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Haha check our scrappy website https://opral.com

We got a bug report once that „the website is not loading“.

Hahaha that’s awesome. That’s like the original Google user testing sort-of-bug report where people they showed it to would sit in front of the screen with the search box, doing nothing. and when they asked them what are you doing? It’s: I’m waiting for it to load.

because at the time it was so strange to just have a search box in the middle of the page and nothing else.

I would suggest to fix the orthography to “PS: Nothing is broken about this page. It's just simple on purpose. :)”. Simplicity is nice, but correct punctuation and capitalization is also appreciated as a proxy indicator for professional diligence.

fixed the capitalization https://github.com/opral/monorepo/commit/6127c6899290b35442c...

Kudos for the transparency of your monorepo, and in addition to its simplicity, the lack of tracking on your homepage.

There used to be several star-architect offices that had white background at their website with only black text for contact. While other firms had shiny websites with all project in huge pictures.

But these were just like "me shit is out there and you already know it".

Love your page. Especially your careers page - never seen one posted as a git repo before.

You really know your audience.

the reason is less knowing our audience and more "it was just easier [than setting up a careers page]" :D

Wish I could work for an employer like this.

inlang's website is beautiful

thanks. do you understand what inlang is by looking at the site?

No, and I suspect GP was being sarcastic.

What is unclear?

we know that we haven't nailed communication yet. one team member is working full time on communication/the website

I have no idea what “globalization ecosystem” is supposed to mean. There is a list of software components (“products”) I’m probably supposed to see a use for, but why would I go to that website to browse them? There is mention of “inlang projects”, but what is “inlang” and why would I have such a project? There is mention of “plugins for inlang”, but again, what is inlang and why does it need plugins?

Great feedback. I'll forward it to Nils, who is responsible for communication. Reply from him should follow on Monday

I’m the responsible person that Samuel talked about. I agree thanks for the feedback. Any chance that we can get on a call?

I got it. But it’s because I worked on software that is global by design and we serve markets all over the world.

I think some of these others may not have worked on such software requirements.

Your site makes sense.

Well there is section 'popular products' directly on landing page so it is not hard to guess.

Mainly because:

> The globalization ecosystem for software companies. Plug inlang's products together for market expansion and a broader customer reach.

I have no idea what that means and who it’s for.

I don’t know if this is exactly what your product does but maybe a heading like:

“The developer platform that makes data integrations easy”

That at least tells me who is the buyer and what benefit I will get

> That at least tells me who is the buyer and what benefit I will get

That is our problem. Taking a software product global (i18n/localiation/marketing) targets multiple personas and buyers (managers, developers, translators, designers, etc). We started with a dev-focused line but that didn't work for everyone else.

Are product pages clear(er)?

- https://inlang.com/m/gerre34r/library-inlang-paraglideJs - https://inlang.com/m/tdozzpar/app-inlang-finkLocalizationEdi...

Maybe something like this might be better …

Heading: “Localizing your app, has never been {easier/facile/etc}”

Subhead: “A developer platform for all your i18n needs”

That the {xxx} is animated and changes languages

I did, but I had to click a lot to understand.

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