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Re: Show HN: Student wanted better way to discover clothes online

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Post by hnriot »

I find myself disagreeing with all the positive feedback on the ui. I really dislike the squished view above and the anorexic view to the right. Why not use a Pinterest grid. I want to see everything at once. I can scan much faster for things that catch my eye. I'd like social ranking so the top/left most images, or first images in your ui are the most popular. When choosing a gift it's helpful to get an ideas about what others liked.

Too slow and annoying to see one item at a time.

Re: Show HN: Student wanted better way to discover clothes online

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Post by kingkawn »

hcarvalhoalves wrote: post #16
seivan wrote: post #14

What about gender neutral students? They are increasing numbers. I have friends who don'tcare some times if it's for girls or boys.

> I have friends who don'tcare some times if it's for girls or boys. Then they just browse both.

or use both bathrooms?

Re: Show HN: Student wanted better way to discover clothes online

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Post by kingkawn »

I like the interface, agree withs some of the comments about flattening it out.

But let's talk about the actual stuff on there: not a single piece of interesting clothing for men on the entire site as far as I can tell. I don't think people want to endlessly browse nothing, they want access to new ideas.

Re: Show HN: Student wanted better way to discover clothes online

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Post by brokentone »

Seems to be a dumb (random, possibly?) category-based item browser with keyboard controls and a unique UI. I wouldn't consider this a discovery tool as it doesn't seem to have the intelligence of other systems:

1. Learn what you like and suggest similar things (Pandora, Frank and Oak, Trunk Club)

2. Offer related things regardless of like (Amazon)

3. Allow you to follow people you like and see their latest creations or likes (Pinterest, Instagram)

4. See overall popular content (Pinterest, Instagram)

Some of these would be easier to integrate than others, may be in scope of the project

Re: Show HN: Student wanted better way to discover clothes online

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Post by jarrett »

My suggestions:

1. Let the mouse do more. It's cool that you can use the keyboard, because that's efficient. But I expected to be able to do things like click the thumbnail on the right and have it move to the center.

2. When you press X and then click the link that pops up, it doesn't open in a new tab. It probably should, like when you press enter.

3. Get the right price data. I found a number of cases where the prices listed on your site are way higher than on Amazon. For example: http://www.amazon.com/New-Borrelli-Orange-Shirt-16/dp/B008QI...

4. Add some filtering options. Price would be a good place to start, especially if this is for students.

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