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Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis

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Re: Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis

#11

Post by petemack »

Sandman wrote: post #2

Clickable link: http://wantsthis.com The app seems nice, although there seem to be some minor rendering issues when viewed in FF 3.5.5 on Ubuntu 9.04 (the text in the 'sign up free' box gets a bit out of the box). However, there were other bugs - when I searched for a 'linux t-shirt', the 'next' arrow dissapeared at one point (there was a circle in it's place suggesting that it's loading). I then refreshed the page,…

I am seeing the FireFox issue, I think the CSS needs to be tweaked a little more. I am investigating the results for the search items now.. Thanks for the bug finding!

Re: Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis

#12

Post by petemack »

ctb9 wrote: post #10

i really like it, the search works well, the design is nice...well done! the auto-generated name thing is a great idea, but I wonder if you could increase the conversion rate by replacing the copy "Create an account now, so you can choose a better name for your wish list!" with the form itself. That copy makes it seem as if I need to register in order to select a name, but in reality selecting a name (and making a pa…

Good idea, I'll see how feasible it is to work that in. We are slowly adding more sites as we discover their API's and such. We hope to at least cover all the main shopping sites.

Re: Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis

#14

Post by chris24 »

I love apps like these, especially when they have domains that make sense to have usernames in them.

The amazon.com price comparisons are a little annoying to me, though, because most products don't ship internationally from Amazon.com. Not only that, if I'm entering prices that are in CAD$ and price comparisons are from a site (Amazon.com) that sells items in USD$, the price comparisons don't add a lot of value. It'd be nice if there was a way to set a locale to get price comparisons from. That way, you'd still be able to earn affiliate income, but even more than before because it's more highly targeted to the user.

Re: Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis

#15

Post by petemack »

chris24 wrote: post #14

I love apps like these, especially when they have domains that make sense to have usernames in them. The amazon.com price comparisons are a little annoying to me, though, because most products don't ship internationally from Amazon.com. Not only that, if I'm entering prices that are in CAD$ and price comparisons are from a site (Amazon.com) that sells items in USD$, the price comparisons don't add a lot of value. It'…

Localization is important to use, especially regarding sites like Amazon, we are currently working on getting it integrated. Thanks for the feedback!

Re: Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis

#17

Post by petemack »

taitems wrote: post #16

1. NSFW thumbnail in recently added items list 2. The grey boxes and text-shadows combine to form some really unreadable text

1. We attempted to white list the recently added and most popular lists by trusted sites. It seems amazon sells adult toys, so we will have to tweak that filter a bit...

2. Very true, I'll switch that to something more user friendly

Re: Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis

#18

Post by pbhjpbhj »

petemack wrote: post #11
Sandman wrote: post #2

Clickable link: http://wantsthis.com The app seems nice, although there seem to be some minor rendering issues when viewed in FF 3.5.5 on Ubuntu 9.04 (the text in the 'sign up free' box gets a bit out of the box). However, there were other bugs - when I searched for a 'linux t-shirt', the 'next' arrow dissapeared at one point (there was a circle in it's place suggesting that it's loading). I then refreshed the page,…

I am seeing the FireFox issue, I think the CSS needs to be tweaked a little more. I am investigating the results for the search items now.. Thanks for the bug finding!

I like the bold styling but it's a bit too big and clunky IMO - you've got "Create your FREE wish list" then "Create Your Ultimate Wish List" then "Create the perfect wishlist for ..." all one after another. Instead I'd have this up next to your "WantsThis" banner with maybe one body text repitition above the fold, not 3. It's all a little bit too busy IMO.

Also perhaps indicate on the direct purchase links (images in the top products lists) that they are buy links.

Like your login box.

Re: Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis

#19

Post by Sandman »

I just checked your app for sql injection. The password I chose while registering a new list was d'artagnan and, sure enough, I was granted access without any error message whatsoever, but once I logged out I couldn't log in again. I thought that you might have removed the ' character automatically, but I also tried with dartagnan and couldn't log in either.

Re: Ask HN: Please review my web app: WantsThis

#20

Post by Cybourgeoisie »

Hey, this looks great; I'm signing up purely out of interest. Though, one small thing - if neither password field is filled out and the form is sent, I receive this message: "The password fields must match". Insignificant non-bug, but still not the correct error message to display. I look forward to see where you go with this!
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