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UI sucks. Let me explain: Hackers like plain boring lists (like HN and reddit) We do a quick scan and determine what is interesting or not in a second. Non-ha
by Kilimanjaro 16y ago
UI sucks. Let me explain:
Hackers like plain boring lists (like HN and reddit) We do a quick scan and determine what is interesting or not in a second.
Non-hackers don't like plain boring lists, they like visuals, pics of the day, planes crashing, latest hairdos, etc.
So unless you put a couple of graphs and stats about the dow plunging, S&P in blood red, etc that site is just, booooring.
- marilyn 16y agoThis site is for a crowd that spends a good amount of time watching stock tickers. If anyone other than hackers would appreciate a no nonsense interface, it would be the finance crowd.
- siruva07 16y agoagreed. look at the bloomberg.com homepage. (hell, look at bloomberg terminal 20 years ago!) banking analysts sit around all day and wait for their Directors/MDs to turn them work at 5pm. drawing attention away from "work" cuts into facetime. so something non-flashy might actually work.
- swernli 16y agoSorry for the accidental downvote. I was trying to upvote and missed!