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Re:Showoff by gregschlom on Wednesday April 20, 2011 @12:48PM (#2467348)
I second the dark contrast point. My first reaction on the site was "omg, what can I do to put some color and some life here".

I even tried playing with the bookmarks on the top right corner to see if they would light up the site.

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Re:Showoff by barrkel on Wednesday April 20, 2011 @01:12PM (#2467450)
I kept expecting a bright background image to load, or a dynamic popup to appear. Even fully loaded, the page looks incomplete.
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Re:Showoff by xnerdr on Thursday April 21, 2011 @08:24AM (#2470345)
I just did a quick article on the design: Showoff.io feedback and design impressions - http://nerdr.com/startup-showoff-io-first-impressions-and-fe...
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Re:Showoff by o1iver on Thursday April 21, 2011 @04:38PM (#2472263)
Why the "Average user asks:" critique when the target audience (as you acknowledge below) is clearly technical. Anybody with networking experience, ie. setting up a web-server (even for local dev) will know what localhost is (they type it in their address bar to access the "local" server)...etc
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Re:Showoff by protomyth on Wednesday April 20, 2011 @01:34PM (#2467541)
I've been using OS X too long, since I instinctually thought the website was grey out / not active.
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Re:Showoff by PhrosTT on Wednesday April 20, 2011 @02:15PM (#2467698)
i'll chime in as somebody who likes it.
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Re:Showoff by nitrogen on Wednesday April 20, 2011 @05:22PM (#2468436)
It looks like something designed for 3D and film production. Such an interface has very little contrast and color so it doesn't interfere with the perceived color and intensity of the image.
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