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ASK HN: Preparing to launch for second time on Producthunt

3 pointsMike_Andreuzza8 comments

So, in April 18 I launched colorsandfonts.com

Colors & Fonts. Curated library of colors and fonts for Web Developers & Digital Designers.

And it took 8th place on that day.

I made significant changes regarding layout and content and I am planning to do much more.

I am looking for recommendations regarding the relaunch.

- What should I do? - What should I avoid doing?

Any constructive feedback is also really welcome.

Thank you and have a great day !

/Mike

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Looking at the choices on the landing page, it's not clear to me what I'll get if I click on each other than a vague sense of what the text under each graphic says.

I think it would be much better if each graphic showed a kind-of small version of what they'll see when they click. For instance the gradient choice doesn't even show a clear gradient and just looks like a rounded red square to me. It could show four gradients so I get a sense of the range of possibilities (e.g. grayscale, hue, saturation, etc.) Also the example for colour palette is confusingly showing a quantized gradient.

Regarding the bald text.

- I fear to explain more in case the user just can't other reading.

Regarding the icons.

- The palettes icon is using those colors because otherwise it would be too much.

Regarding the gradients, do you mean the ones in the page or the icon. ?

Thank you so much.

The text is fine, I just wanted more from the graphics so I wouldn't even have to read the text.

The picture in the box labelled "Color gradients" just looks like a red rounded square because the top-right red-orange gradient is so subtle.

That's extra confusing because the box labelled "Color palettes" is showing colors in a 5-step gradient pattern.

I would be good if "MUI Color Picker" had several small circles of related colors as it's graphic since that's how its used. And I have no idea what 'MUI' means.

I hope some of that makes sense.

You want a piture that goes like the saying.

An image is worth a thousand words, it might be true that. I could work on that tho...

MUI Colors stands for Material UI colors, is a very well known termn in UI / UX design. But I personaly do not like it either. I would write Material colors.

thanlk you so much karmakaze.

What's your intention here? Just want to get more users, looking for help, trying to make money, etc.

Well, that's actually a good question.

My intention is to get more traffic and keep them.

The first time I launched on PH it brought 1268 users.

Right now there's between 150 to 300 users daily since april 18th.

The site is free, so no money here is needed.

I just want more users though...

Thank you for asking.

Why do you want more users? Are you wanting to build your own recognition in the UX space?

I hope I don't sound snarky. I just want to better understand your thoughts and motives.

No worries.

I am trying to create an audience because I have some plans for the website.

In the nearfuture I want to let users be part of it by letting them:

- Create a profile, for an individual, team or agency.

- Upload shot of their work and automatically / or manually create a palette, gradient and fonts used on the image.

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