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Re:Ask HN: Please review my webapp (Streetread) by j2d2 on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @01:55PM (#226558)
I'm willing to share this site with people I work with and can even get it to the people on our trading desk if you give me a way of getting feedback to you. BUT, don't be surprised if people look at it for five seconds and don't care. Finance people are some of the most impatient people I've EVER met and if your design isn't appealing, they'll ignore it. I'd focus on making the information people want jump out at them as much as possible. You're filling up a lot of space at the top. Try putting some of that at the bottom. Actually, modeling your site after similar designs found in MSNBC during the day would be a GREAT step in the right direction. They're presenting info, via TV, in an already accepted format. If you could improve on that, you'd be in a good position. </ramble>

My email address is in my contact info.

Re:Ask HN: Please review my webapp (Streetread) by mstefff on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @01:58PM (#226563)
Thank you - that is very insightful. You can reach me at [email protected]
Re:Ask HN: Please review my webapp (Streetread) by j2d2 on Tuesday June 24, 2008 @02:38PM (#226629)
Quick thing. Don't worry about alphabetizing the news sources at the top. Put them in order of importance and let users change this if possible. No one cares about fairness. It's about the best being at the tip of your fingers.