Re:Ask HN: “Didn't know I needed this. Now I can't work with...
by PhantomGremlin on Monday December 08, 2014 @09:48PM
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No, I don't want video. Tell it to me in simple words and pictures.
I have two complaints about video:
1) I don't want to enable JavaScript or use Flash. Most video fails one of those. 2) I don't want to spend the time to watch a video. Tell me in words and pictures, in less than a minute. I.e. an "elevator pitch".
I'm absolutely astonished at how many companies have horrible websites. In many cases I can go to Wikipedia and learn much more about a company, much faster, than from that company's website.
I have two complaints about video: 1) I don't want to enable JavaScript or use Flash. Most video fails one of those. 2) I don't want to spend the time to watch a video. Tell me in words and pictures, in less than a minute. I.e. an "elevator pitch".
I'm absolutely astonished at how many companies have horrible websites. In many cases I can go to Wikipedia and learn much more about a company, much faster, than from that company's website.
Major FAIL!