Ask HN: ListAndPlay.com - What should I change?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1760729

by JonathanBouman • 16 years ago

4 5 16 years ago

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This app allows you to create & share Youtube playlists in an easy way, tries to simplify the whole process and give you a new Youtube experience.

What would you change about the concept/layout/functions?

JonathanBouman3• 16 years ago

Quick link: http://ListAndPlay.com

lhorie2• 16 years ago

Initial thoughts:

- Can't we make playlists in Youtube already?

- Youtube's search auto-suggests, yours started playing a silly cartoon when I typed "a".

- Controls are not where I would expect them (they are at bottom left in just about all other video sites in the world).

- There's a weird dotted outline when you click on the video.

- On the top right, there's a link to your profile, which I don't care about, but no link to register/login, which I do.

- "Add" icon is rip-off of Netvibes. Does not add to Netvibes and is confusing.

- How about supporting other video sites?

JonathanBouman3• 16 years ago

Thanks for your feedback, here a quick reply:

- Yes it is possible on YT, but you need to login and it is not fast enough for me. I want to find videos while I type and build a list.

- Auto-suggest is already active, you can force exact search by hitting enter.

- 90% Controls have influence on your search results, that's why I put them top left. They need to get attention but shouldn't distract the user, so that's why I chose top left (also the fullscreen looks nice with it)

- The dotted outline is a DIV hack needed to catch mouse clicks for pause/play (since I can't capture clicks from the flash video itself)

- Not having a login/register is one of the main advantages of this site, you build a list, share it and save it that way.

- Add icon was not meant as rip-off from Netvibes (didn't knew they even used it), what do you suggest as a positive 'add this video' icon?

- Supporting other video sites is in the pipeline!

lhorie2• 16 years ago

Re: icon: I always liked explicit text on my buttons. I remember reading something about icons not being very user-friendly.

http://uxmyths.com/post/715009009/myth-icons-enhance-usabili...

Ask HN: ListAndPlay.com - What should I change?

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