How good is our intro?

[paulomunky]

Hi everyone,

We've finally completed our software intro and would love some critical feedback!

1DayLater helps users track their day-to-day time, money and mileage. We hope our intro makes it seem straightforward. It comes complete with a silky smooth VO which I'm particularly proud of! When you first log in there is a black bar at the top of the screen you can click to check it out

Anyways please send me your thoughts

http://1daylater.com

Thanks!

 

[bluedreamer]

Nice animation, clear and nice to see captions.

Animation points:

1. At the end it just stops... then nothing. Suggest adding a call to action when the animation finishes.

2. Accessibility - can't turn the lightbox off using Esc or other key, or mouse click away from the close link. Then again why launch in a lightbox? Just embed it in the page, then you can provide non-flash alternative replacment content as well.


The other things that struck me when the home page opened - it wasn't immediately obvious what the site is about, and the Click to play intro link is buried in all those icons making it hard to spot.

 

[paul1664]

No screenshots?

I dont just mean in the video... no screenshots anywhere on the site? How am I supposed to see what it looks like without registering?

Paul.

 

[Sublime Decor]

I like it, the animation is great!

out of interest, where do you get something like that done? How much did it cost?

 

[3 MORE YEARS]

I like the simplicity of the animation. But like the other person said, screen shots etc will help.

 

[extremedistro]

Hi everyone,

We've finally completed our software intro and would love some critical feedback!

1DayLater helps users track their day-to-day time, money and mileage. We hope our intro makes it seem straightforward. It comes complete with a silky smooth VO which I'm particularly proud of! When you first log in there is a black bar at the top of the screen you can click to check it out

Anyways please send me your thoughts

http://1daylater.com

Thanks!

comment about the site - I couldnt find how to contact you!

 

[paulomunky]

Hey guys thanks for all the feedback!
In answer to your replies...

bluedreamer - agree with the need for a call to action at the end of our animation. We've actually changed our revenue model from 30 day free trial to a freemium model so the voice over needed cutting down. But we're looking to change that asap.

also what you said about not having enough explanation has been remarked on a few times, so totally agree with you. Finding it quite hard to write some decent blurb mind

paul1664 - yes there are no screenshots at the minute, but we're planning on putting them in a seperate tab. I think people definately like to be able to 'window shop' before signing up like you say. cheers!

Sublime Decor - thanks for compliments, actually we've done the animation in-house so not sure how much it would cost (but i know my brother charges his time out at least £60/hour when he does freelance stuff)

Scootek - screenshots sound like theyre definately on the menu then! I've noticed a lot of other web-based software out there have screenshots so probably wise to follow suit!

extremedistro - good point thanks, this may be an oversight or due for the next update I'll have to just check. I know they used to be on there but we've changed things around a wee bit since. cheers

apreciate all the comments so far. please keep em coming!

 

I like it. But - Show us how it would look, add screenshots.

 

Did not tell me what the site was about in 2 seconds.

Why should I strain my brain.?

Earl

 

[gecmark]

It's good .