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

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post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

thanks for the feedback, we only have the top 50 tyre sizes in the DB, we are adding more sunday

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

#73
post #72

How about putting the number of available listings in parenthesis below each button number (width, profile and size). Instead of just enabling/disabling the buttons when a selection is made, update the count of available items.

good idea, i think we will add that, cheers

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

#74
I'd guess that very few people know the size of their tires offhand, so their first experience will be experimentation.

Add a list of the "Most Popular" 5 tires sizes so that these first-time users can still use the site and understand what it does. Then when they actually need to shop, hopefully they'll give you another go.

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

#77
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.

I have shown my ignorance. apologies.

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

#78

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…

re: 1.) Among other things, a good practice for indicating something is clickable is to set the cursor: pointer css property. Also, it'd be nice if the text were centered vertically. Since your "li"s are all a fixed height you can do this easily without relying on table hacks or css3 by simply setting the padding-top to 20px and adjusting height accordingly. (Box-align will eventually support this, but you still can'…

Don't rely on cursor alone unless you want confused mobile users...
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