Author Topic: Killer new interface (Read 8898 times)

LostOne · « **on:** January 09, 2009, 07:44 »

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We have hundreds of features we want to produce on iStock. The problem is time. If we come up with a new feature today, we probably couldn't implement it for 7 or 8 months. Such is life with a site as large and complex as iStock.

We especially have a lot of great interface enhancements. We wanted a way to test and implement them quickly without interfering with the main development track. We also had some experience doing rapid app development in Mac OS X and it had many of the features we were looking for.

This is how 'Dexter' was born (Dexter was our code-name for the project: a 'killer new interface' — don't laugh, it took many sleepless nights to come up with that ). For the past 3 months, we've been developing this stand-alone app that allows customers to rapidly find and download iStock content. Here at Macworld, we were finally ready to show it to the world.

http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=82230&page=1

Perry · « **Reply #1 on:** January 09, 2009, 07:48 »

Quote from: LostOne on January 09, 2009, 07:44

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For the past 3 months, we've been developing this stand-alone app that allows customers to rapidly find and download iStock content.

http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=82230&page=1

I wish they had the same enthusiasm for uploading content...

LostOne · « **Reply #2 on:** January 09, 2009, 07:53 »

Yup. There are things that need to fixed on the site, but looks like an (optional) app for the buyers is more important. If it weren't for deepmeta we would still be uploading the images one by one (some still do, since vectors aren't supported in DM).

Gannet77 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 09, 2009, 08:11 »

What, buyers aren't important?

PaulieWalnuts · « **Reply #4 on:** January 09, 2009, 08:26 »

Anything that gives the buyers better tools to find and buy images is top on my priority list.

I wonder how much better of an experience this software would give over using the site. More accurate search results? Faster performance?

Fran · « **Reply #5 on:** January 09, 2009, 08:32 »

This is how 'Dexter' was born (Dexter was our code-name for the project: a 'killer new interface' — don't laugh, it took many sleepless nights to come up with that ). For the past 3 months, we've been developing this stand-alone app that allows customers to rapidly find and download iStock content. Here at Macworld, we were finally ready to show it to the world.

For the love of anything that is holy and italian, please don't program at night and try to pass it as a good thing. It's evil. It makes worst software. It slows you down. It generates more bugs. It makes you look unprofessional.
*End of my geeky rant*

bittersweet · « **Reply #6 on:** January 09, 2009, 08:56 »

I think they were referring to spending many sleepless nights to come up with the name, not the program.

Fran · « **Reply #7 on:** January 09, 2009, 08:58 »

Quote from: whatalife on January 09, 2009, 08:56

I think they were referring to spending many sleepless nights to come up with the name, not the program.

Even worse! *ranting*

thesentinel · « **Reply #8 on:** January 09, 2009, 08:59 »

Quote from: whatalife on January 09, 2009, 08:56

I think they were referring to spending many sleepless nights to come up with the name, not the program.

Maybe they ought to have called in Sinister not Dexter, that would be more in keeping for the kneejerk responses to anything connected with istock

bittersweet · « **Reply #9 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:06 »

Quote from: thesentinel on January 09, 2009, 08:59

Quote from: whatalife on January 09, 2009, 08:56
I think they were referring to spending many sleepless nights to come up with the name, not the program.

Maybe they ought to have called in Sinister not Dexter, that would be more in keeping for the kneejerk responses to anything connected with istock

LOL Dexter actually is pretty sinister when you think about it... a duplicitous killer who appears to be one thing but is really something else entirely. Maybe that is the clue. This is the beginning of iStock's evil plot to take over the world, one Mac at a time.

LostOne · « **Reply #10 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:16 »

Maybe they had this Dexter in mind:

The boy genius

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #11 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:31 »

I thought it was this Dexter:

bittersweet · « **Reply #12 on:** January 09, 2009, 09:35 »

LOL

Yes! A free box of Crumply Crunch with every 10 downloads!

hoi ha · « **Reply #13 on:** January 10, 2009, 00:32 »

I surely do wish they would fix all the stuff that is broken before rushing head long into introducing this supposedly new interface - as a buyer I find the site a major headache - it is beyond slow and is constantly getting hung up ... quite frankly it is the least user friendly of all the sites combined - perhaps they should start focuing on trying to remedy the basics first.

shank_ali · « **Reply #14 on:** January 10, 2009, 01:02 »

A contributor can only contribute.The company that the contributor contributes too changes periodically for the good of the company.
We are told and sometimes asked for our opinion on changes.Change will happen with or without contributors input.
Buyers will come and buyers will leave.

hoi ha · « **Reply #15 on:** January 10, 2009, 01:25 »

Quote from: shank_ali on January 10, 2009, 01:02

Buyers will come and buyers will leave.

You just need to make sure it's more of the former and less of the latter ...

jsolie · « **Reply #16 on:** January 10, 2009, 17:36 »

Quote from: PaulieWalnuts on January 09, 2009, 08:26

Anything that gives the buyers better tools to find and buy images is top on my priority list.

+1

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