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by tommiegannert 659 days ago
The sidebar being modal and blocking clicks to dismiss it is weird.

Why is the most important text "don't know what to do?" part of the sidebar, and not the main view?

The first button I see (even though it's secondary) is Add Chrome extension. That's the wrong impression.

The next buttons are about me uploading things, which assumes I have already prepared myself for using your demo. Hurdles, obstacles. What kind of images/videos are you looking for? Why isn't there a gallery of pre-made images to give me an idea of what you're trying to make me do?

The sidebar doesn't help me decide what to do next. No button says "start here" (I still don't know what your site does.)

The guided interactive demo doesn't seem very interactive, and I still don't know what your site does. It does ask me to add a Chrome extension. Seems important to you.

If I'm vaguely interested in a site, of course I'll create meaningless demos. I just want to drag-n-drop things to see if this is something I should invest more time in or not. Uploading private images of unknown content is a huge hurdle.

Clicking on examples, and taking the first one... I think I understand you're making mobile mockups? Now I'm just thinking "oh, that looks complicated: if I can't even start with some gallery picture to play around with, I'm guessing the interactive parts will be really difficult to do myself." You haven't explained/shown that this complicated thing is actually easy with your tool. There ends my journey.

And, yes, stop the audio. Both the interactive guide/video and the Clippy.

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Thanks for the feedback. I like the idea of a gallery of pre-made images to start off with, in particular.