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Re:Meet the BRCK by aresant on Monday December 02, 2013 @06:40PM (#6837437)
And worse no call to action!

I blame Bootstrap's "scrolling story" for worsening this problem of late.

So much fun to build as a web dev, so sexy for exec's to check off.

But message gets lost and nobody wants to scroll.

An implementation of the scrolling-style that I respect is https://www.pingdom.com

Strong headline to capture attention, solid paragraph explaining the details and what problem they're solving, and BOOM a "Get Started Now" button to guide me.

Z

Re:Meet the BRCK by dmix on Monday December 02, 2013 @06:50PM (#6837493)
There's no problem with scrolling. That's a usability fallacy from the 90s.

The problem is not communicating what your users care about. Thats such a big part of UX, looking at it from a new customers perspective, instead of your own.

Re:Meet the BRCK by tomrod on Monday December 02, 2013 @08:46PM (#6837979)
I don't like scrolling to get to the main point. Doesn't journalism follow the inverse pyramid paradigm where each sentence is less important than the last? If so, one would expect PR releases to follow a similar idea.
Re:Meet the BRCK by dmix on Monday December 02, 2013 @08:51PM (#6837996)
Yes, succinct and concrete headlines are important. "Not burying the lead". But my criticism is a lack of specific "How it works" copy on most product websites.
Re:Meet the BRCK by gridspy on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @06:50PM (#6844067)
The problem is often one of having to lead the customer through a sales process. For eg

1) I want a reliable product... like BRCK .. okay.

2) This product really meets that criteria. Prove it.

3) So, is it useful?

4) Fine. Because of 1..3 I want more detail and to buy one.

For instance with http://gridspy.com (my site)

1) So, why should I monitor (energy usage) at all?

2) Okay, so why GridSpy (not a competitor)...

3) Fine, tell me more about what you do...

4) Lets get started. Give me a quote on some hardware.

It's a process. You can't just lead with (4) because the customer hasn't yet decided that they want your class of product at all.

Re:Meet the BRCK by Ehersman on Monday December 02, 2013 @07:45PM (#6837739)
Good points. We'll rework some of the messaging.
Re:Meet the BRCK by ismail on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @02:33AM (#6839117)
Erik, also the dots at the bottom for me indicate that i can click to see other images. They do not actually do that. Small UX issue
Re:Meet the BRCK by rspeer on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @12:17AM (#6838698)
You should also make sure the site is readable on a desktop computer. Everything was in the wrong place for me. Everything it seemed like I should be reading was yellow-on-yellow or completely invisible.
Re:Meet the BRCK by regorton on Tuesday December 03, 2013 @08:53AM (#6840204)
rspeer, what browser are you? if you can send a screenshot to [email protected] we'll get on it.