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Cool idea, I've always wished there was something like this when shopping in a category. My process always breaks down into cross-referencing several items on
by netmau5 16y ago
Cool idea, I've always wished there was something like this when shopping in a category. My process always breaks down into cross-referencing several items on cnet, amazon, ign, etc and a vote would give me a quick top 3 to narrow down my choices and save me some time.
Feedback:
1) Is there a way to cross-post an item to multiple lists? There are many categories that are simply subsets of others, ie HP Pavilion 1234 might be in "Computers", "Desktop Computers", and "Gaming Machines." It would be nice to collate votes and comments from many sources too.
2) I agree with AlexMuir on the color scheme, and you already have an alternate color available on the home page in the orange. You've worked this color in on other pages but not on the homepage. I'd suggest using an orange-scheme for the list links since those are something you'd probably want to draw attention to anyway.
3) On the comments page, I tried to click the up/down arrows before realizing they were just symbols of how a user voted instead of a vote itself. To make it more clear, I'd suggest using a +1 or -1 icon there instead of a different colored arrow.
4) You may be able to fill in some blank lists and items by reading through Amazon metadata or the like. It takes alot less inertia to upvote something than it does to enter a list or item, so I think that makes it more likely to get user involvement.
- barmstrong 16y agoWow...great feedback. Yep you nailed the exact same pain point I had. When I would sometimes do "best *" type searches on google before buying something, I'd get back crappy results with old forum posts or affiliate link filled ezine articles. On adding an item to multiple lists, I thought about this but decided against it just because an item could have different ratings for different categories (iPhone is a great computer, not as good at making phone calls), and it would make the UI simpler. Good feedback on the up/down voting. When you say Amazon metadata what are you referring to? Not familiar with that.