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Please review my recent launched site Crosstips.org

33 pointsby peterbeabout 16 years ago
Is it obvious what it does? Does it work? Does it help?

20 comments

guywithabikeabout 16 years ago
Was it really necessary to rip off Readernaut's HTML and CSS wholesale?<p>I mean, Jesus, it's a simple web app. It shouldn't take you more than a few hours to come up with your own design and code.
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mikeyurabout 16 years ago
I like the idea, but I would make it a bit more clear what the site actually does.<p>I'd also recommend making the boxes quite a bit larger since there's so much white space. Done right, overly-large boxes work - like at tumblr ( <a href="http://www.tumblr.com/register" rel="nofollow">http://www.tumblr.com/register</a> )
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matt1about 16 years ago
You really need to explain what this is for.
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ryanwaggonerabout 16 years ago
I think you'd be far better off to swap the "About" page text for the statistics on the front page. I doubt the average visitor to your site cares how many searches have been run in the last 30 days (especially since they all seem to be zero), but judging by the comments on this page, the average new visitor probably would like to see something explaining what this is.
cabalamatabout 16 years ago
Some suggestions:<p>- add options for UK/US English<p>- add an option so that you can solve anagrams and find scrabble words
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markessienabout 16 years ago
Yikes, I had absolutely no idea what this was for. I thought it was some type of word generator. After finding the very tiny link at the bottom, I saw the magic word: crosswords.<p>Most people don't do crosswords. Add that word to your page, or a lot of people will be completely lost.
m_eimanabout 16 years ago
Add some javascript to skip next input box automatically when entering text.
tdoniaabout 16 years ago
"length" is a strange way to begin the conversation with your audience. i get it, length is critical to finding the right word, but that doesn't make sense until you understand what it does. i would think about this from a user experience perspective and see if maybe there's a better way to get this information from your User.
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codeintheholeabout 16 years ago
It would help if you provided definitions for the returned words to aid matching an answer to the clue. Nice idea though.
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amrabout 16 years ago
I get a "502 Bad Gateway" when trying to access the provided link.
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suhailabout 16 years ago
How about a "Crosstips helps you figure out the answers to crossword puzzles, provide in a letter length and a few letters to get started."
peterbeabout 16 years ago
For all HTTP optimization junkies, check out the headers on all the static stuff. Pretty good caching, eh?
ryanwaggonerabout 16 years ago
Why would I use this? Isn't the fun of a crossword struggling through stuff like this without help?
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jfarmerabout 16 years ago
What is this for and why do you break my browser back button?
raptrexabout 16 years ago
on your suggestions, feedback, tips at the bottom, you might want to add some captcha or your gonna get spammed :P
geuisabout 16 years ago
Get rid of the About page. Move that content to the left column of the front page.
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geuisabout 16 years ago
@peterbe if you add <a href="http://" rel="nofollow">http://</a> to your blog link in your profile, it becomes clickable.
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adrianwajabout 16 years ago
groovy feedback form, more sites should have something that easy.
garplyabout 16 years ago
I don't get it.
alaskamillerabout 16 years ago
As of 1355 Sunday it's popping up 502 error.