I want to see this guy review the Tarsnap website. For all that some people don't like my web design, I'd like to think that it's very easy to figure out what Tarsnap is.
Oh, okay, that makes sense. Probably some super-secure online backup service...
>Encryption: Your data can only be accessed with your personal keys. We can't access your data even if we wanted to!
>Source code: The client code is available. You don't need to trust us; you can check the encryption yourself!
>Deduplication: Only the unique data between your current files and encrypted archives is uploaded.
Wow, that's... extremely clear. That's literally everything I wanted to know, save for maybe pricing...
>Storage: 250 picodollars / byte-month of encoded data
>Bandwidth: 250 picodollars / byte of encoded data
...aha, it's something confusing!
>($0.25 / GB-month)
...never mind. This is extremely clear.
I could keep going, but as far as copy, this website is excellent. And even the design could be considered a plus given your target audience.
Though if Tarsnap ever gets a GUI, I would suggest giving the website one as well :)
I agree with your assessment of Tarsnap's website and had a quick look at my firm's website. Whilst we haven't sprouted web2arrhoea bootstrapped bollocks ... yet, I'll be having words with my marketing bods tomorrow.
The web design is indeed ugly, but at least it is functional.
Here are some easy to implement design suggestions: You should change the title of the first heading so it's not the same as the banner. I think "What is Tarsnap?" is a good choice. Speaking of the banner, vectorize it. Finally, please remove the bars from the asides.
Your product is good, so transferring a little attention to its web presence is worth the effort.
It's not ugly, so much as unconventional. It's also aimed at developers rather than c-levels or the general public. As for 'what is tarsnap?', the very first block of regular text on the tells you, in bullet-point form. It's the first place a native English speaker looks to read something; I read the text in the box before I read the heading for the box.
I hope he doesn't listen to the folks saying he should follow the herd. Websites where you have to page down below the fold to get basic information on the product? We should be pointing them at Tarsnap. But flat design is king on mobile, so we won't be getting many of these website layouts anymore.
picodollars - you've lost me, even though I'm tech.
I don't think this website should be made to "look better" i.e turned into some corporate garbage, but it could definitely look better... looks kinda like an open source programmers best shot at making something look good.
There's a middle ground between looking corporate (irrelevant) and looking unprofessional.
In your shoes I would be going for a style of "very plain, but very neat" looking. Aiming for perfectly spaced between elements, attractive font, minimal but matching colors. Function graphics only.
Oh, okay, that makes sense. Probably some super-secure online backup service...
>Encryption: Your data can only be accessed with your personal keys. We can't access your data even if we wanted to! >Source code: The client code is available. You don't need to trust us; you can check the encryption yourself! >Deduplication: Only the unique data between your current files and encrypted archives is uploaded.
Wow, that's... extremely clear. That's literally everything I wanted to know, save for maybe pricing...
>Storage: 250 picodollars / byte-month of encoded data >Bandwidth: 250 picodollars / byte of encoded data
...aha, it's something confusing!
>($0.25 / GB-month)
...never mind. This is extremely clear.
I could keep going, but as far as copy, this website is excellent. And even the design could be considered a plus given your target audience.
Though if Tarsnap ever gets a GUI, I would suggest giving the website one as well :)