Readr -- my latest site. Feedback is appreciated.
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Other than that, the site looks very good. I'll be interested to see where this goes...
for those who are curious, try http://readr.com/?ver=1 .
http://readr.com/?ver=0 http://readr.com/?ver=1 http://readr.com/?ver=2 http://readr.com/?ver=3
just trying out different things to see how they perform.
Either way, love it, signing up now, stick with this because I think you have a shot at going big or being bought out early by someone like yahoo (I figure with google's recent announcement they'll stick with makamaka for a while).
my goal is not to win over geeks, but to make RSS easy and useful for regular people, who have no idea what it is or why they should care about it.
What about customization? Can I change the look of the site to mirror maybe one of those services or something I would prefer? I say this mostly because a lot of those services listed offer that ability and it is well used by many users with accounts on those other sites.
Still, I like it, kind of like a google feadburner for social sites. Actually, what different are you doing other than an rss/atom aggregator?
If I could use those accounts from your site I would probably use it more often than all the others. Even with minimal functionality of use imported from those other sites.
There's weak contrast between elements. Your logo, three images, sub-headings and call to action are all nearly the same size (freakin' HUGE). Instead, decide which element is the most important and create a visual funnel down or across the page to and from it. Guide the user, don't yell at them.
The general alignment is off. Using centered text throughout the page makes your eye jump abruptly from one line to the next. I suggest instead left-aligning everything except the images and their sub-headings (Photos, Blogs, Videos). This will make them easier to scan and comprehend.
Finally, use some proximity. The current layout is stating that every element is related when, really, they aren't. Each serves different purposes so separate your content into their own unique spaces.
Hope this helps.
I would recommend to get all these right before launching a product. It's all about user's trust.
About design, you should change the headers hover background color (I just can't read the text when it's hovered). One last thing, don't use the stile tag in HTML elements, that kind of code is very difficult to maintain, use your stylesheet instead.
Congratulations about your site!
What do you think your is your biggest challenge? I think it will be very hard to get a critical mass without FB jumping on the idea and opening up their ecosystem to the entire Internet. That is always where I thought they are headed.
Good Luck.
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If I sound spiteful, it's because I'm envious. The thought of making a meta-social-network crossed my mind, but it never occurred to me why anyone would want to use it, especially at the start. Feeds! Duh.
but i would guess from our verification rates that it's not turning too many folks (besides you and the 3 who upmodded you?) away. who knows... maybe i'll do some a/b testing and see if it makes a difference.
cool idea though. the massive images on the first page are a little strange. and the second page would be better if it fit w/in one screen.
I think it's a great idea. My first impression was "What is this?" in a curiousity way that I wanted to learn more. Then the Learn More link explained things very clearly.