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Review my (first) site - TweetLast.com

5 points by cleverjake 16y ago

Howdy all, I just finished up my first public website, tweetlast.com. Its actually a couple of firsts for me. First twitterbot, node.js project, and (possibly) profitable web creation.<p>The website is an introduction to a service that lives on twitter. When you tweet @tweetlast followed by your last.fm username, it will automatically start following your top artists and sending you an an update on new ones as they come in. It includes itunes links by default, with the option to turn on Spotify links if you would like.<p>Any and all criticisms would be greatly welcomed.

logos 16y ago
Don't look too good at 1920 × 1080, copied bg image :D
- cleverjake 16y ago
  yikes! thought I pushed that fix before submitting. thanks for pointing it out - fixed =]
katrinacamerote 16y ago
this looks awesome, really excited to check it.
ghiculescu 16y ago
- Tweets made by @tweetlast show up as "via node-tweasy", which links to http://127.0.0.1/ http://127.0.0.1/. Obviously that would look better if it linked back to tweetlast.com. Also, it'd be nice to see which tweet is being replied to (eg. http://twitter.com/tweetlast/status/55169333579620352 http://twitter.com/tweetlast/status/55169333579620352 is in reply to http://twitter.com/katrinacamerote/status/54695871744446464 http://twitter.com/katrinacamerote/status/54695871744446464). - I found the landing page confusing. The last.fm link is barely noticeable, the "wait there's more" bit appears too soon. I spent the first few seconds gawping at the large text, and then the additional text appeared and I was confused, as if there was something I might have missed before that text showed up. I'd just leave it there from the start. - Speaking of links on the landing page, please reformat the link to @tweetlast. It's currently pointing to http://twitter.com/#!/tweetlast http://twitter.com/#!/tweetlast - remove the #! bit. - I'd have liked a link that opens a new window from which you can tweet directly inside the landing page, the same way you have on the commands page. Otherwise you're just driving me away from your website. - The biggest issue I have with this, though, is that it recommends artists and not albums. I know the last.fm API doesn't do album recommended albums but I'd still prefer if the service recommended the band's most popular album, over forcing me to choose one (logic is that if I've never heard them before I'll just choose their #1 album on last.fm anyway). I'm working on something similar to this, but emailed based, I'll post it on HN when I have something a bit more functional to show.
- cleverjake 16y ago
  First of all, thank you very much for the in depth feedback. 1 - changed the name and the url. appreciate the pointing-out 2 - it apears on rollover of the blackbox, thoguh I agree it is probably confusing. I just liked the idea of a "surprise" element to it. The links the top are mostly there for people who are unfamiliar with the service. Since it is really a product for people who are already using it, I didnt want to emphasize the links too much. 3 - done. 4 - the "tweet" link does just that. Though perhaps I could have a "try it now"? 5 - Excited to see it, feel free to pm me when it is posted =]
  - ghiculescu 16y ago
    > 4 - the "tweet" link does just that. Though perhaps I could have a "try it now"? I think that's a good idea. Obviously, I didn't even notice that the word tweet was a link; it really doesn't stand out.

5 points by cleverjake 16y ago

logos 16y ago

Don't look too good at 1920 × 1080, copied bg image :D

cleverjake 16y ago
yikes! thought I pushed that fix before submitting. thanks for pointing it out - fixed =]

katrinacamerote 16y ago

this looks awesome, really excited to check it.

ghiculescu 16y ago

- Tweets made by @tweetlast show up as "via node-tweasy", which links to http://127.0.0.1/ http://127.0.0.1/. Obviously that would look better if it linked back to tweetlast.com. Also, it'd be nice to see which tweet is being replied to (eg. http://twitter.com/tweetlast/status/55169333579620352 http://twitter.com/tweetlast/status/55169333579620352 is in reply to http://twitter.com/katrinacamerote/status/54695871744446464 http://twitter.com/katrinacamerote/status/54695871744446464). - I found the landing page confusing. The last.fm link is barely noticeable, the "wait there's more" bit appears too soon. I spent the first few seconds gawping at the large text, and then the additional text appeared and I was confused, as if there was something I might have missed before that text showed up. I'd just leave it there from the start. - Speaking of links on the landing page, please reformat the link to @tweetlast. It's currently pointing to http://twitter.com/#!/tweetlast http://twitter.com/#!/tweetlast - remove the #! bit. - I'd have liked a link that opens a new window from which you can tweet directly inside the landing page, the same way you have on the commands page. Otherwise you're just driving me away from your website. - The biggest issue I have with this, though, is that it recommends artists and not albums. I know the last.fm API doesn't do album recommended albums but I'd still prefer if the service recommended the band's most popular album, over forcing me to choose one (logic is that if I've never heard them before I'll just choose their #1 album on last.fm anyway). I'm working on something similar to this, but emailed based, I'll post it on HN when I have something a bit more functional to show.

cleverjake 16y ago
First of all, thank you very much for the in depth feedback. 1 - changed the name and the url. appreciate the pointing-out 2 - it apears on rollover of the blackbox, thoguh I agree it is probably confusing. I just liked the idea of a "surprise" element to it. The links the top are mostly there for people who are unfamiliar with the service. Since it is really a product for people who are already using it, I didnt want to emphasize the links too much. 3 - done. 4 - the "tweet" link does just that. Though perhaps I could have a "try it now"? 5 - Excited to see it, feel free to pm me when it is posted =]
- ghiculescu 16y ago
  > 4 - the "tweet" link does just that. Though perhaps I could have a "try it now"? I think that's a good idea. Obviously, I didn't even notice that the word tweet was a link; it really doesn't stand out.