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It's an interesting idea for a site, and, as a climber myself, I love seeing more of the climbing community brought online. My main criticism is the design. It

It's an interesting idea for a site, and, as a climber myself, I love seeing more of the climbing community brought online. My main criticism is the design. It leaves much to be desired, and as a result I can't seem myself using this much right now. Some advice: This might be better announced on the communities over at rockclimbing.com, climbing.com, 8a.nu, and the various climbing rags (dpm, rock&ice, urban climber). Have you announced thrutched.com on those forums? It's good for a first iteration. I'm interested to see how you improve the design. I really like the idea of a climbing video aggregation site. What I think would be both cool and a useful addition to the climbing community would be a replacement for 8a.nu that wouldn't look outdated in 1996 and allowed to you keep track of training as well as tick lists. Kind of a combination of crossfit's beyondthewhiteboard.com and 8a.nu. On a a side note: I've seen climbing mentioned by a few others on HN. How many people here climb? I'm based in NYC right now, so I <3 the Gunks, and sometimes NH.

csytan 16y ago
Thanks for the feedback Bostwick, Is there a specific part of the design you would like to see improved? Yeah, I'm planning on announcing over on other forums too :)
- Bostwick 16y ago
  The main complaint I have, and this is extremely vague, is that the design looks "amateur". It's minimalistic, but not because you've deliberately chosen to make it so, but rather, because you don't know what else to put on the page. What I'd like to see would be: (1) a better header, and (2) some sort of sidebar explaining the site. (1) The half-vignette at the top of the page is ruined by the placement of a blue logo in the line of focus. Lose the vignette, and expand the logo to fill the top of the page. (2) A sidebar would serve the purpose of (a) explaining what the site is for, as it's not immediately clear from the domain name or scanning the page. I've been in the climbing community for ten years, and I have no idea what the slang "thrutched" is supposed to mean. You could also add a call to action like "Submit your climbing link!" Finally, a pet peeve. Can you change "next page" to something else? It sounds too blog-like as it is. That said, your site certainly looks a lot better than digg did in v1.
  - csytan 16y ago
    I made some changes based on your suggestions.

csytan 16y ago

Thanks for the feedback Bostwick, Is there a specific part of the design you would like to see improved? Yeah, I'm planning on announcing over on other forums too :)

Bostwick 16y ago
The main complaint I have, and this is extremely vague, is that the design looks "amateur". It's minimalistic, but not because you've deliberately chosen to make it so, but rather, because you don't know what else to put on the page. What I'd like to see would be: (1) a better header, and (2) some sort of sidebar explaining the site. (1) The half-vignette at the top of the page is ruined by the placement of a blue logo in the line of focus. Lose the vignette, and expand the logo to fill the top of the page. (2) A sidebar would serve the purpose of (a) explaining what the site is for, as it's not immediately clear from the domain name or scanning the page. I've been in the climbing community for ten years, and I have no idea what the slang "thrutched" is supposed to mean. You could also add a call to action like "Submit your climbing link!" Finally, a pet peeve. Can you change "next page" to something else? It sounds too blog-like as it is. That said, your site certainly looks a lot better than digg did in v1.
- csytan 16y ago
  I made some changes based on your suggestions.