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Re: Holiday Gift Ideas from Y Combinator

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Post by Altaer »

run4yourlives2 wrote: post #40

I look at this site and a part of me thinks that there is a segment of the population that is seemingly incapable of doing very basic things like sleeping, cooking or buying clothes without being handheld by the computer in their phone. I'm being a little overboard of course, but I really wonder how dependent we will be on our machines to survive at all in a generation or two.

I can cook, but I can't create a gourmet meal without guidance from someone well experienced in cooking. I can shop and look okay, but I can't look my absolute best without some stylist guidance. I get what you are saying, but I think these services go beyond a "basic understanding" and take it up a notch. And that, in my opinion, is what is worth the money.

Re: Holiday Gift Ideas from Y Combinator

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Post by adevine »

yoodenvranx wrote: post #39

Sorry for ranting, but this type of modern webdesign and "user interface" is _horrible_. Who in their right mind thinks that putting a button called "Show me the list" dead center of the page? Hey guys, I have a novel idea: instead of adding a button, just _show_ me that list! And do you know what happens if you press that button? The website scrolls down a ~300 pixels and then you can see the first 1.8 entries of th…

I strongly disagree. While I'm usually also one to rail against extraneous whitespace, I think it's important to consider the purpose of the list.

For example, if I'm searching for a contact in a contact list, I want as little whitespace as possible, because I want to be able to quickly scroll to an individual item very quickly. This is really a "searching for one item in a list" use case.

In this example, 99% of users won't be looking for any one specific thing. The whole point of the site is to show new stuff you aren't aware of. In that context, the fact that the scrolling behavior optimizes for stopping at each item it turn (lots of whitespace, the animated fade-in) is a benefit, because I won't know anything special about one product versus another.

Also, the experience is clearly optimized for mobile. And the type of "daydream and browse" experience that this site is geared towards screams mobile use case.

Re: Holiday Gift Ideas from Y Combinator

#54

Post by askafriend »

yoodenvranx wrote: post #39

Sorry for ranting, but this type of modern webdesign and "user interface" is _horrible_. Who in their right mind thinks that putting a button called "Show me the list" dead center of the page? Hey guys, I have a novel idea: instead of adding a button, just _show_ me that list! And do you know what happens if you press that button? The website scrolls down a ~300 pixels and then you can see the first 1.8 entries of th…

Please preach to the masses. They need to hear your word.

I am all for what you said.

Re: Holiday Gift Ideas from Y Combinator

#55

Post by graeme »

adevine wrote: post #52
yoodenvranx wrote: post #39

Sorry for ranting, but this type of modern webdesign and "user interface" is _horrible_. Who in their right mind thinks that putting a button called "Show me the list" dead center of the page? Hey guys, I have a novel idea: instead of adding a button, just _show_ me that list! And do you know what happens if you press that button? The website scrolls down a ~300 pixels and then you can see the first 1.8 entries of th…

I strongly disagree. While I'm usually also one to rail against extraneous whitespace, I think it's important to consider the purpose of the list. For example, if I'm searching for a contact in a contact list, I want as little whitespace as possible, because I want to be able to quickly scroll to an individual item very quickly. This is really a "searching for one item in a list" use case. In this example, 99% of use…

I exited the list very fast. I wanted to quickly skim over it to find products of interest, then consider the promising ones. That took far too long, so I just left.

Re: Holiday Gift Ideas from Y Combinator

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Post by yoodenvranx »

askafriend wrote: post #54
yoodenvranx wrote: post #39

Sorry for ranting, but this type of modern webdesign and "user interface" is _horrible_. Who in their right mind thinks that putting a button called "Show me the list" dead center of the page? Hey guys, I have a novel idea: instead of adding a button, just _show_ me that list! And do you know what happens if you press that button? The website scrolls down a ~300 pixels and then you can see the first 1.8 entries of th…

Please preach to the masses. They need to hear your word. I am all for what you said.

Yeah, I was actually thinking about creating a page called "YouSuckAtWebdesign" and then just rant at random websites in the style of Dr. Cox from Scrubs. But I am not good at ranting so this will just stay a dream.

Re: Holiday Gift Ideas from Y Combinator

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Post by yoodenvranx »

graeme wrote: post #55
adevine wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I strongly disagree. While I'm usually also one to rail against extraneous whitespace, I think it's important to consider the purpose of the list. For example, if I'm searching for a contact in a contact list, I want as little whitespace as possible, because I want to be able to quickly scroll to an individual item very quickly. This is really a "searching for one item in a list" use case. In this example, 99% of use…

I exited the list very fast. I wanted to quickly skim over it to find products of interest, then consider the promising ones. That took far too long, so I just left.

> That took far too long, so I just left.

Yes, exactly! The only reason why I actually scrolled all the way down was to figure out how many scrolls it takes to get to the bottom. Otherwise I would have just left after the 5th item.

Re: Holiday Gift Ideas from Y Combinator

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Post by therobot24 »

> Eight is a smart bed cover that learns about you and improves and personalizes your sleep experience -- you can even program one side of the bed to be a different temperature than the other. Starting at $249, Eight is available now for pre-order and set to ship in April 2016.

LOL wut?

After scrolling through the rest, this has to be one of the best collections of first-world problem junk.

Re: Holiday Gift Ideas from Y Combinator

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Post by bduerst »

yoodenvranx wrote: post #39

Sorry for ranting, but this type of modern webdesign and "user interface" is _horrible_. Who in their right mind thinks that putting a button called "Show me the list" dead center of the page? Hey guys, I have a novel idea: instead of adding a button, just _show_ me that list! And do you know what happens if you press that button? The website scrolls down a ~300 pixels and then you can see the first 1.8 entries of th…

I actually liked it. It requires you to scan each item when I would have scanned/skipped most of them in a giant list without really understanding them.

Re: Holiday Gift Ideas from Y Combinator

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Post by pcmaffey »

yoodenvranx wrote: post #39

Sorry for ranting, but this type of modern webdesign and "user interface" is _horrible_. Who in their right mind thinks that putting a button called "Show me the list" dead center of the page? Hey guys, I have a novel idea: instead of adding a button, just _show_ me that list! And do you know what happens if you press that button? The website scrolls down a ~300 pixels and then you can see the first 1.8 entries of th…

Why is it a bad experience to focus only on 1 thing at a time?
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