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Re:Ask HN: Please review my startup by cellis on Thursday April 23, 2009 @10:57PM (#576900)
What am i supposed to do?

Imagine i am a very ADD person and I don't know what to click. You need a big DOWNLOAD or SIGN UP button, otherwise you are squandering your 5 seconds that i've allowed you.

Re:Ask HN: Please review my startup by ckinnan on Thursday April 23, 2009 @11:36PM (#576938)
Same issue for me-- I couldn't readily determine whether this was an open source project, like MediaWiki, or a hosted service that I'm going to pay to use. A lot of the corporate and pricing info I look for was under a different URL, EdGenius, which adds to the confusion.

The signup button should lead to a page explaining exactly what I'm signing up for, rather than the existing lightbox, which has an unattractive little form offering no details.

I like the overall presentation feel on the homepage; you just need to provide more direction for the new user.

Re:Ask HN: Please review my startup by henryl on Friday April 24, 2009 @12:03AM (#576956)
Same here. Stared at the big wall of text. Not quite sure what I was supposed to do--both options (sign-up / download) turned me off.
Re:Ask HN: Please review my startup by steveneo on Thursday April 23, 2009 @11:25PM (#576925)
good point, I changed it. Now it looks a little ugly, will do improvement later. But anyway, people won't miss that 2 buttons:) Thanks.
Re:Ask HN: Please review my startup by rksprst on Friday April 24, 2009 @12:39AM (#576983)
You need to make the sign up button have a link cursor. I almost didnt click on it because I thought it was only an image.