Comments on: Tell us what to do http://blog.snooth.com/2007/09/28/tell-us-what-to-do/ Find Better Wines Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:42:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Joel http://blog.snooth.com/2007/09/28/tell-us-what-to-do/#comment-1283 Joel Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:17:50 +0000 http://blog.snooth.com/2007/09/28/tell-us-what-to-do/#comment-1283 I'm going to post a follow up video on how I think I'd use Snooth (I promised another review first though). Maybe I'm not thinking about it correctly. I don't know if you're doing anything wrong, per se. I think everyone uses these tools a little differently. I record how I'd use it and give you feedback on how it would be more useful at that time. Maybe you could even (after I record it) give me some tips that would make the system work better for me. One strategy is to take a few core users and just define the product around them and how they use the service. Achieving 100% functionality for a smaller group will ALWAYS be more successful that 80% of functionality for a more general group. I’m going to post a follow up video on how I think I’d use Snooth (I promised another review first though). Maybe I’m not thinking about it correctly.

I don’t know if you’re doing anything wrong, per se. I think everyone uses these tools a little differently. I record how I’d use it and give you feedback on how it would be more useful at that time. Maybe you could even (after I record it) give me some tips that would make the system work better for me.

One strategy is to take a few core users and just define the product around them and how they use the service. Achieving 100% functionality for a smaller group will ALWAYS be more successful that 80% of functionality for a more general group.

]]> By: ryan http://blog.snooth.com/2007/09/28/tell-us-what-to-do/#comment-1292 ryan Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:53:32 +0000 http://blog.snooth.com/2007/09/28/tell-us-what-to-do/#comment-1292 I like what you are doing and will probably use you more when you have better coverage in Europe, but I do notice one thing. When I search for "spanish wine" from your front page, I get 8 results with "snooth rank" big and thick boxes and not enough information. Maybe a "narrow this by...region/vintage/style/price/etc" choice would be good. Also maybe just a bulleted list till I know that I want to see all the other info. I would really like to recommend on my site for example "wines from Rioja" and link to snooth to get a list of these wines that are availabale...or something like that. Just one of many thoughts I like what you are doing and will probably use you more when you have better coverage in Europe, but I do notice one thing. When I search for “spanish wine” from your front page, I get 8 results with “snooth rank” big and thick boxes and not enough information. Maybe a “narrow this by…region/vintage/style/price/etc” choice would be good. Also maybe just a bulleted list till I know that I want to see all the other info. I would really like to recommend on my site for example “wines from Rioja” and link to snooth to get a list of these wines that are availabale…or something like that. Just one of many thoughts

]]> By: philip http://blog.snooth.com/2007/09/28/tell-us-what-to-do/#comment-1293 philip Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:27:26 +0000 http://blog.snooth.com/2007/09/28/tell-us-what-to-do/#comment-1293 Ryan - i don't understand. you can do all of this easily. Take your initial query: spanish wine. You get the results and they are too broad, so you add the word "rioja", still too broad, so you move the price slider to under $20, and select 2001, and you select 'wines in stock' only - now there are 60 results left. If you want to send people here directly, for the above search use the url: http://www.snooth.com/search/spanish+wine+2001/1/1/0/10/sr. this shows you wines you can buy today, for under $20, that are from the 2001 vintage from rioja. please tell me what i'm missing from your comment? Ryan - i don’t understand. you can do all of this easily.

Take your initial query: spanish wine. You get the results and they are too broad, so you add the word “rioja”, still too broad, so you move the price slider to under $20, and select 2001, and you select ‘wines in stock’ only - now there are 60 results left.

If you want to send people here directly, for the above search use the url: http://www.snooth.com/search/spanish+wine+2001/1/1/0/10/sr. this shows you wines you can buy today, for under $20, that are from the 2001 vintage from rioja.

please tell me what i’m missing from your comment?

]]> By: ryan http://blog.snooth.com/2007/09/28/tell-us-what-to-do/#comment-1295 ryan Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:29:53 +0000 http://blog.snooth.com/2007/09/28/tell-us-what-to-do/#comment-1295 I know the extra searach functionality is there, but fact that it isn't accessible as far as I can see as I'm searching. I guess if I get more than 100 results or even maybe 50, a screen that says "you have x-results, would you like to narrow your search" might be helpful. also the main problem is that only 8 results with all this info is a bit too much. A list of names with less space would be great. That way the space needed for 8 results could be for 24 results. I know the extra searach functionality is there, but fact that it isn’t accessible as far as I can see as I’m searching. I guess if I get more than 100 results or even maybe 50, a screen that says “you have x-results, would you like to narrow your search” might be helpful.

also the main problem is that only 8 results with all this info is a bit too much. A list of names with less space would be great. That way the space needed for 8 results could be for 24 results.

]]> By: philip http://blog.snooth.com/2007/09/28/tell-us-what-to-do/#comment-1318 philip Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:24:51 +0000 http://blog.snooth.com/2007/09/28/tell-us-what-to-do/#comment-1318 Ryan - as mark mentioned elsewhere, there's now a 'link to this page' icon on each search result. You would do a search, tweak/narrow your search using the sliders and other options, then once you'd set the parameters you can click the link to this page and copy the url. Ryan - as mark mentioned elsewhere, there’s now a ‘link to this page’ icon on each search result.

You would do a search, tweak/narrow your search using the sliders and other options, then once you’d set the parameters you can click the link to this page and copy the url.

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