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by metalab 17y ago
My Comment to Joshua: I appreciate what you're saying here, but I think you're mischaracterizing the point of both of our articles. Neither of us proposed our mockups as comprehensive redesigns or attempted to address anything past the basi
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Zappos responds to Andrew Wilkinson's "You're Killing Me Zappos" letter(blogs.zappos.com)
32 points by metalab 17y ago|13 comments
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by metalab 17y ago
So when you glance at your car dashboard do you look for "DEFROST" or "RADIO POWER"? No, you look for cues based on positioning, size, and the icon on the button.
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by metalab 17y ago
The two aren't mutually exclusive. Apple does both, why can't Zappos?
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by metalab 17y ago
Huh? http://cld.ly/xc57d0
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by metalab 17y ago
No, you're right. We shouldn't push the boundaries of what we can do on the web, we should always stick to the browser defaults. Any competent front-end designer could easily figure out how to code this.
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by metalab 17y ago
Hey Max, I'm Andrew, the guy who did it. The key thing that I want to drive home is that their execution stinks. I figure they know how to sell their product - they did $1 billion in sales last year - but the site itself is incredibly slopp
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You're Killing Me, Zappos(metalabdesign.com)
67 points by metalab 17y ago|95 comments
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by metalab 18y ago
Hey Sunir, I'm not planning to, but fire me an email (andrew@metalabdesign.com) so I can get your contact info. I'd love to get a coffee sometime. -Andrew
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by metalab 18y ago
Admittedly, we do have a bit of an obsession with Gotham. It's our Helvetica.
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by metalab 18y ago
This is Andrew from MetaLab. I just wanted to say thanks for all the compliments on the design. I hope that you guys will take it for a spin and let us know what you think. Quoted from cominatchu: "The 'under 10k' price tag is misleading be
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by metalab 18y ago
I think the key differentiation is the fact that Ballpark is built for teams. This might not resonate with freelancers (who might just use it because it works well and looks pretty), but, in most small businesses, more than one person is us
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by metalab 18y ago
Ronin looks cool! We're glad to have some solid competition, and FreshBooks could really use some.
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by metalab 18y ago
Can you elaborate? I'm the designer. While I definitely drew some inspiration the way that Basecamp is laid out, I don't really see any similarity in terms of the styling.
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by metalab 18y ago
We used a really great app called ScreenFlow for the Mac.
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by metalab 18y ago
We actually do have a free plan. If you look on the plans page, it's in the blue bar "Or, sign up for our free personal plan".