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sadpandatech

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Quote from: D.H. on November 05, 2011, 05:07:02 PM

Quote from: plogank on November 03, 2011, 03:51:14 PM

It works, what more is needed???

I'm sure that it would be great for Bitcoin if they had a professional looking site. Mt.Gox is one of the sites that almost everyone who consider getting started with Bitcoin will visit. It's one of the sites that will make people decide if Bitcoin is a "real" currency or just a toy project. Honestly, today the Mt.Gox site does not look like something that regular people will want to trust their money with. It does not at all resemble other professional web sites that handle a lot of money.

Example of web site related to finance, simple, yet professional design: http://www.nasdaqomxnordic.com

I could live with a layout like the one you linked. Save for that annoying bouncing friggin ad at the top, the others arn't too bad. I would like to see them add the option to also reposistion the modules, like that site has them where you can minimize them, but also be able to move the vertical placement. Very nice.

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Quote from: notme on November 05, 2011, 05:10:03 PM

Quote from: D.H. on November 05, 2011, 05:07:02 PM

I'm sure that it would be great for Bitcoin if they had a professional looking site. Mt.Gox is one of the sites that almost everyone who consider getting started with Bitcoin will visit. It's one of the sites that will make people decide if Bitcoin is a "real" currency or just a toy project. Honestly, today the Mt.Gox site does not look like something that regular people will want to trust their money with. It does not at all resemble other professional web sites that handle a lot of money.

Example of web site related to finance, simple, yet professional design: http://www.nasdaqomxnordic.com

So you want rounded corners.... that shouldn't be too hard.

Good UI design is usually not technically hard. But it's pretty damn hard getting it right if you don't have any experience or talent for it (I don't have any of that myself).

And no, Mt.Gox would not look professional by adding rounded corners to it.

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Quote from: plogank on November 03, 2011, 03:51:14 PM

It works, what more is needed???

If you can call its history of hacks and bitcoin deletions to be working, sure.

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Quote from: D.H. on November 05, 2011, 05:07:02 PM

Quote from: plogank on November 03, 2011, 03:51:14 PM

It works, what more is needed???

I'm sure that it would be great for Bitcoin if they had a professional looking site. Mt.Gox is one of the sites that almost everyone who consider getting started with Bitcoin will visit. It's one of the sites that will make people decide if Bitcoin is a "real" currency or just a toy project. Honestly, today the Mt.Gox site does not look like something that regular people will want to trust their money with. It does not at all resemble other professional web sites that handle a lot of money.

Example of web site related to finance, simple, yet professional design: http://www.nasdaqomxnordic.com

So you want rounded corners.... that shouldn't be too hard.

D.H.

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Quote from: plogank on November 03, 2011, 03:51:14 PM

It works, what more is needed???

I'm sure that it would be great for Bitcoin if they had a professional looking site. Mt.Gox is one of the sites that almost everyone who consider getting started with Bitcoin will visit. It's one of the sites that will make people decide if Bitcoin is a "real" currency or just a toy project. Honestly, today the Mt.Gox site does not look like something that regular people will want to trust their money with. It does not at all resemble other professional web sites that handle a lot of money.

Example of web site related to finance, simple, yet professional design: http://www.nasdaqomxnordic.com

Clark

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So much code.

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If this is the one and only Clark Moody you are the god among men... at least for bitcoin charts.

Thank you, but please don't go that far!

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Quote from: bitflower on November 03, 2011, 10:29:27 PM

Hey guys,

If you have suggestions for how you want Mt.Gox page to look or function, feel free to submit a ticket or post your thoughts here. We always appreciate everyone's ideas and thoughts.

There's a site here http://sortfolio.com/ for finding great designers.

There's also a site 99designs.com where you can post a job and designers compete with each other and you choose the winning design.

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Hey guys,

If you have suggestions for how you want Mt.Gox page to look or function, feel free to submit a ticket or post your thoughts here. We always appreciate everyone's ideas and thoughts.

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Quote from: nmat on November 03, 2011, 09:01:37 PM

bitcoins.com is probably the starting point for their new visual.

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bitcoins.com is probably the starting point for their new visual.

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Quote from: Clark on November 03, 2011, 05:18:03 PM

Quote from: the founder on November 03, 2011, 03:56:41 PM

Clearly we have a bunch of web developers and not enough web designers.

it's not just Gox .. it's everyone... we run a bunch (as a whole) of sites that all have the refined look and feel of Drudge Report... yea it works.. but it's not even close to sexy.

Lucky for you, I'm both a developer and a designer Wink

My soon-to-launch project is going to look very nice and provide great functionality.

No one asked.

About design, this community is full of unimaginitive, unartistic types who are great at numbers. I hate it. Bitcoin sites remind me of geocities.

I don't know what you're talking about, holmes. My geocities page was bitchin'.

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How about first fixing the glitches in their price reporting. It just plummitted through 2.3 for a brief moment again. Yesterday it was going up above 3.4 without any cause. Faulty price data is much more worrying than how their website looks.

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maybe if there were held a 'bitcoin design award' we could list the best-looking bitcoin-related sites and vote.

what's a good one to start with?

oh, and about mt gox... didn't they spend $1000 or more just on that new logo? you know, the logo they never put on their site.

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Quote from: dogisland on November 03, 2011, 03:44:47 PM

It's my understanding that they're doing quite well financially.

It would be nice to see them hire a graphic designer and make the site look like something the community could be proud of.

well i like their slick minimalistic design

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I attribute the dearth of high-gloss stuff more to the fact that most Bitcoin sites are tossed up overnight just to see if anything will happen, and having not taken a whole lot of effort to set up, are just as easily killed off. Bitcoin integration itself is dirt cheap and easier than just about any other payment method known to man. Ditto from a regulatory standpoint (so far). So I don't think the problem is that people can't design if they want to, and if they take the time to; it's that devs are in a hurry to get to the functionality, and the present community doesn't really have a problem with that. For the community to grow, though, it would pay to have someone put in the extra effort to build a nice interface on things. It's not like we live in 1994. Although it does seem that way sometimes.

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Quote from: sadpandatech on November 03, 2011, 03:59:31 PM

Quote from: wareen on November 03, 2011, 03:56:30 PM

I personally think saving their money for fighting the current (and possible upcoming) legal battles will be a much wiser decision.

I couldn't agree more. And, I personally like the simple interface from a trading perspective. If I wanted flash shit beaming me in the face all day I'd go fire up Meta Trader... ;p Hell, even my damn Scott Trade acct has crap all over in your face these days. I hope if they do 'pretty' it up they give those of us that desire the more spartan look an option.

+1

I'm glad they got rid of that really slow graph on the frontpage.

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So much code.

Quote from: the founder on November 03, 2011, 03:56:41 PM

Clearly we have a bunch of web developers and not enough web designers.

it's not just Gox .. it's everyone... we run a bunch (as a whole) of sites that all have the refined look and feel of Drudge Report... yea it works.. but it's not even close to sexy.

Lucky for you, I'm both a developer and a designer Wink

My soon-to-launch project is going to look very nice and provide great functionality.

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Quote from: wareen on November 03, 2011, 03:56:30 PM

I personally think saving their money for fighting the current (and possible upcoming) legal battles will be a much wiser decision.

I couldn't agree more. And, I personally like the simple interface from a trading perspective. If I wanted flash shit beaming me in the face all day I'd go fire up Meta Trader... ;p Hell, even my damn Scott Trade acct has crap all over in your face these days. I hope if they do 'pretty' it up they give those of us that desire the more spartan look an option.

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Clearly we have a bunch of web developers and not enough web designers.

it's not just Gox .. it's everyone... we run a bunch (as a whole) of sites that all have the refined look and feel of Drudge Report... yea it works.. but it's not even close to sexy.

wareen

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I personally think saving their money for fighting the current (and possible upcoming) legal battles will be a much wiser decision.

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