board style stuff. Good luck! :)
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#19Some full size screenshots would be good to have on the Tour page rather than the current lengthy text descriptions. After skimming through the whole tour, I still don't have a sense of whether or not your app is better than Basecamp.
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#20On the landing page the headers don't actually say much – the real lines are underneath, which I didn't read while skimming. Instead of: "Enhances visibility and communication" -> "Make it easy to understand the status of your project at a glance" "Simple and flexible" doesn't really have any meat in it. See Kawasaki's opposite rule – your competition doesn't describe their product as "Complicated and rigid." "Easy t…