Please, don't make me have to guess by reading your tooltips, feature blurbs, and customer quotes like they are puzzle pieces to the question of "what the hell is this thing!"
At least PaintCode is kind enough to give an overview in their documentation.
How did this product even get to the front page when it's almost impossible to actually tell what it is or the problems it solves?
I scrolled down past the screenshot expecting to read an introduction about it and now we're suddenly talking about StyleKits??? Huh?
E: Quite ironic that the URI path is /intro and the main header "Introducing PaintCode 2", when the page does everything except introduce the product.
Just read the first couple lines on the screenshot. It's the first thing you read when you visit the page:
"Use built-in vector drawing tools to design controls" and "PaintCode instantly generates Objective-C or C# code from your drawings"
That's explanation enough for me, didn't you see that?
It is a technical product with a niche. Maybe they weren't trying to market to you?
> PaintCode is a vector drawing app that turns your drawings into Objective-C or C# drawing code in real time.
"Drawing Tools - Use built-in vector drawing tools to design controls, icons and other graphic elements."
And
"Code Generation - PaintCode instantly generates Objective-C or C# code from your drawings."
Seems obvious to me what it does. I literally have to do nothing besides open my eyes to get that information. Couple that with the screenshot, and the name, and the fact that the price is presented front and center, I can't help but wonder what information is missing?
What the other people are asking for is no different here. The core functionality of the product is presented in miniblurbs, which most other websites use as feature explanations instead. It's not hard to see why people didn't snap to those immediately as descriptions of the purpose of the product.
Also, as a neurophysiologist with an interest in attention and cognition, you literally had to do a lot more than just open your eyes to get that information.
If you are going to get that anal about the use of the word literally, you shouldn't abuse it yourself. And you complain about the quality of comments here.
And you complain about the quality of comments here.
You even italicised 'you', specifying me in particular. Are you going to call me anal again because I say I don't do that? Feel like backing up your claims? My comment history is there. You make it sound like a regular issue for me.
If you want me to complain about comments, how about this: "I don't like comments that simply make shit up out of thin air like that, because the author is just feeling sour and feels the need to strike out at something".
"Drawing Tools - Use built-in vector drawing tools to design controls, icons and other graphic elements."
And
"Code Generation - PaintCode instantly generates Objective-C or C# code from your drawings."
Seems obvious to me what it does. I literally have to do nothing besides open my eyes to get that information.
Couple that with the screenshot, and the name, and the fact that the price is presented front and center, I can't help but wonder what information is missing?
The use case is if you decide to draw something custom in iOS like a specialized progress bar or a control that you wish to animate as you scroll your finger across the screen, you can make it much easier with this tool.
And it looked interesting!