▲ | subtlesoftware 5 days ago | |
An operating system UI solves a specific problem: presenting all of your files and applications in a GUI that's flexible enough to support a wide range of fundamental activities. A company landing page basically has two jobs: (1) sell the product and (2) let existing users access the product. Applying the OS UI to a company landing page applies the wrong tool to the wrong problem. The author writes: > You can multitask, open a few articles simultaneously, and move them around as you please. > You can be reading the latest newsletter from Product for Engineers while watching a demo video in the corner and also playing Hedgehog Mode, the game. My browser has tabs – I can open multiple blog posts and read them separately. I don't want to read them while playing a random novelty video game on a SaaS company website. I commend the author of this website because it is cool and well-designed, but this is not an effective product. The caveat to this is that the design is thought-provoking. So maybe Posthog gets some buzz and leads because of the discussion among technical people about its new website. |