Hi Everyone.<p>The goal of Uzvy is to be an integrated, super-easy way to create groups (micro-communities) and manage all of them in a single page. Uzvy is essentially a tool for making private and public groups. We pitch Uzvy as being about interest networking--connecting with your specific interests.<p>We've found that the initial impression of our UI throws a lot of users off and is intimidating, but after about 10 minutes of using Uzvy many users "clicked" with it and enjoyed Uzvy'ing. (let us know what your experience/feelings are)<p>We'd love to hear all thoughts particularly how useful you find the service, how you'd use it, thoughts on the UI as it is, and any suggestions.<p>Thanks!! The Uzvy team!!
No comment on the site itself, but this has to be the worst name for a startup I've seen this year. It's completely un-pronounceable, un-spellable, and un-rememberable.<p>I actually opened a new browser window, and attempted to type in your domain name immediately after reading it, and I still got it wrong.<p>Find a new name today.
The design quality is poor. Aspects like the logo, compression artifacts in images, and alignment of main screens indicate work needs to be done.<p>The Uzvy groups did not seem to have information I am interested in.<p>The site stalled as I attempted to activate from email. (Following the <a href="http://www.uzvy.com/activate/XXXXXX" rel="nofollow">http://www.uzvy.com/activate/XXXXXX</a> link embedded in the email Uzvy sent.)<p>Given this experience, I don't find the service useful.
First page is actually good. It gives idea of what is your site about<p>What I didn't like is the name of site. Uzvy, uzvies, it just doesn't make sense.<p>Good thing is test console. Hate registering just to test out what site is about. Console really solves this.<p>Learning the user interface takes lots of time. You should take a look at usability.<p>Discussion board could have bigger font/spacing between lines, so it is easier to read on 30" monitor<p>When I read discussion board, I usually select the text I am reading. On your case it opens reply dialog.<p>Just my $0.02
I bet you will find your bounce rate considerably high. For me, if I can't find out the purpose of the website in the first 30 seconds, I am gone. I must admit I am not the most patient person I know, though I don't consider myself to be the most impatient person - somewhere around average.<p>My main concern would be the fact I don't see any viable uses?
Design quality is pathetic !!! Although, I guess lot of hard-work must have gone in this, the end-result shows an amateurish attempt to try-and-do-something new. It takes a good 15/20 minutes to understand why I need a uzvy. Instant Gratification should be the key word while designing and developing sites like these. Plus, who has time to 'figure' out websites like Uvzy when I can get my needed service or information done seamlessly from other networking sites ?!!<p>I still wonder why the Uzvy team thinks its cool to write -
"initial impression of our UI throws a lot of users off and is intimidating, but after about 10 minutes of using Uzvy many users "click" with it..."<p>When they should be treating this as a PROBLEM AREA !!!
Looked decent. Although a little confusing, I think once you get used to it, one should be able to make most use of the website. UI probably could change. I somehow liked the name. Short and simple. Although not sure what it means. Atleast this website if far different than most of the other grouping website.
Hmm.<p>Looks like a lot of hard work went into this. But all you've really done is put a web interface on a BBS, or implemented a poor version of USENET without the benefits and a few social thingies.<p>The design needs a do over.<p>The name is hard to pronounce, this hard to remember. The thing about names like vimeo, flickr, twitter is that they at least invoke a sense of what they are about. How did u get the name Uzvy? Oh ... Usenet.<p>Did you build this on top of NNTP?