Getting high quality concept feedback for free within one day »
FERDY CHRISTANT - AUG 19, 2010 (01:07:51 PM)
The JungleDragon pilot is going quite well. Although the quantity of testers is modest (currently 15, always looking for more), I have received a lot of feedback, over 70 items in total. About 60-70% of it is solved already. There are some items left that cost a lot of time to implement, so you will find those in future releases.
Despite being very happy with this amount of feedback, I am always looking for more. By sheer accident I came across a service called ConceptFeedback. The basic idea of this service is simple: people post website concepts and other users review it. These other users are typically designers and usability experts so they have quite a good eye for reviewing new concepts. The result is that you get high quality free feedback on your concept within a very short time frame. An invaluable service.
Before you can post your concept on this service, you need to earn 5 credits. You can easily do this by reviewing 5 concepts posted by others. You first need to give something to the community before you get some. Once your credits are unlocked, get ready for some expert feedback. Your concept will get plenty attention within the community because only a few per day are submitted.
Here is my posting of JungleDragon on ConceptFeedback.
It is a humbling experience to expose your concept to strangers who will critique it without reservations, but also very educational. And once in a while, a review comment can make my day:
"Let me say at first that you have created a cute site which is beautiful from graphical design perspective with perfectly working sweet gizmos giving instant gratification. Wow, really amazing level of craftsmanship."
In all other cases, I add things to my rapidly expanding todo list :)



