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Thanks a ton for the feedback. Can you give me some more information about the rounded-ness? :) Well, I would have to think about crowd funding as my main moti

Thanks a ton for the feedback. Can you give me some more information about the rounded-ness? :) Well, I would have to think about crowd funding as my main motive was to keep the site as an entry point for serious angel investors to search apps based on their selection criteria.

tstegart 14y ago
You would have to know a lot of serious entrepreneurs and a lot of serious angel investors to make that happen. Crowdsourcing adds a regulatory hurdle, but it makes the money easier.
- klein0891 14y ago
  I will give it a thought. I appreciate your honest feedback.
tstegart 14y ago
I made Rounded-ness up for lack of a better word. Check out https://parse.com/ https://parse.com/ or http://www.hipmunk.com/ http://www.hipmunk.com/ The look and feel is close to your button on the bottom of your main page. Rounded corners, bold fonts, subtle gradients, drop shadows, icons with depth and shine elements. The button is fine, but the chart on your front page looks more Windows-XP while sites these days take their cues from iOS.
- klein0891 14y ago
  Thanks for the clarification. I do agree they look trendier. I am a developer not a designer but I will keep that in mind.
  - Donito 14y ago
    If you have no designer in your team, it's quite useful to learn to become a bit of a designer yourself (good skill to acquire). Truth is, first impression matters, and no matter how good your algorithm or service is, if the site doesn't look attractive customers might never get to even try it. So while some design polishing sounds like "chores" with low ROI, they can actually increase convergence rates with subtle touches (e.g. rounding corners) resulting in a great overall ROI.
    - klein0891 14y ago
      Hmm, true. I will have to push the redesigning task up the ladder then. Do you have any other comments on the usability or the general concept?

tstegart 14y ago

You would have to know a lot of serious entrepreneurs and a lot of serious angel investors to make that happen. Crowdsourcing adds a regulatory hurdle, but it makes the money easier.

klein0891 14y ago
I will give it a thought. I appreciate your honest feedback.

tstegart 14y ago

I made Rounded-ness up for lack of a better word. Check out https://parse.com/ https://parse.com/ or http://www.hipmunk.com/ http://www.hipmunk.com/ The look and feel is close to your button on the bottom of your main page. Rounded corners, bold fonts, subtle gradients, drop shadows, icons with depth and shine elements. The button is fine, but the chart on your front page looks more Windows-XP while sites these days take their cues from iOS.

klein0891 14y ago
Thanks for the clarification. I do agree they look trendier. I am a developer not a designer but I will keep that in mind.
- Donito 14y ago
  If you have no designer in your team, it's quite useful to learn to become a bit of a designer yourself (good skill to acquire). Truth is, first impression matters, and no matter how good your algorithm or service is, if the site doesn't look attractive customers might never get to even try it. So while some design polishing sounds like "chores" with low ROI, they can actually increase convergence rates with subtle touches (e.g. rounding corners) resulting in a great overall ROI.
  - klein0891 14y ago
    Hmm, true. I will have to push the redesigning task up the ladder then. Do you have any other comments on the usability or the general concept?