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It's not a problem of convincing people. It's a problem of thinking you need to convince them. All this convincing is getting in the way. Just let them use it right there on the home page and spend your time improving your app, not your marketing. Ever seen any Excel marketing?

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By the way, I think you're onto something great. Everyone will one day use a web-based graph creator. And it could probably be simpler than you think. Make it easy for Steve Jobs to add a graph to his next presentation. He's not going to need to import a massive data file. He's going to want a few data points. He's going to want the best looking graphs you can imagine.

Hey jorangreef, thanks for your comments. I especially liked your conversation with yourself :D

Having just the application itself on the homepage was in fact my very first ugly version. A couple of people have mentioned it now, and I'm wondering if thats what I should do again.

Then why not skip the sign up page completely? Let everyone upload non persistent data with a limit on the number of data points.

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