Comments on: Roadmap (sort of) http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/2008/11/12/roadmap-sort-of/ ...that might turn into the world's leading desk-sharing/networking service! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:16:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Nick Armitage http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/2008/11/12/roadmap-sort-of/#comment-237 Nick Armitage Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:29:33 +0000 http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/?p=384#comment-237 I think Neil's suggestion of "Why your office is ace..." is a great way of making it clearer and the tone of that sits nicely with the friendly image we wish to communicate. I have compiled a list of amendments, some which I think are necessary now, and some that are probably more just for consideration in future months.. either way, here they all are. I may have repeated a few things below that you've already mentioned in your post above Dave, I typed it last week, so just ignore any repetition! It would be a good idea for everyone else to consolidate their thoughts in the comments of this post also so Dave doesn't have to search around for it all at a later date. <strong>Flaming Desks tweaks and fiddles!</strong> <strong>General</strong> - “Welcome” / ”Hello” link - Flaming Desks is a free service that offers you the chance to find and list.. blah.. <strong>Searching for a desk</strong> - ‘Get directions’ option - ‘Zoom to location’ option - to save having to continuously double click/use zoom tool - Shouldn’t the ‘Find a desk’ button be the one that changes to the location’s profile as opposed to the ‘List a desk’ one? If you don’t realise it’s been replaced then when you come to listing a desk, you won’t know to close the location description. ‘Register an office’ should remain visible at all times, especially considering that getting people to list is our biggest challenge to date anyway! - Contact links on description: Skype, Email, Phone, Company website - “Your search returned 0 results” would make unsuccessful searches clearer - Really nice that you can register a desk in multiple industries but could we have a similar function in the search? (I.e less specific than ‘Advertising’, but more specific than ‘Any’) - After-thought: Probably far too picky actually! - After listing my house (including postcode) when I did a search by postcode (E1 7TB) in ‘Any’ industry, the results zoomed in on Ireland and showed no results however searching for E1 did work - Can we filter a search to ‘Anything near to postcode...’ - Pre-populated search box with greyed out “Town, City, Postcode” would be better than limiting to just a city search and would look nicer than “eg. London, UK” below. (Would save some space also) The Discogs search box looks nice:

 http://www.discogs.com <strong>Listing a desk</strong> - As a freelance graphic designer to search for desks within the entire creative and media industry rather than specifically just a graphic design office would be good. Maybe suggestions of related industries/desks in the area could display if your initial search is unsuccessful? Search results could display “Results” and below display “Related search results” - “Other” option for industry? - Whilst the photo uploads it would be nice to have a progress bar or something as I though it had crashed! - Once the thumbnail becomes visible, it says “undefined” next to it - No cropping capability - would be nice if we had some (I know Dave spent a lot of time trying to get technical with it, but even a simple basic form of it would be nice at this stage) - “Many thanks, your office is now listed!” message as an overlay and map zoomed in to your desk’s location would be awesome! Would save me from having to then do a manual search to find out if my listing had been successful - No “Login” / “View my desks” section so no way of editing my desk once listed <strong>Additional thoughts for the future</strong> “My favourite desks” section so you can refer to a list of previous places you've been to..? I think Neil’s suggestion of “Why your office is ace…” is a great way of making it clearer and the tone of that sits nicely with the friendly image we wish to communicate.

I have compiled a list of amendments, some which I think are necessary now, and some that are probably more just for consideration in future months.. either way, here they all are. I may have repeated a few things below that you’ve already mentioned in your post above Dave, I typed it last week, so just ignore any repetition!

It would be a good idea for everyone else to consolidate their thoughts in the comments of this post also so Dave doesn’t have to search around for it all at a later date.

Flaming Desks tweaks and fiddles!

General
- “Welcome” / ”Hello” link - Flaming Desks is a free service that offers you the chance to find and list.. blah..

Searching for a desk

- ‘Get directions’ option
- ‘Zoom to location’ option - to save having to continuously double click/use zoom tool
- Shouldn’t the ‘Find a desk’ button be the one that changes to the location’s profile as opposed to the ‘List a desk’ one? If you don’t realise it’s been replaced then when you come to listing a desk, you won’t know to close the location description. ‘Register an office’ should remain visible at all times, especially considering that getting people to list is our biggest challenge to date anyway!
- Contact links on description: Skype, Email, Phone, Company website
- “Your search returned 0 results” would make unsuccessful searches clearer
- Really nice that you can register a desk in multiple industries but could we have a similar function in the search? (I.e less specific than ‘Advertising’, but more specific than ‘Any’) - After-thought: Probably far too picky actually!
- After listing my house (including postcode) when I did a search by postcode (E1 7TB) in ‘Any’ industry, the results zoomed in on Ireland and showed no results however searching for E1 did work
- Can we filter a search to ‘Anything near to postcode…’
- Pre-populated search box with greyed out “Town, City, Postcode” would be better than limiting to just a city search and would look nicer than “eg. London, UK” below. (Would save some space also) The Discogs search box looks nice:

 http://www.discogs.com

Listing a desk

- As a freelance graphic designer to search for desks within the entire creative and media industry rather than specifically just a graphic design office would be good. Maybe suggestions of related industries/desks in the area could display if your initial search is unsuccessful? Search results could display “Results” and below display “Related search results”
- “Other” option for industry?
- Whilst the photo uploads it would be nice to have a progress bar or something as I though it had crashed!
- Once the thumbnail becomes visible, it says “undefined” next to it
- No cropping capability - would be nice if we had some (I know Dave spent a lot of time trying to get technical with it, but even a simple basic form of it would be nice at this stage)
- “Many thanks, your office is now listed!” message as an overlay and map zoomed in to your desk’s location would be awesome! Would save me from having to then do a manual search to find out if my listing had been successful
- No “Login” / “View my desks” section so no way of editing my desk once listed

Additional thoughts for the future
“My favourite desks” section so you can refer to a list of previous places you’ve been to..?

]]> By: Neil Cocker http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/2008/11/12/roadmap-sort-of/#comment-235 Neil Cocker Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:11:04 +0000 http://www.flamingdesks.com/blog/?p=384#comment-235 "Just renaming it probably won’t do, we might need some explanation or help." You could just say "Describe the desk/space/office", or "Why your office is ace"....? “Just renaming it probably won’t do, we might need some explanation or help.”

You could just say “Describe the desk/space/office”, or “Why your office is ace”….?

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