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Re:Show HN: VA kids love drinking, hate paying. Step 1. Thou... by fsckin on Monday July 02, 2012 @09:24PM (#4191979)
The tabbed interface feels like tabs for the sake of tabs.

I want the cheapest way to get a bunch of folks drunk, with a couple of options.

"Cheap" liquor sorting doesn't seem great... I get 50ml vials at the top because they're cheap. Sure, I could filter by size, but what if I'm stocking up?

If you sorted by ABV / dollars, with an option to filter by Liquor, Beer, Wine Cooler, and Wine, you would not need any separate tabs and can add an additional two categories.

If you're married to the tabs, just put all the extra crufty UI on a separate tab labeled "hipsters".

Re:Show HN: VA kids love drinking, hate paying. Step 1. Thou... by ksol on Monday July 02, 2012 @09:28PM (#4191999)
god, we already know enough about hipsters living in Richmond.

in all seriousness, thanks for the input! we will be the first to admit that what you see now is not what we want the final product to be.

alcohol/$ is generally what we sort by. not sure how you are seeing the 50 mL airplane bottles, I'm not getting any when I play with the sort options. what were you looking at specifically?

Re:Show HN: VA kids love drinking, hate paying. Step 1. Thou... by fsckin on Monday July 02, 2012 @09:39PM (#4192039)
I see now. Sorting by "Cheap" gives me airplane bottles.

Additionally, the subtle difference between "Cheap" and "Best Value" doesn't quite justify making a new sort option -- to me, they're essentially the same, since whoever can afford a $1 shot can also probably afford a $2 fatty mug.

Re:Show HN: VA kids love drinking, hate paying. Step 1. Thou... by nikphilipsen on Monday July 02, 2012 @10:01PM (#4192116)
"Cheap" and "best value" is a subtle difference right now. But we're moving toward keeping track of the average market prices of items... and then "best value" becomes those offerings that are most reduced from the average.
Re:Show HN: VA kids love drinking, hate paying. Step 1. Thou... by nickburlett on Monday July 02, 2012 @10:12PM (#4192150)
Maybe call it "best discount" ?
Re:Show HN: VA kids love drinking, hate paying. Step 1. Thou... by nikphilipsen on Monday July 02, 2012 @10:19PM (#4192177)
Good suggestion - we'll A/B test that shit. Thanks!