• Aaran Casey

    Aaran Casey

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    • Design: 4
    • Purpose: 3
    • Originality: 2
    • Engagement: 1
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    cool...

    Posted on Sep 16, 2010 at 4:34 PM

    Lemon Tree

    This is a neat idea, I think there are a couple of things that need tweaking...

    I'll use notes...

    Ok so overall the idea is cool but the design seems to be clashing between nice and clean and odd old school microsoft...

    There are a few inconsistencies, and with two design styles there are a few clashes...

    Also there seems be certain padding / spacing and alignment areas that need tweaking.

    I hope this helps and good luck!

    • Ionut Resetar
      Ionut Resetar commented:
      Posted: on Sep 17, 2010 at 8:45 AM

      fantastic review

    • John K.
      John K. commented:
      Posted: on Sep 20, 2010 at 9:00 PM

      Hi Aaran, thanks for the detailed review.

      Here are some comments: 1.1. We didn't really care about the logo, so we came up with the simplest one. If we finally decide to make it a paid service, we'll definitely will think about identity and logo. 1.2. Agreed, but what other color can draw the most attention? 1.3. You're right - that's a mistake, thanks.

      2.1. This line indicates items that were recorded since your last visit to the page, just like Visual Studio does it for the code that was changed since the file was opened. 2.2. What other way would you suggest? We can drop the title at all, I believe.

      3.1. Yes, this makes sense.

      4.1. We'll rework that 4.2. You logged off, and the test account has those popups turned off.

      5.1. Yeah, that's a glitch.

      6.1. The URL of the website. Is your main concern that it's not clickable?

      7.1. We'll most likely drop the Register button, because I agree with Aurimas (below), it's too flashy.

      8.1. The longer story is in my reply to Aurimas, but we didn't intend to make it professional-professional. 8.2. Thanks 8.3. - 8.10. We'll use your notes for these parts, but I've got a feeling you neglect everything that sticks out of usual look and feel even a little :(

      I greatly appreciate the time and effort you spent on the service, and I already see some reasonable points, we'll make necessary adjustments.

      John K.

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    Logo

    This may not be important to you, but why does the E and The S overlap, and why is it that you have used Arial as the font?

  • 2

    Change this color

    Green and Red may work on traffic lights, but not here

  • 3

    Keep consistency

    Save button is Sentence Case, yet this is all CAPS - Why?

  • 4

    Add whitespace here

  • 5

    Add whitespace above current password

  • 6

    Why is the button indented differently from the form?

  • 7

    Red?

    Is this bad? Why is the button red?

  • 8

    It looks like Account Settings

    not like app settings

  • 9

    Notifications

    could be a section below User setting section because this link is not very visible

  • 10

    Change password section

    this way it will be more obvious to users

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    Green Line

    What's this for?

  • 2

    Alignment

    If your going to have a page title that's the same as the menu item, then at least align the top...

  • 3

    What is Sandbox?

    dummy app name?

  • 4

    What is Sandbox?

    user name?

  • 5

    What is Sandbox?

    or testing environment?

  • 6

    Applications & users will be hardly used

    so you should move them to the header

  • 7

    Button not needed

    Auto filtering should start right after words are entered or assignee chosen.

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  • 1

    These pages

    They don't really explain themselves, I would maybe have a pop up that explains each page, so as a first time user it makes it easier to understand.

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  • 1

    buddy?

    Really? I know that this is a help tool for .NET developers, but I would think it best to keep it professional

  • 2

    Why's this here?

    It hasn't appeared anywhere else and now its here...

  • 3

    Put info in context

    This one should be as a tooltip when user is on page with lists.

  • 4

    I don't get it

    when will this screen be shown?

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  • 1

    Why is this icon not colored

    like the rest - consistency is the key!

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  • 2

    Add 'copy to clipboard' link

    with confirmation that it has been copied

  • 3

    Add 'copy to clipboard' link

    with confirmation that it has been copied

  • 4

    Make Notification as a separate section

    why force users to click all the time

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  • 1

    what is this?

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  • 1

    Add 'Remove filters' link/button

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  • 1

    Login & REGISTER

    two completely different design styles use one and stick with it

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  • 2

    Contrast

    Would def. look better with light gray background, white box, and dropshadow. Right now the gray with gray shadow isn't crisp. And why is register Red? :) Not that red can't be used EVAR, but i'd use a little more inviting color just the same.

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  • 3

    Button design problem

    Button cannot imitate a 3d ribbon, not mentioning that because it's red it looks like a default action. Make it a link.

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  • 1

    Can you have multiple users?

    if not this should be Account Settings not Users

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  • 1

    Seriously?

    You want to use WTF? C'mon try and get a bit more professional

  • 2

    *your

  • 3

    maybe a comma or full stop

  • 4

    Remove bevel

    looks ugly

  • 5

    padding

    add some

  • 6

    why wait?

    is this necessary?

  • 7

    padding

    it's needed here

  • 8

    arrows on button

    look stupid remove them...

  • 9

    alignment

    keep this aligned with the box below

  • 10

    wasted space

    this whole area is a bit messy, and it would be better suited if it was on a grid... I think the font isn't that great either...

  • 11

    Whitespace

  • 12

    lol.

  • 13

    I like.

  • 14

    Need room to breathe

  • 15

    Nav a bit bland.

  • 16

    this is a nice idea ...

    but you could say something like: You could "wait 5 seconds" or just "Start Now" you have an account? Login

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  • 17

    WTF is this?

    Find the way of forging it into a one-liner. Cut the crap :)

  • 18

    add login inputs

    so there is no need to go to a separate login screen