Dan Denney

Using Crazyegg to find UI errors

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:18:00 -0500

I really appreciated everyone’s points about the UI for my latest project FlMillion.com. So, as I evaluated them I also signed up for Crazyegg to get some anonymous user feedback. (I originally tried clickheat but gave up on getting it working after 2 days).

Anyways, I found a significant error UI error that you can see below:

I had originally intended to have these little chips representing the areas involved, but it seems that a good amount of my 200 visitor test feels that they should be clickable. (They are now) It still needs work, I should do some sort of rollover so that they entice clicking, but I needed it corrected immediately.

The good news is that I already feel that the Crazyegg purchase was a worthwhile spend. It was a breeze to sign-up, to get installed and provides great data.

How can this be better?

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:52:00 -0500

While we have some amazing stuff in the works at FUEL, none of it is ready for sharing yet. So, I thought I would ask for some constructive CRITICISM of my latest project, flmillion.com.

The site: FLMillion.com

Background:

This site is intended to promote and offer information about a large multi-location poker tournament in the state of Florida. It’s the first of its kind and will require players to be able to quickly find out information about how to play, how many players are in, how many are left and how much is in the prize pool.

Explaining the concept has turned out to be a little tricky, so I’m wondering if any of my fellow designer tweeps or poker tweeps want to offer some constructive criticism.

I want to make this better. Providing that things go well with the event, it will become bi-annual and I will move it to ExpressionEngine to be able to track information about prior events.

For now, the site is static and has no social media whatsoever. I’m planning on some “tweet this” and “share this on Facebook” links for each “Day One” event once I’m confident that the site is ready.

So, if you’re interested in throwing your ideas of what I could do better with anything on the site, please hook me up through my nifty Wufoo form.

Top 50 Albums of 2009 - The Hype Machine

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:21:50 -0500

Top 50 Albums of 2009 - The Hype Machine:

A List Apart Survey 2009

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:12:00 -0500

A List Apart Survey 2009:

The First Episode of DoctypeTV

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:42:00 -0500

The First Episode of DoctypeTV:

I met Nick and Jim at the Front-End Design Conference this year and have bumped into them at Barcamp Tampa Bay and then LessConf. So, when they mentioned that they were putting together a show I was very eager to check it out.

I have to say that I am extremely impressed with the quality, especially for their first episode. While many shows are web guys trying to do video, they appear to be experienced video guys talking about web work. The transitions and cuts are very well done and add a a “finished” feel to the show.

If you’re a company that advertises through media, I’d suggest locking up some spots early. This show is going to catch fire. There are over 40 comments and it’s hours old….

Check it out

Hanging With the Cool Kids

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:58:00 -0500

So, I’m officially hanging with the cool kids, aka Adelle Charles, Josh Smibert and Doug Neiner with a brand spanking new site design and this new tumblr.

I want to say thank you for everyones help in getting this up and running. Adelle for designing it, Doug for coding it, Tim for trying to make me pretty on the picture and Media Temple for helping me sort the subdomain stuff.