Rate our startup: Yogile.com

A few points, based only on my own thoughts and emotions when clicking your link above:

* I have a fairly small screen, and when the page loaded all I saw was the "Photo sharing has never been easier" and sign up. I didn't see features, I don't see any screenshots, etc. It would help if the features are more up and center rather than a sign up form.

* Related to above... there is no demo or screenshots or anything. I'm not sure if this site is supposed to be dead simple image sharing (like imgur.com or something) or something more. But I'm not willing to sign up to find out. More visual assistance, please.

* For a photo sharing site, the design -- while sleek -- is pretty drab. Its a fairly depressing set of colors that didn't evoke any sort of excitement from me. For example, when I visit flickr.com, I see a bright, vibrant image of people swimming. Beautiful. It gets me excited to share/see other images.

I'm no professional, just a regular consumer, and those are my two cents.

I'm not sure the term "Use Case" belongs on the front page, that's a fairly technical/business oriented term.

I'd flip the "What is Yogile?" and the sign up forms. People want to know what it is before getting involved. I'd also say the "what is yogile?" needs to be dead simple, easily ingested in seconds.

But with those criticisms aside, I love the idea. I think the net is long overdue for a site like this and really look forward to what you guys do.

I think this is a great idea, and it solves a real problem that I've encountered myself. That being said, it feels somewhat incomplete at the moment. There isn't an easy to find out more about the site. For instance, I'd be interested in knowing more about how the service works before signing up for yet another account, e.g. step-by-step would be great to illustrate how easy it is to use.

Also useful would be what the different plans are, if any - the Techcrunch article seemed to indicate a free and paid plan. Some public galleries on the front page would be great too, to help get a sense of the site. One more quick commment is that as I look through an album, from a UX perspective, the controls being icons make it harder for me to quickly scan my possible actions.

Is there a way to update Facebook when pictures are posted? That would be a really good way to pull in collaborators.

Is there any way for people to search for and find these photo albums? So, like, if someone starts a "Game three of the World Series" album, can everyone who was there find the album easily and upload their own photos? That could be kinda cool.

I like it, it works well with what I imagine is a common casual workflow after people come back from a group event. People email each other pictures. You can just fwd those pictures to your site. Or CC: your site in the discussion.

You should take a look at Bubbleshare and how they failed doing something very similar to what you are trying to accomplish. I'm sure you can learn a thing or two. The founder Albert might even be able to give you a few pointers.

In "Large overview" mode on the photo pages, consider adding some kind of loading indicator when new photos are loading in the background. I'd click forward, then click again wondering if I'd hit the button correctly.

You need screenshots.I could not find any from the home page.

"public album" might confuse users given that the title says "privately and in groups".

Not too fond of the name...

Are you guys going to build an API?