dtonon on Nostr: The project is fascinating. But. If I can be completely honest, I think that the main ...
The project is fascinating. But. If I can be completely honest, I think that the main problem here is that the communication is unoptimized, if I may put it mildly.
I am quite interested in books and reading, one of the first features I added to njump is a print/pdf friendly rendering to be able to read long formats on my reader, but in the beginning I also had some difficulties understanding what you were developing.
Just starting with the brand/domain: it contains "gitcitadel" and "alexandria", both the subdomain and the domain contain the same app with no notable differences. This alone is really confusing. What's the project name?
As a side note, Alexandria is probably a too common name, it will be really difficult to find it without a "nostr" companion search term.
Going on, the app itself is a little confusing for a newcomer, it seems just a long-form reader like Habla, it has this weird hover effect on every part on which I cannot interact with (I know you will fix it), but nothing specific to ebooks. Where is the index? The chapters? And mainly, how can I read this stuff on my ebook reader?
The homepage itself has no information, no roadmap, nothing. It should at least shout “books”! The About page is really minimal, and it points to github instead taking the opportunity to use the tool itself to explain its purpose. There is no way to easily find the npub of the project's developers.
I think you should invest a little energy on fixing the brand/domain part and building a good homepage that is really explicative and communicates the project strengths. This is usually useful as a team exercise to review the strategies, goals and priorities.
Do a great job!
PS: If you need some help with design and communication feel free to ping me
I am quite interested in books and reading, one of the first features I added to njump is a print/pdf friendly rendering to be able to read long formats on my reader, but in the beginning I also had some difficulties understanding what you were developing.
Just starting with the brand/domain: it contains "gitcitadel" and "alexandria", both the subdomain and the domain contain the same app with no notable differences. This alone is really confusing. What's the project name?
As a side note, Alexandria is probably a too common name, it will be really difficult to find it without a "nostr" companion search term.
Going on, the app itself is a little confusing for a newcomer, it seems just a long-form reader like Habla, it has this weird hover effect on every part on which I cannot interact with (I know you will fix it), but nothing specific to ebooks. Where is the index? The chapters? And mainly, how can I read this stuff on my ebook reader?
The homepage itself has no information, no roadmap, nothing. It should at least shout “books”! The About page is really minimal, and it points to github instead taking the opportunity to use the tool itself to explain its purpose. There is no way to easily find the npub of the project's developers.
I think you should invest a little energy on fixing the brand/domain part and building a good homepage that is really explicative and communicates the project strengths. This is usually useful as a team exercise to review the strategies, goals and priorities.
Do a great job!
PS: If you need some help with design and communication feel free to ping me