Boxes and Arrows: Comments by Aaron Hemmelgarn

Aaron Hemmelgarn — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:18:32 GMT

I tend to have a issue with scrolling too much to find something on a page and tend to like sites that tastefully cram as much of the important content as high as possible on the page. Take this one for a quick example, after clicking on a link that says Rate, I then have to scroll all the way to the bottom of the page to find a comment box and it appears that I have the ability to Edit, Delete or Ban someone else’s comments…? Why does this have to be all the way at the bottom of the page? It would have been better in opinion to add the comment box at the same point on the page where I clicked Rate the article, so with that being said I think it’s always best practices to tastefully Cram in as much content as possible above the fold.
The Home page is what grabs a users attention and makes them read on further, just as a magazine, newspaper, etc. We here at www.fiswebdesign.com employ the best practices of tastefully cramming in as much content above the fold and will continue to do so.

Aaron Hemmelgarn — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 05:46:29 GMT

I’ve found in my dealing with some of my clients that the User Ratings are only as good as the people who write them. While some or be that, most are good, it really only takes a few bad Apples to spoil the whole bunch and that whole bunch being new and prospecting clients who may be looking for what you’re offering.

So it really depends on what you’re using the rating for, what’s it’s purpose, what’s the end goal you’re looking to achieve by using a rating system?

All in all, this was a great Article and I would recommend it to anyone interested in understanding User Generated rating systems.

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Aaron Hemmelgarn — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:56:09 GMT

Thank you for the great article Stephen and I find it interesting that a person from the financial services industry would be talking about designing, and to make sense from a users perspective. None the less it’s a great article that touches on some great points. I’ve always prided myself and our team on thinking like the user and this is why each of our designs or projects has a minimum of 6 other eyes outside the organization to critique and provide feedback.

I especially love this paragraph “Projects often fail not because the idea is bad, but because the value their service will provide is not easily understood. The question I ask my team is “What problem, from the user’s point of view, are you solving?” It has to be a problem the user knows they have. If the problem is not obvious to the user, in terms they understand, the solution doesn’t matter. Focusing on the problem keeps a project from drifting into fantasy requirements: solutions looking for a problem.” This nails it right on the head.

quick . clean . elegant . creative – that’s our motto.

Again, Great article!