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

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Post by dave5104 »

sdfjkl wrote: post #54
sdfjkl wrote: post #53

Find out whatever the most common tire size is and preselect it. This serves both to explain how it works (i.e. you have to make 3 selections) and lets people see what the site does with just one click (instead of 4).

Also, while "no images" may be special on HN, users don't give a shit. Images used right are enormously useful. In this case, I'd add exactly three, symbolizing width, profile and size. Also, separate the three selections a bit more from each other, and perhaps even add a stylized tire to the top/logo to make it immediately clear what the site is about.

+1 for your comment. I don't see why "no images" is special anywhere. I think images would help out a lot here, as you mentioned, especially since I've never bought a tire before and have no idea what I'd be looking for.

Images, just like any other UI paradigm, have their appropriate and inappropriate uses. Producing a UI with no images, and shining the spotlight on that fact, is just the same as saying "Look at this UI with no buttons!", which is silly if buttons might be appropriate, just as images could be appropriate in this case.

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

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Post by rodolphoarruda »

incision wrote: post #19

1.) UI is confusing. Not immediately clear what's a button. 2.) Not UI feedback, but the data seems pretty sparse. Getting not found on relatively common sizes. 3.) I'd wager the average person has no idea about width, profile and size. You really need a way to search by make/model/year for something like this or at least a quick guide on how to read the sidewall to get the information. 4.) I'd be more interested in…

> 1.) UI is confusing. Not immediately clear what's a button.

Interesting. I found it very clear/easy. I read this text as soon as the page loaded: "Please enter your tyre dimensions by clicking on the boxes below. e.g 205/45 17"; so I just clicked the boxes according to my own car tire's dimensions.

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

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Post by to3m »

bernarpa wrote: post #22
rosspanda wrote: post #4

p.s. 205/45 17 is a good test tyre size

Being one of those that have no clue about tyres' sizes, I found the 205/45 17 combination after a few tries. It would be nice if the "tyres size choosing page" would retain your choices, after you get a "Size not found, please try again" or a "Please select Width, Profile and Size". In the results page you may want to hide the table header's sorting buttons from the "Purchase column" and call the "back" button somet…

It would probably be helpful to have a little section telling you how to figure out what size tyres you have. You'd probably need an image, though. See, e.g., http://www.blackcircles.com/tyres.

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

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Post by scrumper »

dokem wrote: post #63

Wait. You own tiersum.com and still decided to call tires 'tyres'? Why don't you, ya know, spell the word correctly? When I visited your page, between the horrid spelling and lack of images, I had no clue what the hell your site was supposed to do.

"Tyre" is British English for the black rubber cylinders that wrap around a car's wheels.

Also, physician, heal thyself: you've spelled 'tire' as 'tier' in your first sentence.

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

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Post by xr09 »

rosspanda wrote: post #42
oinksoft wrote: post #23

It would be pretty neat if you could figure out ahead of time which combinations were possible, disabling buttons for impossible combinations and reserving the "Size not found, please try again" message for weird exceptions where your index is out of date.

yep, i need to sort that, thanks

For car owners this is a non-issue but we geeks are not that car-savvy. I tried several combinations before finding a good one.

Maybe a "most searched" sizes could beat this.

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

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Post by rosspanda »

dokem wrote: post #63

Wait. You own tiersum.com and still decided to call tires 'tyres'? Why don't you, ya know, spell the word correctly? When I visited your page, between the horrid spelling and lack of images, I had no clue what the hell your site was supposed to do.

its a UK site, so is spelt correctly, if we do a usa one we will use the tiresum domain

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

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Post by rosspanda »

qw wrote: post #59
rosspanda wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

thanks jabiko, thats now top priority to fix

You should also clean the search parameters: Example: http://alturl.com/6a7vw

thanks qw, i'm on it, only had 10 hours to do the whole site so missed some stuff, thanks for the feedback.
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