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Re: Ask HN: Review my startup, gtrot.com

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Post by Blocks8 »

dlf wrote: post #45
dlf wrote: post #44

Ha. Just found something kind of hilarious. I can make it think that I'm exploring the same city many times over. So, if I actually shared it, it would say "I'm exploring Boston, Boston, and Boston..." Not a major issue, but it could get weird. Nice job on the new UI, btw. It's been awhile since I've logged in.

Wait a minute... that might be problem. I edited the text and deleted the repeat cities, but it still posted "Boston and Boston." That may be worth looking into.

Got it - will test for multi-city.

Re: Ask HN: Review my startup, gtrot.com

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Post by dlf »

Blocks8 wrote: post #52
dlf wrote: post #43

I've been using it for awhile now. I really like it. The only problem is I don't travel allll the time so I really only get value out of it every so often.

Do you think you'd find value in using it for your local city? Would you use it for a future trip?

Absolutely. I just haven't looked at it since about August and didn't think to use it in my local city, but it seems to work pretty well here in Boston.

I'm heading down to Buenos Aires for a couple of months in January, so I'll test it out down there as well.

I think once it catches on with my friends (I tried back in July, but I'll keep at it) it's got a lot of potential. I think people naturally like sharing new places and experiences with people. If I post a status message on Facebook that I'm going to Random City, someone will tell me to eat at a certain place or make sure I see a certain thing.

It looks like there's enough recommendations that it's not as reliant on the network effects that made it less appealing in the beginning. Are those all user recs or did you have to scrape data from someplace else?

Re: Ask HN: Review my startup, gtrot.com

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Post by joakin »

Some constructive criticism:

1. Making the blue background lighter or changing to a different scheme may be easier on the eyes and less agressive

2. Please use a custom theme for the jquery-ui widgets (like the autocomplete). It's like default and it doesn't match the page

3. I don't think blocking the search button is a good idea, if the autocomplete goes slow or the user is fast it will create the illusion of a broken button.

4. Give the search button a little bit of button style

5. I don't like the sign on facebook popup that gets on the way of the search, maybe putting it on the results page would be less anoying making users click on sign in only when they have tried and liked the application.

6. If you don't like 5), at least put the 'No thanks, show me generic results' on a button, something green or so, like the search button

7. Fix the 'Sorry! No items match this filter.' message, it's only text, you can do better using some cute images and inviting the user to re-search or change tabs.

That is about it, looks nice.

Re: Ask HN: Review my startup, gtrot.com

#59

Post by Blocks8 »

joakin wrote: post #58

Some constructive criticism: 1. Making the blue background lighter or changing to a different scheme may be easier on the eyes and less agressive 2. Please use a custom theme for the jquery-ui widgets (like the autocomplete). It's like default and it doesn't match the page 3. I don't think blocking the search button is a good idea, if the autocomplete goes slow or the user is fast it will create the illusion of a bro…

Thanks for all of the tangible feedback - really helpful. Especially love the cute image instead of text. Thanks!
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