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Re:Ask HN: Review my site Artevolve - Remix and Derive Artwo... by tptacek on Tuesday March 09, 2010 @08:46PM (#1179959)
I click this link and see a wall of text. Bullet-y text to be sure, but text. I don't even think to scroll down to see the artwork below the fold. My eyes don't really read your text; they're just looking for some indication of something I can click on to actually see the thing. They find "browse"; I click that, and now I'm actually in your app, and I'm thinking "what-the-hell, why isn't this the first thing I see when I visit the site?"

Long story short: find another way to organize the front page of the site. You picked a niche where you get to put pretty pictures on your site. They need to be the first thing I see.

Re:Ask HN: Review my site Artevolve - Remix and Derive Artwo... by dryicerx on Tuesday March 09, 2010 @09:05PM (#1179999)
Ah yes, I just applied a new design with the info and thumbnails side by side, hopefully solving this problem. A good lesson for me (I am just getting started with the web design and ui aspect of things). Thanks!