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by notRobot 2071 days ago
That website is really crappy for a tech company. The videos are absolutely unwatchable on mobile, even when I try to open them in desktop view. The YouTube embed is squeezed into a narrow, unusable box. Did you even test your website on mobile? C'mon, guys.

Furthermore, all the explanations are in videos and not in text? I don't want to watch a bunch of videos just to figure out what this thing is. AND the videos don't have captions. So if I have a hearing disability, there's no way for me to figure out what you guys are doing?

Is it too much to expect a YC company to have a half-decent website?

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i can't understand the reason to be so critical of the website. i am not a design guy but as a user it looks pretty ok to me.

i'm on a laptop and there is a max button at the right bottom of the video. i clicked on it and it seems all clear to me.

the squeezed view is also okish.

i am watching the second video and it seems pretty neat to me. the speaker is quite clear and i can understand his explanation

I think it's perfectly justified for me to be critical of a website when it is COMPLETELY UNUSABLE. Like I said, I'm on mobile, and there's no way for me to figure anything out from the website.

It's 2020. It's not hard to make a website that's usable on mobile.

I'd not worry too much about that. Their tech is not "website-tech" per se. But yes, wish it was custom done, leaner and not a modified version of a commercial Bootstrap theme -- Goodkit[1].

1. https://themes.getbootstrap.com/product/goodkit/

I'm on the same boat, closed it in 2 seconds as half the stuff was cropped out by other elements, etc.

I've seen that problem on a few sites since i'm on an ultrawide, but even adjusting window size to a more regular/manageable size did not help.