http://www.rateitall.com
Hi, I've learned a lot on HN and would love to get some feedback.
We are a six person team out of San Francisco and just launched a new UI today.
Four features in particular we are proud of:
1) News feed format - build out a custom reviews feed by subscribing to keywords, categories, or people
2) Global add button - add anything to our database for instant review by our users ("write a review" link in header)
3) Compatibility quizzes - rate stuff in different categories (movies, beer, music) and get matched with folks that share your tastes
4) Read / Write API - full access to our millions of user opinions (api.rateitall.com)
Thanks,
Lawrence
Co-Founder, RateItAll
I really like this, I tried to be clever and rate a mac app - but it pulled it out of Techcrunchs Crunchbase. Colour me impressed ;)
Where do you get your data from? Really slick. Even got "Spaced" as a british sit com.
I don't like the "please wait a moment" that seems to appear on every page, whenever I do anything. Especially when I click a rating star when writing a review.
Always make sure the stars of ratings are clickable for users. If they're not logged in let them rate it, and push them to a register form.
"If you don't see your favorite McDonalds menu item, please make sure to add it by clicking on the lightbulb icon. " If you have to tell the user where to click - your UI is wrong :)
How do I add photos? can I tag my photos on flickr with a rateitall tag and it'll be aggregated?
I really don't get the quizes, how are they review related?
How do I setup a news feed? great idea.