Wow, I just went to the Cocalc website, and it's truly shocking. It seems like an interesting service, but terribly marketed. Do you have any designers? I know your service is targeted towards technically minded people, but it still needs to be able to market itself. Have you done any user testing on how people use your marketing website? Here is my experience so far:
The first thing I see is a NINE minute long video. As a first time visitor who doesn't know anything about this service, that's too much time to invest.
The second thing I see is that it supports a lot of stuff. Cool, but why is it better than what I have now? I see that I can share things privately. I can already do that. I can "time travel". Yes, version control is a thing. I can publish it online. Great, I already do that. These are the only thing I read because they are the only thing that's bold. To be honest, this is where I would have clicked away.
It also doesn't help that the navigation is unusable at half-laptop screen width, let alone on mobile.
Only after scouring your website do I realize that it's basically Google Docs but for math, which is cool! But this was not clear at all when first visiting your site.
If you're interested in more feedback feel free to reach out.
The first thing I see is a NINE minute long video. As a first time visitor who doesn't know anything about this service, that's too much time to invest.
The second thing I see is that it supports a lot of stuff. Cool, but why is it better than what I have now? I see that I can share things privately. I can already do that. I can "time travel". Yes, version control is a thing. I can publish it online. Great, I already do that. These are the only thing I read because they are the only thing that's bold. To be honest, this is where I would have clicked away.
It also doesn't help that the navigation is unusable at half-laptop screen width, let alone on mobile.
Only after scouring your website do I realize that it's basically Google Docs but for math, which is cool! But this was not clear at all when first visiting your site.
If you're interested in more feedback feel free to reach out.