Looking particularly for feedback on ease of use, UX and UI inputs. We opened up the site to everyone yesterday and would love the HN view of how to make it better.
http://gtrot.com
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Re: Ask HN: Review my startup, gtrot.com
#2I really liked it - tried it out for my hometown here in the UK and got some pretty pertinent results. One thing though - why is there no persistence of my facebook opt-in choice across the session? For instance, if I tried 'Oxford', and then 'London', I was prompted for facebook permissions both times - was that by design?
Re: Ask HN: Review my startup, gtrot.com
#3I really liked it - tried it out for my hometown here in the UK and got some pretty pertinent results. One thing though - why is there no persistence of my facebook opt-in choice across the session? For instance, if I tried 'Oxford', and then 'London', I was prompted for facebook permissions both times - was that by design?
Did you login to Facebook before adding the second location? We can't personalize data for your results unless you connect into Facebook. Our goal is to encourage people to connect to get richer results.
Re: Ask HN: Review my startup, gtrot.com
#4Clickable: http://gtrot.com
Personally, I would just go to the results page and encourage the user to connect to facebook in a less obtrusive way. Also when clicking on an event it would be nice if you could pull in some more information through some API be it the specific event information or details about the artist playing.
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#5Very nice looking, but you should consider having descriptive URLs. So instead of:
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#6great UI, and decent results. Can you code a filter for 'free things to do' since most of the 'awesome things' were shopping related. Also, the placename box was case sensitive, where 'Davis, ca' required correction to Davis, CA. I tried a search w and w/o Facebook sign-in and the results were the same. I was expecting the results to be catered to info from my FB profile. Great job!
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#7Very nice looking, but you should consider having descriptive URLs. So instead of: http://gtrot.com/explore/2517446 http://gtrot.com/explore/new-york
Noted. Thanks!
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#8Very nice looking, but you should consider having descriptive URLs. So instead of: http://gtrot.com/explore/2517446 http://gtrot.com/explore/new-york
That is something that has been on my radar forever and was just waiting for me to find a free weekend to code out the script to set everything up.
I finally found a free minute and got it all setup so it should be live this week
Thanks for the feedback!
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#9great UI, and decent results. Can you code a filter for 'free things to do' since most of the 'awesome things' were shopping related. Also, the placename box was case sensitive, where 'Davis, ca' required correction to Davis, CA. I tried a search w and w/o Facebook sign-in and the results were the same. I was expecting the results to be catered to info from my FB profile. Great job!
Thanks for checking it out. Good catch on case-sensitive cities.
Results will update based on friend check-ins. Can take a minute or two to load. You can also add your Foursquare profile if you have one to help influence results.
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#10Just a stream of notes as I go through the first time around.
The fixed bottom footer could use a bit more contrast. When the white text from the main body slides over it, it gets garbled and messy looking. Also, there feels like too much space between each section when I scroll down.
I like that I can see results without having to sign in with Facebook. It lets me try out the service before I commit.
The color scheme is cheerful, but a bit too harsh. The nav elements within the results also lack contrast.
The animation on the place name on hover is neat the first time, but annoying every time after. The tiles are just jumping around all over when I move my mouse.
Filtering by category could be faster, but I like that it does it via ajax and stays on the same page.
Overall, good job! Best of luck