Mike Kus' fingerprints are all over the visuals. Really exceptional work on the design.
Learn Web Design, Web Development, and iOS Development - Treehouse
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Re: Learn Web Design, Web Development, and iOS Development - Treehouse
#112The only problem I have with this is the video player: Videos don't look good when not in full screen mode. When you click the full screen button (bottom right corner), it doesn't go to full screen mode. It shows you another button on top right corner which you must click to go into full screen mode. In full screen mode, videos look good but, there are no controls beside the pause button. BTW, everything else seems r…
I think you're seeing a bug. Do you have time to send an email to help@teamtreehouse.com with a screenshot? Thanks so much.
Re: Learn Web Design, Web Development, and iOS Development - Treehouse
#113One thing I forgot to mention: Wordpress/Automattic, Living Social, and BankSimple are going to be interviewing Treehouse members who are looking for work and have unlocked certain badges. We'll contact Members who qualify.
Ryan,
I think that may be your biggest sell in this community. I didn't realize that at ALL when I checked out your site. I actually left thinking "eh, I'll just stick to openclassroom/courseware"... Knowing this really adds a whole new world of appeal. Incorporate that somehow!!
Re: Learn Web Design, Web Development, and iOS Development - Treehouse
#114Dislaimer: I'm not the target audience. Looks good. $25/mo seems too much. Can't take any sample tests without paying $25.
We're hoping to make a couple Code Challenges and Quizzes public soon. Couldn't finish it for launch.
Can I ask, are you $25/mo. with the option to 'drop out' at any time, and I get to keep video's I've downloaded?
Also, my opinion is $25/mo. is reasonable for access to your videos. Congrats on your launch!
Re: Learn Web Design, Web Development, and iOS Development - Treehouse
#115Loving this. It's very inviting. One small thing - I think the badge map would be more informative and interesting if it had some sort of labels.
Agreed, the page feels very undone. No real content besides the image, which is really calling out for more information if you click on it.
Re: Learn Web Design, Web Development, and iOS Development - Treehouse
#116Is there an estimate as to when the iOS development videos will be expanded to include iOS 5?
Aiming for a month
Re: Learn Web Design, Web Development, and iOS Development - Treehouse
#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
We're hoping to make a couple Code Challenges and Quizzes public soon. Couldn't finish it for launch.
Can I ask, are you $25/mo. with the option to 'drop out' at any time, and I get to keep video's I've downloaded? Also, my opinion is $25/mo. is reasonable for access to your videos. Congrats on your launch!
Looks like the gold plan allows you to download all of the videos.
Re: Learn Web Design, Web Development, and iOS Development - Treehouse
#118I'm interested in why you'd go with 'Treehouse' as the name considering the trademark space for educational content is already pretty cluttered for that term. Was this considered and dismissed?
As a non-native speaker I wonder what is the relationship between "treehouse" and learning? Except that treehouses are typically being built by kids and kids usually go to school?
We chose it because people generally have good feelings towards Treehouses. Also, they're a place of wonder and fun. Finally, there wasn't anything already established with that name.
Re: Learn Web Design, Web Development, and iOS Development - Treehouse
#119Consider adding a feature to view the videos at higher playback speeds. Even someone who is only comfortable at 1.1x (not hard) could save hours of their time if they like your site. (I watch TV at 2x generally, huge time saver.)
I've been watching math lectures at between 1.5 and 2x because the teacher... talks... so... slowly, but I hadn't thought about speeding up TV. Too bad Netflix doesn't have that option.
Re: Learn Web Design, Web Development, and iOS Development - Treehouse
#120Feedback: Have no idea what Treehouse is, clicked the site, took 300ms to look at the 3 giant buttons. Clicked "web design" (the site looks very nice BTW) ... and started learning about web design. Watched the first video, hit the only button "Let's Go" and found a collection of other videos to get me further down the path of web design, letting me skip directly to my problems areas instead of grinding through things…
I didn't have such a flawless experience. I was first baffled because I didn't understand what kind of website that is. I thought, well doesn't matter, it looks nice, let's try iOS. Then I watched that intro video that promised a first look at Objective C. I clicked "Lets go" and ended up at an XCode tutorial. Huh? So I clicked the breadcrumb navigation, and thought "App Life Cycle" sounds interesting. I clicked that. I started watching the video, but after 30 seconds the video suddenly stopped. Underneath it says the video takes 7 minutes. Well, obviously somethings wrong. I looked around, and saw something about signing up and unlocking badges, and I thought, hmm, I just want to watch the rest of this video, I don't want to bother unlocking any badges, so I gave up, went back to hacker news, and wrote this rant.