Comments on: Coming soon

By: Phil Thompson

Phil Thompson — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:53:03 +0000

Admittedly the zeitgeisty features are minimal – I’ve opted for a wee bit of text-shadow with rgba on some of the text, a type attribute value of email on the form and of course that sexy HTML5 doctype.

I contemplated (and experimented with) some css-transitions; feeling that would have been the ultimate way to jump aboard a fad but couldn’t quite get an effect that I liked.

By: Phil Thompson

Phil Thompson — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:49:37 +0000

Very good point Scott – this is something that could have easily been done and would have arguably made a lot of sense but we all felt that as this was an online product and so email was the best medium.

Another consideration was trying to keep the form as simple as possible and felt that just allowing one option (email) was the best way forward.

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:47:05 +0000

What’s ur zeitgeisty feature then Phil, HTML5 perchance? ;)

Looks good mate, I think people like to feel they are in the know about something or they know some secret that others don’t. You have to figure out what ou’re going to do with those emails though, be it discounts, previews, beta invites whatever there has to be an exchange of information and value.

By: Scott Mallinson

Scott Mallinson — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:31:48 +0000

If the service they are offering is online SMS messaging, why not capture their mobile phone number instead of/as well as their email address? Then you can push out SMS messages when the service is ready which will also promote the quality of the service.

By: Joe Turner

Joe Turner — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:20:36 +0000

Definitely useful if you can get a URL re-tweeted to gain interest in an app, although it does seem that everyone is at it, be it a web project or iPhone app!
Before you know it, we will be giving our email address to anyone with the slightest glimmer of an idea!