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by ckuijjer 4727 days ago
I really like your site, it's the place I go when I look for an alternative to a specific app/webapp. I'm going to assume that most of your users are like me and come through your site by a google search. Some feedback:

- The main issue with your site is imho that it's trying to do two things at once. Next to giving alternatives to software, it also tries to be a categorized directory of applications. I would love for you to focus on only the former. Doing so would enable you to really declutter your site. There would be no more need for the grey navigation bar, nor for categories or tags.

- Give more prominence to: - The application searched for and to its external links. Don't be afraid to have users leave your site. - It's alternatives, on my laptop I can only see a single alternative above the fold. - User input, e.g. likes, comments and feedback. As you're a user input driven site, this is really important

- Give less prominence to or simply remove: - Questions, they look really empty and sites like http://webapps.stackexchange.com/ are better suited for this. - Forum, when looking for an alternative I simply want to take a look at a few options I don't much care for the forum - Recent user activities, I think it is simply clutter and no one but the person whose activity it shows cares.

1 comments

Great feedback and ideas, thanks! I think I have answered much of it in my reply to imdhmd above.

I see the point you make about Questions. We'll consider this!