Hi Guia, nope that is rendering correctly. What we've build is simple, but more than what you've seen so far. It's a page for collecting email addresses and showing how many people have signed up ahead of you and behind you. It also allows you to immediately skip ahead in line by sharing on Facebook and Twitter, something we haven't seen before on other pages like this.
Nope, there is not info on the actual product we are building yet accept for the email that is sent out when you sign up. We wanted to keep some mystery, but based on others' comments it sounds like we should be give at least some info about the product.
The social sharing to move in a queue has been used many times before. Sites like betali.st and erlibrid showcase this.
I believe launchrock and similar companies specialise in these kinds of things. Open sourcing may be a good move, but many others employ existing systems with similar functionality (although they may not be open).
Ah, ok thanks Ryderm. If this wasn't clear, then this should be fixed. Regarding getting more info about what we are actually working on, check your inbox. However, we should fix the language if that's the sense you got. If people are annoyed, the last thing they are going to do is share it.
This will only be on our page for so long, but we want it to live on! If people do like this we will put in the work to open source it so others can use it.
A couple features different from LaunchRock:
-Shows how many people have already signed up ahead of you and behind you
-Allows you to jump ahead of people by sharing this on Facebook or Twitter
Totally agree. Makes me think of this blog post I read recently where the writer basically generalizes an entire culture of people into a whiny group of people that spend too much of their time complaining about and criticizing other members of that group.
Yes, would work great on a bike if you could hide it well. Don't put it in a bike's frame though. Would block the RF. Under the seat would work.