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The email box seems unnecessary big and the example email can be place inside the box.

Regarding the submit button, you did not put too much effort on it considering all the work you did in the html5 animation.

More importantly, I will not give you my email without knowing what it is.

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A little usability feedback - the large email box can be a good thing, what we call a good Fitt's Law object.

Placing text inside of input fields lowers the response rate, and creates issues when the user looks to see if they entered the correct type of input, yet the instructional label has been replaced by their own text.

Thanks for the tips. Always nice when you have two contradictory statements in the same thread. Because your feedback requires me to do no work, you're definitely my hero.

What would you do if you wanted to put up a landing page for a company you weren't ready to go public with?

My hope was just to have some fun with it and garner a smile.

This community is really thoughtful and helpful. Really appreciate it.

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