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Looks nice. The only thing I found is if you scroll up in the news list area it doesn't stop at today's news , it loops back to a couple days ago. Which is rather unintuitive.
As I said earlier, if you're at the top, you shouldn't scroll up, you should scroll down.
Hey, My latest web application went public today and I'd love to hear some input from everyone. The site is called Streetread. I've been dubbing it 'Google Reader meets Wall Street'. Streetread is a single-page ajax-driven interface that simplifies the process of gathering the large amount of news and data that flood Wall Street every day. The site aggregates the latest headlines from over 20 of the leading financial…
1) the scrolling simply does not work as expected
2) you unnecessarily reinvented the scroll bar (axod elaborates very well on this)
3) needing to sign up before typing in a ticker symbol is a major turn off
These are all easily fixable problems, but you are showing little interest in listening to user feedback. Here are three things you said:
"I've barely had any issues with the scrolling"
"if you're at the top, you shouldn't scroll up, you should scroll down"
"There isn't anything wrong with the wrap-around"
It is easy to become blind to the deficiencies of interfaces you create. Of course the wrap-around seems logical to you because you created it. However, and this is really important, almost every single HN commenter had a problem with it. If you want your app to become popular and maybe even profitable, you MUST listen closely to your users/customers. Even if you do not agree with our collective advice, it is detrimental to openly tell your potential users that they are wrong.
So in a nutshell, open up to this constructive criticism. Your site looks very nice and offers a hefty collection of important financial news. Beware, though, that if developers cannot figure out the interface, suits won't stand a chance.
allow people to vote up some of the news stories, and have the main page display the popular stories.
I considered having this as a feature but didn't for two reasons. Since this is geared towards the investment community, I felt most serious investors don't care about community and what others think, and last, what's popular to some may not even be relevant to others in this industry.
Hey, My latest web application went public today and I'd love to hear some input from everyone. The site is called Streetread. I've been dubbing it 'Google Reader meets Wall Street'. Streetread is a single-page ajax-driven interface that simplifies the process of gathering the large amount of news and data that flood Wall Street every day. The site aggregates the latest headlines from over 20 of the leading financial…
If I want news about a symbol, I should be able to type it in.
A vertical list of news sources would be MUCH more scannable.
Hey, My latest web application went public today and I'd love to hear some input from everyone. The site is called Streetread. I've been dubbing it 'Google Reader meets Wall Street'. Streetread is a single-page ajax-driven interface that simplifies the process of gathering the large amount of news and data that flood Wall Street every day. The site aggregates the latest headlines from over 20 of the leading financial…
My email address is in my contact info.
Hey, My latest web application went public today and I'd love to hear some input from everyone. The site is called Streetread. I've been dubbing it 'Google Reader meets Wall Street'. Streetread is a single-page ajax-driven interface that simplifies the process of gathering the large amount of news and data that flood Wall Street every day. The site aggregates the latest headlines from over 20 of the leading financial…
I'm willing to share this site with people I work with and can even get it to the people on our trading desk if you give me a way of getting feedback to you. BUT, don't be surprised if people look at it for five seconds and don't care. Finance people are some of the most impatient people I've EVER met and if your design isn't appealing, they'll ignore it. I'd focus on making the information people want jump out at th…
mstefff, I think this is a great idea, but I have to agree with the majority of commenters that the implementation is poorly executed in three main ways: 1) the scrolling simply does not work as expected 2) you unnecessarily reinvented the scroll bar (axod elaborates very well on this) 3) needing to sign up before typing in a ticker symbol is a major turn off These are all easily fixable problems, but you are showing…