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Re: Show HN: A site using zero images – any feedback on the UI?

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Post by shade »

rosspanda wrote: post #7
codergirl wrote: post #6

Would be nice if you could select your vehicle and it'd auto select a likely size

thanks for the feedback, i have been looking into how to get a database of car/tyre sizes.

For the US market, there's at least one company that provides this data. Unfortunately, I can't remember the name, sorry. :(

I do know it exists, though. I used to work for a major American tire manufacturer and maintained a couple of versions of their tire selector application. They would send over a huge file (I think a spreadsheet) with a combination of every year/make/model/trim and its associated OEM tire sizes. I think we also sent over a list of our tires (models and sizes) and they would include that in the db for us. I believe it was left to us to import and normalize it, which was kind of a pain in its own right.

Re: Show HN: A site using zero images – any feedback on the UI?

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Post by jabiko »

#) It seems like you're not sanitizing the input parameters before using them to construct a SQL query. You should propably fix this.

#) You shouldn't output the SQL error messages to the user.

#) The purchase column shouldn't have a sort icon if it isn't sortable.

#) IMHO the back button doesn't add any value since it just duplicates browser functionality.

Another little nitpick‎: The sort icon on the page is a image ;-)

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