A License To Bitch

Posted Tue, 04 Oct 2005 19:16:23 GMT to Posted in , , , Tags , ,

As already mentioned I have been working on a project called TigerEvents, which powers the my.dsu.ca website.

This project, written entirely in Ruby On Rails, took 4 part time students 2 months to code a working, publicably usable beta. Pretty sweet, since some of us had other, paying, supposedly full time jobs on the go as well, and all of us had other responsibilities.

The my.dsu.ca website has gotten 102430 requests since Aug 25. Not bad I suppose, but I think we can do better than that.

The main problems? I know it, you know, it’s the visual layout. Sure it sucks. A layout like this is when a graphical artist that is supposed to do work totally flakes out and techies are left in charge. Also high up on that list is usability. Some things work well, some things…...... not so well (hey, it’s beta). So how do we fix this? Well…..... I am hoping that you, the public, the intended audience, the actual, non-involved USERS could give me a hand here. Let me know what you like, let me know what you don’t like, let me know what YOU would like to see.

Go ahead, chew me out, rip it to shreds, praise it, stomp it, love it, hate it. Just give me something I can use.

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  1. Jon said about 2 hours later:

    Don’t you know? This is Chris’s baby, and it can do no wrong. It is already the pinnacle of all programming projects, and it will only get better until it has eclipsed the sum of human knowledge.

    No, seriously. I'd probably just cop a mac-esque layout (not bezanson's site, like apple.com. Sexay.
  2. mike said about 4 hours later:

    I like the concept of my.dsu. I think it has the potential to be a great resource for students, and I think none of us has the right to complain given the unpaid labour you guys put into it.

    That said, my complaints are all about the usability and visual layout… which you have to admit are the two things that matter most to the average joe student.

    My suggestion for a visual layout is: http://www.mikesmit.com/temp

    That does not include colour suggestions :)

    See? Sure I complained a little, but I recognize that it is a privilege, not a right :)

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