Comments on: Sssh, we’re launching http://blog.goplanapp.com/2007/03/08/sssh-were-launching/ A blog on Goplan, an online project management and collaboration tool by Webreakstuff. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:13:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bojhan Somers http://blog.goplanapp.com/2007/03/08/sssh-were-launching/comment-page-1/#comment-1994 Bojhan Somers Sat, 10 Mar 2007 22:42:01 +0000 http://blog.goplan.info/2007/03/08/sssh-were-launching/#comment-1994 Thanks, I understand you dont agree with the information overload and I think visitors can see you put time into reducing the information to its essentials. There are parts in the text, that I believe could be said with allot less. always-on access-anywhere (Online) online real-time chat (real-time chat) The current solutions out there (Other solutions) How much does it cost? (Costs?) But ofcourse this is all in the eye of the beholder, so you might not agree with me here. I see information overload as text that I cant scan trough in 3 seconds and that looks to much of a marketing text. A small thing I just saw, iCal. Maby also give it an abbr like SSL, ACL because I dont think everyone knows what it is? Thanks, I understand you dont agree with the information overload and I think visitors can see you put time into reducing the information to its essentials. There are parts in the text, that I believe could be said with allot less.

always-on access-anywhere (Online)
online real-time chat (real-time chat)
The current solutions out there (Other solutions)
How much does it cost? (Costs?)

But ofcourse this is all in the eye of the beholder, so you might not agree with me here. I see information overload as text that I cant scan trough in 3 seconds and that looks to much of a marketing text.

A small thing I just saw, iCal. Maby also give it an abbr like SSL, ACL because I dont think everyone knows what it is?

]]> By: Fred Oliveira http://blog.goplanapp.com/2007/03/08/sssh-were-launching/comment-page-1/#comment-1991 Fred Oliveira Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:20:35 +0000 http://blog.goplan.info/2007/03/08/sssh-were-launching/#comment-1991 Some good points, thanks for commenting - Although I don't agree with the information "overload" (tts under 400 words), we will update the page with screenshots soon. As for the brightness note, my best piece of advice would be to calibrate your display if you are doing design, because the "brightness up a bit" thing may reduce the total amount of displayed colors to around 60% of the full color spectrum of your screen. That doesn't mean white on green is a good combination (that's out of the scope of my comment), but it definitely is readable on screens with proper contrast settings. Now, the application's color scheme is, though, something we're going to change very soon. Some good points, thanks for commenting – Although I don’t agree with the information “overload” (tts under 400 words), we will update the page with screenshots soon.

As for the brightness note, my best piece of advice would be to calibrate your display if you are doing design, because the “brightness up a bit” thing may reduce the total amount of displayed colors to around 60% of the full color spectrum of your screen. That doesn’t mean white on green is a good combination (that’s out of the scope of my comment), but it definitely is readable on screens with proper contrast settings. Now, the application’s color scheme is, though, something we’re going to change very soon.

]]> By: Bojhan Somers http://blog.goplanapp.com/2007/03/08/sssh-were-launching/comment-page-1/#comment-1989 Bojhan Somers Sat, 10 Mar 2007 19:07:21 +0000 http://blog.goplan.info/2007/03/08/sssh-were-launching/#comment-1989 Did anyone ever mentiond that the white text color on light-green background is very hard to see on a LFT screen with its brightness up a bit? (Our feature-set and pricing information) And the Features list, doesnt really look like a list. Witch makes it less scannable for the reader. And the image of Goplan a thumbmail of a screenshot I suppose? At first hunch I thought it was a thumbmail of more screenshots I could browse trough, but suprised to see it wasnt even a link to any screenshot at all? I hope the new homepage is able to bring more people towards your product, but I do feel kind of an overload of information on the homepage by all the text that I believe could be said simpler, and with less. Goodluck! Did anyone ever mentiond that the white text color on light-green background is very hard to see on a LFT screen with its brightness up a bit? (Our feature-set and pricing information)

And the Features list, doesnt really look like a list. Witch makes it less scannable for the reader. And the image of Goplan a thumbmail of a screenshot I suppose? At first hunch I thought it was a thumbmail of more screenshots I could browse trough, but suprised to see it wasnt even a link to any screenshot at all?

I hope the new homepage is able to bring more people towards your product, but I do feel kind of an overload of information on the homepage by all the text that I believe could be said simpler, and with less.

Goodluck!

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