Just thought I would vent...
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our site displays a "how it work" diagram as the entire above-the-fold content of the homepage. This is really useful for first time visitors and makes our sites value prop crystal clear. However, after a user visits the site a few times, the "how-it-works" isn't very useful and it takes up the most prime real estate on our site. We were thinking about dropping a cookie for all visitors and only showing them the "how it works" diagram the first time they use our service and having an alternative homepage for returning users. Do any sites do this? We've had a hard time thinking of example.
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Any efficiency gurus out there with any tips?
I make a ton of sloppy mistakes when I code. Stuff that leaves me kicking myself when I spend 20 minutes trying to debug it. Even though I've gotten better at programming, the number of sloppy mistakes I make is still way too high and its my biggest time drain.
I think part of the problem comes from writing code, glancing through it quickly, and then testing it with a large number of "F5s". I'm trying to get away from this and am reading my code more thoroughly before testing to see if it works. Anyone struggle with the same issues? HOw did you improve?
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How many users would these services have lost? Some users will be dissatisfied with the services so they would lose potential customers. Also, another competitor could see that they could do better and launch their own service, diluting the market share for these comapnies. But these companies sacrificed revenue by not releasing their service until it was very strong. Also, there are other companies that took years of work and flopped miserably upon release. Farecast and Pandora faced the risk of joining that unenviable pool.
It's hard to argue that Farecast and Pandora went down the wrong path since they were super-successful startups. But if I'm not mistaken, both started in academia so they have a higher standard to live up to in terms of rigor. Most startups are under the pressure to launch something quickly. If you were running a similar company, when would you launch?