Good stuff. Thanks for reaching out to these folks Sonali!
- Luke
-- "Add some news sources with the search form on the right. Click
<add-feed.gif> to subscribe. " -- WHAT SEARCH FORM? There's a form
that says "News Sources", but there isn't anything that says SEARCH.
-- There should be a way to DIRECTLY ENTER A FEED URL, not have to
search for stuff.
-- When you email an item to a friend, there's no confirmation that
it's been sent.
-- How do I follow someone?
-- Sources should be first, not Presets. And Tuners needs some
help, in terms of explaining what it does.
-- When I click "Why was this chosen?" the window pops up, but
doesn't go away
--"Drag this link to your toolbar to subscribe to feeds you
encounter on the web: Jug It!" -- huh? What link? What toolbar?
Back-End:
--Is this your dev server? If so, why are you using the actual
domain name? Also, are you sure you want ssh access to this public
server? Portscan reveals:
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
22/tcp open ssh OpenSSH 5.1 (protocol 2.0)
80/tcp open tcpwrapped
135/tcp filtered msrpc
137/tcp filtered netbios-ns
139/tcp filtered netbios-ssn
445/tcp filtered microsoft-ds
Code:
-- use XHTML Strict of HTML 5. None of this Transitional bs.
-- don't use js for rounded corners.
-- YSlow gives it a grade F. Main issues: i) Too many HTTP requests
(9 external js files? really?) ii) GZIP it! iii) minify your js,
and use fewer scripts!
Application:
--check for whether requests are ajaxian or not e.g. http://melkjug.org/algebraist/jug/config?rnd=1237405911662
should give an error message, not start downloading JSON!
Shameel Arafin wrote:
Been a bit busy. (Perhaps you heard from Anjali). Will get back to
you on this.
S/
Sonali Sridhar wrote:
Hey you two try going down this set of super casual steps and
answer these questions!
We are in the Alpha release of MELKJUG, an RSS aggregator here at
TOPP. We would love it if you could take a few minutes of your
time to walk through it with us for some informal testing.
*Demo: *
http://melkjug.org
*What I am looking for: *
1. What is this product? What does it do?
2. Try it - where do you stop?
3. Register and set up a space - was it smooth
4. Add feeds
5. Create some filters - tune then and tell us what your
experience with that is.
6. Whatever else you would like to do - Import your feeds - add
users etc.
7. If you have a strong opinion on graphics thats welcome too! :)
*What you will encounter: *
1. The site is slow
*Time:*
If you can please spend about 20mins playing with this if you can.
Looking for feedback on very basic user experience as well as any
gems you come across! :) Feel free to be as harsh as possible -
its a slow load - so look for a little "working" cloud on your
bottom left.
Thanks a ton! Sonali
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