- www.designernews.co
- dribbble.com
- www.behance.net
- There's a lot of stuff going on above the fold. Not sure where my eyes should go
- The download icon on "Buy it now" feels out of place.
- The black text on darkish green button for "Buy it now" has not enough contrast + size is too small. Maybe try light green background, or white text.
- No Safari support as far as I can tell
- On Firefox it's not immediately clear it's supported. Most extension are Chrome-only and so is the example video. I'd like to see the Firefox icon above-the-fold
- "Try it yourself on this page" button doesn't have a :hover state so doesn't feel interactive
- The video is nice, but feels slow at times and other times too fast. Maybe have multiple named segments showcasing one feature at a time.
- The 3 panes below the video have a lot of text I'm too lazy to read. The headings aren't descriptive enough to catch my attention
- Of the testimonials only Brad Frost looks familiar to me. The quotes are barely readable.
- The "as seen in" logos have weird inverted colors. Why is Y Combinator blue? Etc.
- What's a "Hero" license? Are there other licenses?
- Can I expect future updates? How actively is CSS Scan being maintained? Will it still work in a year when browsers have changed?
- A lot of the text is very small. I'd use 16px minimum.
- Many images and video are kinda blurry on my Retina screen
Many positive points too, but this is a Roast 😁
Thank you, Marc!
Just changed the download icon to Chrome and Firefox icon, which should help users see the supported browsers right on.
About font-size, they are all 16px+. Is your browser rendering them differently?
The quotes on the testimonials indeed are more difficult to read on Safari browser because it renders the gradient differently. I need to fix it.
About the 3 panes, will make it better, thanks!
Added the :hover state to all buttons! That was great! 👍
About font-size, they are all 16px+. Is your browser rendering them differently?
You're right. Most of it is 16px+ I now see. I was using a Cinema Display before which I guess renders everything a bit smaller than my laptop. I think slightly larger than 16px would be better.
Try shipping smaller iterations.
For most makers seeing people actually use the thing they build is what gives them inspiration. If your sprints are too long, you will lose motivation and don't finish the thing you started. This can be a vicious circle as it then becomes tempting to start something new. Over and over again.
You could add functionality like that to Trix. Chris (@excid3) did a GoRails episode about adding @mentions to Trix you could use as a starting point.
Trix by Basecamp is quite nice. It integrates really well with Ruby on Rails, and is very extensible. It's also well maintained, so it seems like a good long-term solution even if its functionality is still rather limited.
Trix is amazing and I've used it elsewhere, the problem is that I need something that can handle custom dropdowns. The reason being this is an editor for an email and my users need to be able to paste merge tags from a dropdown menu (like MailChimp) :(
You could add functionality like that to Trix. Chris (@excid3) did a GoRails episode about adding @mentions to Trix you could use as a starting point.
It depends on too many variables to give a singular answer.
I'd look at the overall load time and see if your current PNGs are substantial part of it. If not, I wouldn't worry about further optimizing them except for the bare minimum of throwing them through imageoptim.
If they do significantly contribute to your page load, then compress them to a point you're comfortable with. It's more of an art than an exact science. If you're an illustrator you might care more about pixel perfect images than an average blogger for example.
- Most websites already have a newsletter I could subscribe to
- Supporting all these different sources will be quite a technical challenge
- You'll need to continuously update the service for API changes and new features
- You might get pushback from those services as they prefer to keep control
- I'm not sure it's a severe pain point. Never heard from people looking for a solution
- You'll be asking money for mild convenience (you can already do everything for free, just slightly less convenient)
- Drawback of not using Instagram app/etc directly is that I cannot easily like/comment/etc
- Already somewhat solved through cross-sharing (e.g. if I follow someone's Twitter, they tend to share their blog posts etc there as well)
- I personally want less email. Not more. I'm actually using Kill The Newsletter to turn newsletters into RSS feeds
- Check out t.me/EventsAggregatorBot – it does a lot of what you say, but in Telegram