Help Wanted

[Max_Glink]

Hi all,

As some of you may know a while back I launched a video game trading site called Nintari.net (http://www.nintari.net).

Not suprisingly I got a lot of complaints when it turned out not to be W3C compliant. Well now it is and I was wondering if I could get any comments, questions, or complaints from all those who don't use IE. After all, I realize that some browsers do not follow w3c standards and so I can't say with 100% certainty that it is perfect. I appreciate all your help.

Thank you

ps/ I would of course welcome any other comments or suggestions for improvement of the site.

[Nz17]

I'm using the latest verion of Opera (7.23) on Linux. As things are right now using Opera I cannot add new items to my collection but it seems that most other actions I can perform without fail. However, I'm sure this is an "Opera thing" as Mozilla/Firefox work just fine with it.

I do have some suggestions for the interface. First of all, I own a lot of games, and mainly I collect series of games (Contra, Lunar, Castlevania, Sonic, DDR, etc.), so when I initially went to add games I figured I'd do my series first and then individual games.

With Nintari.net every time I check off a game Nintari.net automatically adds it to my database. What I would prefer is that I may check as many games from a search on a page as I please and then, when finished, I would click on an "Add" button to add then all. Though the current system seems seamless on a fast connection dial-up makes its users wait for about four seconds for the one-by-one updates to happen.

Further, if someone were to use the "mulitple select" system mentioned above to add only one game to his database, Nintari.net should take that person directly to the details of the newly added game so that the user could select game, manual, and case condition immediately.

If one were to select multiple games under the "multiple select" scheme there should be a checkbox next to the Add button to add all the new items' properties jointly ("group properties"). For example, if I select Sonic R, Sonic Triple Trouble, and Sonic Blast Man, check "group properties," and then click Add, I should be taken to a screen to select game/manual/case condition, and those selections should be applied to all three games. Of course this should also be worked into the My Collection section of a profile so that the same thing can be done with already-added games.

In the My Collection section my list of games is listed alphabetically by name. I would prefer the games to be listed alphabetically by system, then futher sorted by name. Right now (as far as I can tell) it will sort by one property in either ascending or decending order and stop there. Perhaps in the user's profile/cookie a default sorting setup can be stored with primary, secondary, and trietary goals for sorting. Thus title/platform/asking in ascending/decending can be stored in perfered order, such as me wanting platform ascending primary, title ascending secondary, asking decending tritery. That way my games are listed by system, in alphabetical order, with my more costly copies first (when multiple copies are present).

I believe hardware should be sorted separately from games/software but still within the same platform; thus hardware for a system would be listed first and the games for it second.

A friend of mine (He goes by the nickname of "Link.") says one of his favorite features of the IGN game listings is that it gives an approximate original retail value for each game and the collection in total. After I told him about Nintari.net (completely free, no ads) he said the only thing keeping him on IGN -- as he doesn't use anything from IGN except the game listing -- is the fact that he can get an educated guess on the value of his modest collection. I think this would be a nice addition to Nintari.net but unlike IGN you should also list the Digital Press "going rate" for a game. Using these two values sellers would get a better idea on how much to sell a game for given its condition. Perhaps the rarity can even be given to further assist.

A nice additional feature (perhaps for future implementation) would be to take the items from a successful trade and appropriate them into the traders' collections. Thus my used Mario Kart and NIB Charge 'n' Blast show up in Joe User's collection with their associated game/manual/case conditions, and his Rez and Silhouette Mirage show up in mine.

Moreorless I like the service so far. The interface, as I mentioned above, needs a little work, but is still friendly and usable. Right now you guys should focus on making the task of adding games as fast and easy as possible. The larger your total database of available games the more people will visit and trade.

Users will sort out modifying and deleting their games with more eagerness than with adding them. After all, once they've added their games to the listing, they have invested a fair share of time into the process. Before they have their stuff listed they have no "obligation" to the site, but afterwards they are more willing to work with kinks.

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Well, since I spent so much time writing that out, I think I'll send a copy to your guys' feedback e-mail address. By the way, those career positions at Nintari.net: are those paying positions? :P

[punkoffgirl]

Figured I'd move this over to the gaming forum where the original thread of which you speak took place. Should get a bit more exposure :)