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Re: Ask HN: review our new thing!

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Post by adw »

ryanjmo wrote: post #16

So, my first reaction, is I wouldn't use it, but I don't own stocks so that is not a surprise. My second reaction is who would use it and I get stuck there too. The front page is not that valuable, because it is relatively easy to add up to 100. The second page where it aggregates the portfolio into one graph seems useful, but in order for a user to actually use that page, they would have to commit to a portfolio on…

Actually, this didn't take too long to build on top of our platform, which we built for Timetric (http://timetric.com/) - that's where the vast majority of our effort has gone.

Re: Ask HN: review our new thing!

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Post by adw »

tome wrote: post #18

The .cx TLD has negative connotations for me. I don't know if this will be a relevant issue for your intended audience.

(I'm just about old enough to remember That Site, yes. I think our intended audience hasn't spent quite so long in the dingier corners of Slashdot threads; I hope so, anyway!)

Re: Ask HN: review our new thing!

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Post by mortenjorck »

Looking good. A couple of UI suggestions:

- Look into making the percentage editable after you've added it to your portfolio. Ideally you shouldn't have to delete and re-enter to change that.

- If the Timetric API allows you to theme the graph to light-on-dark, it would look a lot more at-home with the rest of the site.

- If I'm not logged in, where are my temporary portfolios? I tried to name two of them "test" in a row and was informed there was already one by that name, but there appears to be nowhere to access these. I'd suggest simply not prompting unauthenticated users to name portfolios at all until they log in.

Re: Ask HN: review our new thing!

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Post by JoshTriplett »

prodigal_erik wrote: post #19
JoshTriplett wrote: post #12

I went to all the trouble of creating an interesting test portfolio before finally getting told that this tool proves useless to me because it uses Flash. Please at least say up front that you require Flash, so I don't waste my time. Better yet, just like you created an impressive interface for creating a portfolio using only HTML, please consider making an impressive interface for viewing a portfolio using only HTML…

> impressive interface for creating a portfolio using only HTML They didn't do that either. "Sorry, Stocx requires your browser to support javascript". It's not hard to make two text fields and a submit button work, and that should have been revision one.

While I do tend to believe AJAX sites should try to work in browsers that only do HTML, I wouldn't put that anywhere near on the level of "don't require Flash". Almost any modern browser, including FOSS browsers, supports JavaScript and AJAX. That just leaves out text-mode browsers and paranoid NoScript users. :) Requiring Flash, on the other hand, leaves out people like me who refuse the proprietary Flash plugin, as well as many users on smartphones and other platforms that don't have Flash plugins.

Re: Ask HN: review our new thing!

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Post by adw »

mortenjorck wrote: post #26

Looking good. A couple of UI suggestions: - Look into making the percentage editable after you've added it to your portfolio. Ideally you shouldn't have to delete and re-enter to change that. - If the Timetric API allows you to theme the graph to light-on-dark, it would look a lot more at-home with the rest of the site. - If I'm not logged in, where are my temporary portfolios? I tried to name two of them "test" in a…

Thanks for this! The last thing you point out is a really good catch.
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