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by sibeliuss 304 days ago
That video on the homepage is insane... please for the sake of your amazing app, slow it down and make it less frantic!

(Super rapid zooming in and out, flying all over screen at 3x speed, must cover eyes!!)

3 comments

Agreed 100%. When you work on an app every day, it all makes sense to see the cool features flash by, but you need to design for people who don't have a clue what your app does.
All that manic zooming... reminded me of Wayne's World:

Extreme close-up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdxsWw_gV3E

Engineers often see no value in what marketers do. This video is what they don't do.
It stuns me how bad many engineers are in basic communication.

Made something? Dont start with a long, protracted "This is how i built it from step 1". Show the damn thing! Then tell me how you built which i will be interested in only if the product is good to begin with.

Wait, you are somehow sure that no marketer was involved in making this video? Seems unlikely
Video promises what it should: a dopamine shot!