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Ask HN: Please review my webapp (Streetread)

#1

Post by mstefff »

Hey,

My latest web application went public today and I'd love to hear some input from everyone. The site is called Streetread. I've been dubbing it 'Google Reader meets Wall Street'. Streetread is a single-page ajax-driven interface that simplifies the process of gathering the large amount of news and data that flood Wall Street every day. The site aggregates the latest headlines from over 20 of the leading financial sites as well as from all of the stocks you choose to follow. The interface makes sifting through the content extremely easy and the articles are even presented within the same page. Basic stock charts/quotes display with the stocks you follow, etc. Please check it out and let me know what you think.

Thanks,

Mike

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#2

Post by mstefff »

Hey,

My latest web application went public today and I'd love to hear some input from everyone. The site is called Streetread. I've been dubbing it 'Google Reader meets Wall Street'. Streetread is a single-page ajax-driven interface that simplifies the process of gathering the large amount of news and data that flood Wall Street every day. The site aggregates the latest headlines from over 20 of the leading financial sites as well as from all of the stocks you choose to follow. The interface makes sifting through the content extremely easy and the articles are even presented within the same page. Basic stock charts/quotes display with the stocks you follow, etc. Please check it out and let me know what you think.

Thanks,

Mike

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#4

Post by mstefff »

auston wrote: post #3

I say it's semi-useful. But very easy to use. 1 thing though... I don't like what happens when I try to scroll up on news stories for a stock.

Are you referring to how the list loops to the end? You're supposed to be scrolling down but I see how that could get confusing. I was worried some users would scroll in the wrong direction.

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#6

Post by sc »

Overall a nice, simple interface.

The scrolling, vertical, ticker-like lists tripped me up for a second, though. I thought the left-hand arrow, pointing to the left, would scroll the list in left, that it would kind of pull the list in that direction like a ticker.

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#8

Post by mstefff »

sc wrote: post #6

Overall a nice, simple interface. The scrolling, vertical, ticker-like lists tripped me up for a second, though. I thought the left-hand arrow, pointing to the left, would scroll the list in left, that it would kind of pull the list in that direction like a ticker.

Thank you. Yes, I understand. With all of the scrolling buttons I was sort of torn between which direction to go. It seemed that both made sense and I really couldn't know what users would expect.

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#9

Post by mstefff »

slater wrote: post #5

Why do I have to be logged in to edit the list of stocks?

If you were to change the stocks without being logged in, once you navigate away from the site, the symbols would be lost, and I felt users might be annoyed by that. Registering literally takes seconds too.

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#10

Post by Stabback »

mstefff wrote: post #9
slater wrote: post #5

Why do I have to be logged in to edit the list of stocks?

If you were to change the stocks without being logged in, once you navigate away from the site, the symbols would be lost, and I felt users might be annoyed by that. Registering literally takes seconds too.

Yes, but that is seconds users do not want to take. I'd advice letting them edit it, but have a small notification at the top letting them know that it will be lost without an account. Cookies are unreliable but they may help.
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