Comments on: At inception, I created an “Internet usability” category, and, since, I have published many Jakob Nielsen stories. Many wondered why I would bother. Now, the Midas Oracle readers can understand why. http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/10/27/internet-usability/ Prediction Markets, etc. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:13:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The HSX bozos, who briefly experimented with a website “redesign”, have now reverted to their original platform. | Midas Oracle .ORG http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/10/27/internet-usability/#comment-22696 The HSX bozos, who briefly experimented with a website “redesign”, have now reverted to their original platform. | Midas Oracle .ORG Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:28:48 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=10832#comment-22696 [...] that the HSX executives who gave the green light to that “redesign” are a bunch of usability bozos, who should be sent flipping burgers on Main Street, instead of running a prediction [...] [...] that the HSX executives who gave the green light to that “redesign” are a bunch of usability bozos, who should be sent flipping burgers on Main Street, instead of running a prediction [...]

]]> By: Nigel Eccles http://www.midasoracle.org/2008/10/27/internet-usability/#comment-22313 Nigel Eccles Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:52:45 +0000 http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=10832#comment-22313 Maybe chmob96 actually meant un-sue-able, as in he is so annoyed with the site but realizes he can't sue. I know quite a few people who have been on HSX for up to 10 years and they are pretty annoyed at the new design. I'm not a heavy user there so I was fairly neutral on the change, however I think rewarding users with H$ for making comments destroys the value HSX had as a game. The users I know have spent 100's of hours building up their H$'s through smart trading. They are now liable to see the relative value of their portfolio wiped out by schmoozing hyper-inflation. Not pretty. Maybe chmob96 actually meant un-sue-able, as in he is so annoyed with the site but realizes he can’t sue. I know quite a few people who have been on HSX for up to 10 years and they are pretty annoyed at the new design. I’m not a heavy user there so I was fairly neutral on the change, however I think rewarding users with H$ for making comments destroys the value HSX had as a game. The users I know have spent 100′s of hours building up their H$’s through smart trading. They are now liable to see the relative value of their portfolio wiped out by schmoozing hyper-inflation. Not pretty.

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