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Divvyshot (YC W09) launches (with HTML5 drag-and-drop support)

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Re: Divvyshot (YC W09) launches (with HTML5 drag-and-drop support)

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Post by tung »

JeffJenkins wrote: post #26

This looks cool, but the website is a good example of design ignoring "the fold" causing confusion. I spent about 30 seconds staring at the three tiny blocks of text below the menu options before I realized that I could scroll down.

I think the problem is not so much "the fold" as it is the blank space there making it seem like the bottom of the page, so it has the same blocking effect as, say, a strong line.

Maybe some sort of visual cue or "bridge" would encourage scrolling, like stepping the paragraphs, or using an alternating left-right text-graphic layout.

Re: Divvyshot (YC W09) launches (with HTML5 drag-and-drop support)

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Post by pistoriusp »

maxklein wrote: post #38
JeffJenkins wrote: post #26

This looks cool, but the website is a good example of design ignoring "the fold" causing confusion. I spent about 30 seconds staring at the three tiny blocks of text below the menu options before I realized that I could scroll down.

Me too. On a MacBook Air resolution, clicking on the button causes absolutely no change, because the change happens below the fold. I thought the page was broken.

Mine scrolled down automatically, maybe it's a bug?

Re: Divvyshot (YC W09) launches (with HTML5 drag-and-drop support)

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Post by pistoriusp »

It's great too see you guys using Django, and it's great overall.

I've got a few grains of salt concerning the UI:

1) The first four icons should be the most important: Share, Upload, Import, Download.

2) As a user I'm not really concerned about which uploader I'm using ("Advanced photo uploader"); it's far easier for me to read "Upload," and once I've clicked on it been informed as to which one I'm using. (Maybe with the option to switch.)

3) The privacy controls don't really work as toggles. The options are simple enough, but "Click to allow only friends to contribute" doesn't tell me who can contribute now?

Same goes for "Click to allow only friends to see event," I'm not sure who can see the event now?

And that gave me a bit of "angst," I don't really want other people to see my photos. The icons don't really tell me which mode I'm in and the text label can only tell me which mode I can go to. It would be great to know, without uncertainty as to which mode I'm actually in.

4) I can see from a design perspective that you've placed the "main" actions in the center, and that its 3 - 4 - 3 icons, but the problem is that I don't have any references for most of the icons, so I'm going to start at the left - And then I'm going to see scary/ "angst infused" privacy controls.

5) Delete is located under "event settings." I suppose that's ok, but I only found it by chance.

Re: Divvyshot (YC W09) launches (with HTML5 drag-and-drop support)

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Post by drusenko »

est wrote: post #32
timdorr wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The rgba() colors, the text-indent: -9999em's, or the -webkit-transform? Panic's actually been doing that on their blog too: http://www.panic.com/blog/ But still cool stuff :) Some UI issues: - The front page acts weird if you have it any less than full width. Things get pushed around in a weird way, including getting pushed off the page. But this is really just a nit-pick, because the important things stay on the pa…

http://www.panic.com/goods/ This is the most awesome shopping cart I've ever seen online!

in our experience, a drag drop action is incredibly hard for a user to perform, and should really be reserved only for when it add significant UI context to the action.

i'd stay far away from having users drag and drop goods into a shopping cart.

Re: Divvyshot (YC W09) launches (with HTML5 drag-and-drop support)

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Post by est »

drusenko wrote: post #45
est wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://www.panic.com/goods/ This is the most awesome shopping cart I've ever seen online!

in our experience, a drag drop action is incredibly hard for a user to perform, and should really be reserved only for when it add significant UI context to the action. i'd stay far away from having users drag and drop goods into a shopping cart.

But once you get it you will be very addictive to it :D

A drag drop shopping cart is far more interesting than a cart webpage, more intuitive, quickly manageable.

Re: Divvyshot (YC W09) launches (with HTML5 drag-and-drop support)

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Post by burke »

sshumaker wrote: post #25
timdorr wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The rgba() colors, the text-indent: -9999em's, or the -webkit-transform? Panic's actually been doing that on their blog too: http://www.panic.com/blog/ But still cool stuff :) Some UI issues: - The front page acts weird if you have it any less than full width. Things get pushed around in a weird way, including getting pushed off the page. But this is really just a nit-pick, because the important things stay on the pa…

Great look - feels more like an app then a webpage. A few usability comments: - I kept trying to click the buttons embedded into the help tips, but they're roll-over only. - The ui doesn't respond instantly - probably because it's loading additional content. While we've been trained to deal with this on normal HTML links, the site looks enough like an application that it seems like things are broken. Please add some…

> - I kept trying to click the buttons embedded into the help tips, but they're roll-over only.

Yes. This bugged me. They looked like such beautiful buttons. I was kind of disappointed when clicking them had no effect.

Re: Divvyshot (YC W09) launches (with HTML5 drag-and-drop support)

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Post by dzlobin »

nkh wrote: post #37
Sam_Odio wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nope - it was designed in house by Michael Yuan. Very talented guy. There are a couple CSS hacks in there that don't exist anywhere else on the 'net. Try to find them!

I would like to pass along congratulations to Michael Yuan. This site is beautiful and inspiring. Would you guys mind sharing the tools you used to produce it, and how long it took?

I'd also love to know

Re: Divvyshot (YC W09) launches (with HTML5 drag-and-drop support)

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Post by ironkeith »

Maybe this is just me, but I couldn't get the site to work. Check my profile for the email address I used to sign up.

First try, Firefox 3.6 on Snow Leopard: - Opened iPhoto and dragged a photo in, progress bar filled, but no picture appear, and no indication of success was given. Check file info and realized it was a NEF. - Repeated process with a JPG. Progress bar filled, but same results.

Next try, Safari 4.0.4: - Clicked upload button - Selected two files - Progress bar filled, but no pictures appeared, and no indication of success was given.

Now when I visit the home page, it says I have two events, but neither of them are clickable because they have no pictures.

Beautiful site though, I was really impressed by the GUI (if only it worked...).

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