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Ask HN: Feedback on my web app: govcheck.net

16 点作者 rmanocha大约 16 年前

10 条评论

sgrove大约 16 年前
First off, best to indicate that this is for India.<p>The UI is not bad, but I would make the font bigger in most cases, particularly the link targets. For example, why not make the entire cell clickable for each entry here <a href="http://govcheck.net/party/" rel="nofollow">http://govcheck.net/party/</a> ? Would greatly speed my navigation through the site.<p>You'll need a subtitle, or a one line description of your site, otherwise I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be looking for. "Get information..." is good, but tell me what the purpose of the site it. Something like, "All the stats on your Indian politicians."<p>On the graphs here, <a href="http://govcheck.net/mp/111/" rel="nofollow">http://govcheck.net/mp/111/</a> label the axis. I don't know how to interpret this, other than it's trending downward.<p>Overall a very cool site, I like the idea behind it, and I'm glad to see you launching and polishing it. Well done!
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fixie大约 16 年前
Good idea. UI-wise, I would get rid of the "Welcome to GovCheck" text and replace it with a tagline. Saying "Welcome to..." doesn't really tell me why I should be on your site. I need to know what's in it for me, otherwise, I'm heading off to another site. I would also de-emphasize the logo (eg. make it smaller) and emphasize the search box more.<p>On your search results page, I would change the label of the "submit" button to "Search" and remove that secondary search at the top right. If you need that global search for some other page than the search results, I would suggest adding a button to the right of the text field and label it "Search".<p>It would also be a good idea to add a "you-are-here" indicator on your tabs.<p>Colors could also use some polishing. Try <a href="http://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/" rel="nofollow">http://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/</a> for some great color palettes to choose from.<p>Good luck on your application!
neetij大约 16 年前
This is a very cool site. I can quite appreciate the amount of work you've put in here. I was trying to get something along these lines going myself, albeit unsuccessfully - I was unable to do a good job scraping LS/RS :(<p>Second sgrove's suggestions. Further, it isn't immediately obvious that I can click on the graphs to get participation details, attendance details, party members in LS, etc. When comparing records, I found it difficult to identify exact values in the bar graph - there are no axes lines or values provided.<p>Testing in IE7/IE8 is a must. IE6 has certainly diminished in popularity, but your target audience doesn't necessarily live on cutting edge (or even close to it), so some testing is required (atleast so the site degrades gracefully).<p>As for UI, I think you could make better use of the white space on some of the pages. The search box at the top right is too small, yet search is a primary navigation tool. The logo is a bit jarring on the blue bg. A breadcrumb would be nice too. If my search returns a unique result, like your example for 'Gujarat', it would be nice to be taken directly to the result instead of seeing the intermediate page with only one result - one less click, but a big step in usability, friendliness. Also, are you using exact matches only, for the search? Would full-text be applicable here?<p>One thing I see you haven't addressed is localization (unless it's there and I'm missing it, I apologise). Translations to regional languages is important when targeting the rural markets.<p>It's important to make this information more accessible and I think you've made a great start.<p>PS: I know you've done a lot of the work already, but I'm interested in helping out if needed. Email is in the profile.
rmanocha大约 16 年前
I've launched with approximately 20% of the data I'm collecting so far. I was not yet fully comfortable with the stability of those scraping scripts and so wanted to give myself some more time.<p>Any feedback on the data and/or presentation is welcome. I would also really love to know what people think of the design/layout - I'm not a UI guy, and I know there are many improvements I can make.
gills大约 16 年前
At first I was disappointed that when I searched "Washington" (my home state), nothing came up. Then when I clicked the 'States' link, I saw it was not for the U.S.<p>But I think you are doing something that truly matters.<p>Keep up the good work, I think every country needs a Sunlight Foundation!
okeumeni大约 16 年前
Search need more work. I search for ‘Vishnu’ I get two names ‘Sai,Shri Vishnu Dev’ is one of them. Then I type ‘Vishnu sai’ nothing comes up. It tells me that you are doing a simple database search.<p>Database typical search is not going to cut it, think of other ways to do search; why not open source.
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moe大约 16 年前
I, too, like the idea very much. But the color scheme could use some work. The red/blue contrast of the logo against the background is evil. Also orange on purple doesn't work too well for me.<p>I don't think I could use this site for longer than a few minutes before the colors drive me away. But well, that should be an easy fix...
paraschopra大约 16 年前
You know, today morning I was thinking of exactly same project. A bit like everyblock.com<p>I am interested in contributing to the project, if you need help. Let me know.
marram大约 16 年前
The purple logo on the blue background is a bit hard on the eyes. Maybe a softer purple?
xenophanes大约 16 年前
you're not helping me get the US government to send me a check? what <i>do</i> you do? make it more obvious.