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Usability of that announcement homepage is simply horrible.


Yep, you get to the bottom and then? where is the so called call for action? or scroll to top? I was looking for a button to "let me in" and finally found a small "U.S. customers try it here!" link which I could hardly notice.

unless this is on purpose (to lower the amount of users somehow to let the system avoid a spike or something) then I really don't get it.

and after you go in, it's a pinterest wall.


First I thought my browser was broken, I am still not sure if it is or if it renders as intended. It is also too wide for my 1024px screen.

The feed's popups are too high for a 600px screen. And since it is javascript, you cannot scroll up and down the whole window frame. You cannot open items in tabs using ctrl, javascript will capture the mouseclick, you have to rightclick and choose from the menu. Did I mention how much I love javascript and its improvements to user experience?


It may just be me, but I thought the link for US users to "try it" was not obvious enough. At first I thought maybe eBay was offline for a few days while they switched over or something (but then I realized that would be crazy!).


I hope the usability of the shopping cart is better than this page. If not, it seems they may have stolen a page from GoDaddy's book.


omg couldnt agree more, the main images being viewable through the vertically scrolling slit overlay thingy, wtf makes my eyes bleed




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