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Re: Show HN: 5000 best movies

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Post by wmeredith »

arekp wrote: post #17
wmeredith wrote: post #11

This is an awesome little web app that I immediately bookmarked for later reference. On a side note, only on HackerNews could this interface draw praise.

Yes, the interface became a little complicated. The previous version was more accessible for a casual user, for example the following article about the website was received pretty enthusiastically (retweeted about 1000 times) http://gigazine.net/news/20121012-5000-best-movies/ I guess the right way to fix it is to hide some features and add a tutorial.

I love the functionality, I wouldn't change anything there. I would just try and clean up the interface a bit. Bring some consistency to alignments, add some hierarchy to the controls with font weights, sizing colors etc... Normal UX stuff.

Honestly, it may not be a priority for you. I was NOT trying to bash. I just thought it was funny that the interface was drawing praise.

As a UX Specialist at my agency, I see interfaces like this all the time (I'm usually being paid to fix them). We call this aesthetic "engineers designing". Don't take it too hard, I'm sure my PHP looks like designers engineering :)

So after I used the site, my first thought was, "That's awesome, but it's definitely painful to interact with; engineers designing." Then I pop to the comments and the first one is about how much they like the interface. Excellent HN moment for me there.

Re: Show HN: 5000 best movies

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Post by jpb0104 »

pooriaazimi wrote: post #16
arekp wrote: post #7

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Great feedback. I see I should do it this way.

So, please, for God's sake, use a . I hate all those javascript/CSS fancy tricks. With s, you can press space/page down key to go to next page. Those stupid CSS tricks break this 35+ year-old tradition, and add literally zero benefit.

Please no more frames, they are deprecated. http://stackoverflow.com/a/4263583 and http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9612.html (1996).

Edit: Not entirely deprecated, but are obsolete and highly discouraged.

Re: Show HN: 5000 best movies

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Post by arekp »

julienmarie wrote: post #9

I must confess that I use this website quite daily ( in fact everytime I want to watch a movie ) since I discovered it a few weeks ago here on HN. its a real gem. I love the interface too, even if I think that we could polish just a bit the css to make it more attractive ( if you want, I volunteer :) )

I do not know when I will have time to experiment more with the website, but volunteers are always welcome.

Re: Show HN: 5000 best movies

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Post by arekp »

julienmarie wrote: post #8
arekp wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks. We'll see. Each feature costs developer's time. Edit: the stack is G-WAN and everything is written in plain ANSI C. I wrote my own HTTP servers in C/C++ for my previous websites, but this time I tried G-WAN. I think it saved me one week of work or two. The website is running on the cheapest virtual dedicated server from 1&1 with 25% of one processor time. The total cost is less than $10 monthly.

what is (approximately) the actual traffic and load of the server... i've been curious about g-wan for a long time :)

The website should withstand several times larger traffic than the HN frontpage effect. I am not sure about the reddit effect.

Re: Show HN: 5000 best movies

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Post by arekp »

wmeredith wrote: post #21
arekp wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, the interface became a little complicated. The previous version was more accessible for a casual user, for example the following article about the website was received pretty enthusiastically (retweeted about 1000 times) http://gigazine.net/news/20121012-5000-best-movies/ I guess the right way to fix it is to hide some features and add a tutorial.

I love the functionality, I wouldn't change anything there. I would just try and clean up the interface a bit. Bring some consistency to alignments, add some hierarchy to the controls with font weights, sizing colors etc... Normal UX stuff. Honestly, it may not be a priority for you. I was NOT trying to bash. I just thought it was funny that the interface was drawing praise. As a UX Specialist at my agency, I see int…

Yea, that Excel-table-like design probably breaks all design rules. It surprises me most when I occasionally see design professionals complementing it. I am rather a backend programmer and I have no illusions.

But even the Hacker News audience does not have enough geekiness to understand my previous attempt at a movie recommender system: http://5000best.com/movie-galaxy/

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