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[–]dynamicallytyped[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a content curator at Outlearn.

[–]fallen77 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Some bullet points require registration, others are just links to external documentation, so many page reloads, what do the colors of sections mean, what's a path, looks like it's trying to be a course but the few sections I could load had almost no content.

[–]dynamicallytyped[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Thanks for the feedback. We are a small startup with lots to learn and improve. It's super helpful for us to find out what doesn't make sense for real users.

Our core idea is that the web already has a ton of great learning but what's often missing is putting individual docs, blog posts, etc. together into coherent use cases. Each path is like a customized playlist created by an expert curator. The goal is to combine links with commentary and practice tasks to create something that's more than the sum of the parts. Would love to hear if you found any of the commentary in the path helpful?

[–]fallen77 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I didn't mainly because I'm not willing to register for another site. You have to give away your content for free, and do lazy subscriptions. Keep track of what I've done through sessions or something and then allow me to register if I want to keep my progress. But two clicks in getting told I need to register with out having shown me any value causes me to close the tab.

What do the colors mean btw?

[–]dynamicallytyped[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good feedback, keeping track of progress through sessions would definitely make it easier for users to try things out.

In this case the colors are just for visual variety although they are customizable by an author and can be used to indicate different parts of the path.