"Service Temporarily Unavailable"
For a lot of pages. What's up?
Ask YC: Any Feedback on new web app ratings site appreciated
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Re: Ask YC: Any Feedback on new web app ratings site appreciated
#22Good idea but I don't like the layout. It looks like a template that domain-parking services use.
The amount of space between the categories does give that impression a little. Nothing a change to the grid won't easily fix.
Re: Ask YC: Any Feedback on new web app ratings site appreciated
#23"Service Temporarily Unavailable" For a lot of pages. What's up?
I think he's working on implementing some of the suggested changes as we speak.
Re: Ask YC: Any Feedback on new web app ratings site appreciated
#24"Service Temporarily Unavailable" For a lot of pages. What's up?
Sorry, I was pushing a fix for a few errors, and it took 60 seconds or so for apache to figure out Mongrel was up and running again. I'll stop pushing fixes for awhile!
Re: Ask YC: Any Feedback on new web app ratings site appreciated
#25Just curious, how long did it take you to code this site? I take it you can't just make it in Sprout.
Probably 2-3 weeks of on and off development work. I've got a lot of other things going on, so I didn't keep track too well. I did hire another ruby on rails contractor to augment some of my development work, which I highly recommend (if you're good at finding them).
Re: Ask YC: Any Feedback on new web app ratings site appreciated
#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
I agree. I took the ads and pushed them to the bottom. To your point, creating a review has to be incredibly easy. I think there are a couple other things UI-wise that can be done to make sure of this, like letting users click on the stars under the app's name, to create their own review
What about a Netflix style pop-up when you click on the stars, suggesting users leave comments, or write a full review? Clicking on full review takes you to a page where you answer in-depth questions (like have you bought this) and leave comments (or questions are suggested for you to answer). Some people will want to do a quick review, others will want to leave a comment, and still others will want to fully explain…
Love it.
Re: Ask YC: Any Feedback on new web app ratings site appreciated
#27Couple other things I noticed: - Standardize on either "Log in" or "Sign in" - Logo doesn't have weird apostrophe in Wapp'ied like other text does (why is it there anyway) - When adding an app, it isn't immediately clear how to upload a logo. The empty picture boxes don't tell you anything - Category counts would be useful - Getting a 500 error on 'Newest'
These are all good suggestions, which I've added. Sorry about the 500 errors - I pulled the trigger too quickly on deployment. I've started to keep track of the todo list publicly at: http://www.wappied.com/about
Re: Ask YC: Any Feedback on new web app ratings site appreciated
#28Good idea but I don't like the layout. It looks like a template that domain-parking services use.
The amount of space between the categories does give that impression a little. Nothing a change to the grid won't easily fix.
Hah, interesting. It's definitely a balance between showing the categories, or some of the categories so that users know they're there to navigate. Each category will be getting grayscale icons - we'll see if that helps at all.
Re: Ask YC: Any Feedback on new web app ratings site appreciated
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
The amount of space between the categories does give that impression a little. Nothing a change to the grid won't easily fix.
Hah, interesting. It's definitely a balance between showing the categories, or some of the categories so that users know they're there to navigate. Each category will be getting grayscale icons - we'll see if that helps at all.
I think icons would fix the problem nicely, kind of like the App Store layout uses them.
Re: Ask YC: Any Feedback on new web app ratings site appreciated
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
The amount of space between the categories does give that impression a little. Nothing a change to the grid won't easily fix.
Hah, interesting. It's definitely a balance between showing the categories, or some of the categories so that users know they're there to navigate. Each category will be getting grayscale icons - we'll see if that helps at all.
If you need more text, grab the highest rated app in that category and display it below the name.