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Date/time might be nice to display with the link on the home page. (Also
makes it more clear 

why some items with lower values are higher on the list than bigger value ones)

When you close or refresh a tab/window before it is fully loaded, it
displays the 
"Are you sure you want to navigate away from this page?

Click CANCEL to keep the Go2.me header at the top of the page.

Press OK to continue, or Cancel to stay on the current page."
dialog.

The action of it is kind of weird. Cancel just cancels the close or
refresh.  If you hit OK it either closes or refreshes the page (based on
which action 'disrupted' the page from loading).

After leaving the browser open for several hours (with several tabs open to
go2me links)  each tab had, in the chat window, a long list of errors:

First:
Go2.me: Lost authorization for chat...retrying - 3 hours ago

Then repeatedly after:
Go2.me: The Go2.me server failed to respond - 1 hour ago

While this message may be useful at times, I feel like filling up the chat
window with errors every time a user goes AFK will make the site look buggy.

Expected (minimum): Prevent the system from displaying multiple errors in a
row at least (dont repeat the second message, i got it 4 times in the
particular window i still have open).  You should never display the same
error message twice in a row.

Expected (even better): Don't show errors unless the user makes an action
which they can tell failed (sending message failed).  Possibly, if there is
some problem connecting to the server (no longer live updating), put one
message that says "Disconnected: Refresh to reconnect."  But I think in
general, under-messaging errors is the better policy as it downplays
failures on the sites behalf.

1. Click through a g02.me link 
2. In the header, enter comment like 5 comment tags (for best results use
20+ char tags)

Observed: The longer the comments get, the more screwed up the page looks,
eventually wrapping the close button (and other right aligned elements)
underneath the rest of the header contents.

Expected: Close button, viewed shared and comment counts should remain in
righthand corner.  Tags should wrap onto multiple lines and be MSword
"right aligned" style.

Just redirect to the original url (or the g02.me home page if it is not a 
valid link).

In my profile, my location is set to "Los Angeles", but when I hover over
my user icon at the top of the chat window, it displays "cwkoss (Bellevue,
WA, USA), presumably harvested from IP address.  

Expected:  If the user has defined their location, you should not disclose
their current location based on IP.  You should use the user entered
location in all relevant locations.

1. Click on this link: http://go2.me/G
2. Take a look at the right-hand side of the browser, you'll see a
scrollbar for the entire g02.me frame.
3. Scroll down to see the "About Go2.me | Blog | Feedback" links.
4. Refresh the page -- notice the scrollbar disappears and everything is
sized correctly.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
--I expected the outer frame to be correctly sized. Instead, the first load
of the page seems to place the About/Blog/Feedback links too low.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
I am using the latest launched version (1st red version that went live) in
Firefox on Ubuntu Linux.

Please provide any additional information below.

In the upper right hand corner there is a link that says "Close (X)". 
Weirdness is that 

different things happen when you click the text and when you click the (x).
 When you click the 

link, it does what i assume to be the proper action, it removes the frame,
good stuff.  When I 

click the (X) however, it pops a new window without the frame.  I dont
think that is right, 

don't know when i would ever want that to happen.

I think the labeling is a bit confusing, because when you click on your
username, it takes you to your profile, but when you click Profile, it
takes you to a page to edit your profile.

Proposed Change:  Change (Profile) to (Edit)

The favorite feature was kind of confusing to me for a while.  

All other actions increase some sort of 'count' on the link, but
favorite-ing it doesn't. (And it appears to not change the score either.)

For a while I thought that favoriting might be a mechanism for 'pinning'
your favorite links to the top of your profile, but then i realized that
location in profile is just based on which item you have last interacted with.

So what is this feature for?  If you aren't planning on expanding it I
would say take it out.  

Ways you could make this feature more useful:
1. Make favorites purely about your own profile, its a way to 'pin' your
favorite items to the top of your profile.  In this case, I would say there
should be a distinct area at the top of the profile showing favorites
before recent activity.  Make it a way of "expressing yourself"
2. Instead just make a separate <username's> favorites page.
3. Incorporate Favorites into the scoring system/ show 'favorited' counts
4. The empty star icon could be made clearer.  As of now, it is very
confusing to figure out what has happened after you favorite something.

On user and tag pages, when an anonymous user was the creator of a link,
there, under the Created heading, it doesn't display a user icon or
username, and goes directly to creation date.

When an anonymous user creates a link, I think it would aesthetically
preferable to both add a default anonymous user icon (filed as other bug)
and display "anonymous" in place of the username, before the date, to
improve the cohesion and flow of the column.

"Install the bookmarket" (bookmarket -> bookmark*L*et) first title on front
page

VERY EASY to game front page.  Actions can be done as many times as anyone
wants (share, 

comment, view).  Dont know what to do about that though.  

[throttle based on IP/User/JSON calls limits]

Go to my profile:
http://go2.me/user/cwkoss

You will notice that my user icon doesn't show up before my name in the
"Created" column.  

Expected: It should be there.  

Note: thought it could be some outdated database-type weirdness, so i
uploaded a new photo, and it still isn't showing up

I find it somewhat hard to read long lists of links, particularly on the
user page because of the inclusion of text and tags with each link.  

I think the best solution for this may be alternating the background color
of each row (subtly will probably look best, like two different shades of
very light blue)

an example of the 'row alternation' can be seen here, but the color
difference is far too drastic.
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/background-colors-javascript/

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Go to the homepage
2. Move your mouse up to the top right of the page and try to either select
the text box to login, or click on your nickname.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect that when my mouse is over an interactive part of the page, that
the mouse image will change appropriately, and that I will be able to
select it. Instead, I could mouse over most of the link without anything
happening until I get to the very top.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
First live version of the red layout, in Firefox 3 on Ubuntu.

Please provide any additional information below.
This happens regardless of my logged in/out state. When logged out, the
text box cannot be selected but for a small section at the top (and the
button is wonky). When signed in, the same thing happens to the nickname
and account links.

On your user page, (good example because you share often) you don't have
any links older than 7 days at the moment.  It appears that this is because
the page is limited to 50 items.  

Expected: users should be able to view their links, activity that is older
than their past 50 actions.  Paging needed. 

This causes all sorts of design breakages/ugliness.  Should probably put
some reasonable limit on it.

So, I agree that having the original URL on the framed page is probably the
right thing to do, but specifially the way it is implemented is suprising/a
little counter intuitive.

When you click it, the only thing it does is reload the frame.  So this
satisfies the (presumably somewhat uncommon) edge case that:
1. Someone has navigated off the original page within the frame
2. They have clicked that before and understand that it will refresh within
frame (I thought it would remove the frame)
3. They want to return to the original page.

Another way it might be used is for copying the original URL (which is
presumably a deprecated action). 

Proposed: In conjunction with a previously filed bug, you could put the
text box with the Go2.me link where this link currently resides
(encouraging user to copy it, possibly with copy to clipboard button), and
after put the words "Source: <domain only>" which removes the frame. 
Redundant frame removal is a tad weird though.  I feel like it would be
less weird than current action though.

Recently I linked this site:
http://go2.me/1z

Which got taken down for DMCA violation (as you commented)

It would be nice to have a way to delete this from my account, so i don't
permanently have a dead link in my profile.

When a link has a lot of comments, once the page is fully loaded, it
scrolls down to the text 

box, because the cursor starts inside of it.  because of this, you dont see
the logo or 

anything, there are just comments, and then a comment input box.  Less than
ideal.  Maybe you 

can make it so ONLY the comments scroll/page, and everything else is fixed
into the frame. (also 

would help get rid of the scroll bars, which i think are ugly.

home page design is too minimalist, hard to tell where eye is supposed to go.  

Not implemented

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Create a go2.me link
2. Visit the page
3. Notice the blank advertisement space

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect an advertisement to show up in the alloted space. Instead it is blank.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
The first live version of the red layout in Firefox 3 on Ubuntu.

Please provide any additional information below.
After a while, the ads do show up. Not sure what the time delay is.

Random idea that probably takes way too long to implement but i think would
be cool:  make 

g02.me work like a shared browser, so people can simultaneously view the
same instance of a web 

page, either of them can use their mouse to browse (you see other users'
cursors on the page, or 

maybe only one user at a time has control), and there is a chat window on
top.  with this you 

could watch youtube videos with someone remotely.  okay, might be a bit too
far out to be 

useful. it would be COOL though, and i like the notion of making internet
browsing more social 

activity.

The remove frame icon (a little box with an X in it) looks too much like a
checked box to me.  In addition it is unlabeled, and in closest proximity
to the Sign Out link (or Set It button if anonymous). 

I feel like clicking it is going to sign me out, or deactivate some
currently active "checked thing" rather than removing the frame.  Simply
changing the icon to look less like a check box will probably help this a
lot.  Possibly also consider adding the word remove, but might not be
necessary.

A user can register a username with periods, which makes the query to find
their username break.  

Example:

Username: "bob."

userpage url: http://go2.me/user/bob.

result: "Fail: Page not found." error, puts "user bob" into google search box.

Expected: Disallow use of periods in username.

i was able to create "/1l" which is http://ytmnd.com and another "/1m"
which is 

http://www.ytmnd.com (added www.) .Is that a problem?

I am trying to think about the use case for this:  Who do you think is
going to be clicking it and why?  Certainly if someone is trying to write
an article about you, seeing other articles would probably make it easier
for them.  

Do you usually search to see what articles have been written about a
website when you first arrive there and are considering using it?

Its not that i necessarily see it as a negative to the site, but more
perhaps 'underutilized space.'  

The title of a tag page is "<tag> pages" but the header reads "<tag> links"
 this should be consistent. 

From cwkoss

1. click through a g02.me link
2. under the header, navigate to a different page within the frame
3. click 'close (x)'

observed:  the originally saved page reloads. (losing what was previously
navigated to)

expected:  (if technically possible) reload the page the user is currently
on, regardless of whether it was the saved link or not.

From cwkoss

1. Navigate to a user page and look at the title. (ex. cwkoss goes to
mckoss's user page)

Observed: the title appears as "Go2.me - cwkoss's activity |"

Expected:  title should reflect the user's whose page is it, not the user
who is looking at it. "Go2.me - mckoss's activity |"

Also, user pages are the only pages which have a title that end in a
vertical bar "|".  Slightly inconsistent, extremely minor.

I feel like a general reduction of text on the homepage above the fold
would help the site in terms of approachability.

"Link Sharing and Discussion Service" sounds too formal to be in any way
enjoyable.  "Shrink a link, send to friends, chat about it, and do it
again." (too long/cheesy? "and do it again" could be dropped, breaks rhyme
though) "Your own personal version of the internet"

"Exchange comments with your readers" sounds like I maybe shouldn't use the
site if I don't have readers yet. (Shouldn't be Live-Chat value prop anyways)

The What is Go2.Me and Go2.Me Benefits sections are kind of redundant.  I
say they should be merged.  Also, organized to align with user flow:

What is Go2.Me?
o Shorter links - Go2.me links are only 16 characters long - perfect for
Twitter messages. Try it: http://Go2.me/G
o Easy Sharing - Single-click sharing of your links via Email, Facebook, or
Twitter.
o Feedback - Get statistics on how many people are viewing your links
o Live Chat - Comments on links update in real time, so you can have a
conversation with other people viewing the same link, or just leave a note
for later.


Personalized and Promote dont make enough sense with their respective
explanations and aren't strong enough value props.  Great to message they
they exist, but maybe put it on a "Look at all these cool other things you
can do with our site" page.  (Actually I think it would be really great to
create a page with every even slightly hidden feature all listed out, a
level below the homepage, like link after this list "See all the other
stuff go2me can do!" List: Username w/o signin, lock down login with google
account, list of links, personalize profile, tags, etc.)

See page:

http://g02.me/14

I noticed that some 'portrait' images were flowing out of the header, so I
changed my profile image to be about 5 time taller than it is wide.  See
attatched image for what happens.


Expected:  Profile pictures need to be constrained in both directions to
prevent overflow.

By altering the (document.title) in the bookmarklet to ("misc internet
stupidity") the user can 

control what the title of the page is.  This is slightly problematic, as
any subsequent users 

who hit their undoctored g02me button get this "misc internet stupidity" as
a title of the page. 

ie. whoever does it first, its permanent.

The positioning and size of the About Me box just looks weird to me.  It is
disconnected from all the other elements, doesn't align with any other
components of the page, the half-width thing looks kind of weird too. 
Also, I don't feel like the grey on purple/pink really looks very good.

Proposed:  Make it full width, black text centered, floating over the white
background between between the header and the links.  Start with "About
Me:" bolded, and let it flow to multiple lines if needed. Not completely
happy with this solution, however.  

Seeing as how Go2.me's growth model is pretty much just 'viral',  putting
the Go2.me link in a text box which can be highlighted (possibly with a
"Copy to Clipboard" button following it) could increase changes of people
thinking to distribute the link.  

I would propose the "statics box" (creator icon, creation date, viewers) as
a good location for this, immediately above the Chat header.

On tag or user pages with little content, a tag cloud would greatly
increase browsability.

ex. http://go2.me/tag/bomb

There is (at the time of filing this report) only one link with that tag. 
On this page, there is no way to navigate to more content, with the
exception going to the home page, or clicking the user who shared (if
available).

Need to support tag-based ranking - use List Property to store (top) tags 
per score.

Say you are a random internet user and you browse to the home page, and
click the bookmarklet link.   You see this message (the one when you
successfully "install" the bookmarklet and click it on the go2.me homepage)

"Warning: Congratulations on installing the Go2.ME bookmarklet. You should
use it when you want to share a web page BESIDES one on Go2.ME."

For the user who just randomly click this first thing when they came to the
page, it is probably quite confusing, and they will likely be lost, think
some random software just got installed on their computer, etc.

Proposed:  Add copy to this page to help people in this situation.  
"Congratulations, it looks like you have successfully installed the Go2.ME
bookmarklet. You should use it when you want to share a web page BESIDES
one on Go2.ME.  If you haven't successfully installed the bookmarklet yet,
Just drag this bookmarklet to your bookmarks toolbar*: <Go2.ME
bookmarklet>"  More detailed instructions could also be useful. 

Also, "Warning: Congratulations..." is kind of funny.  Title is "Error-
Congratulations..."  same deal.

Not implemented

"Community URL Sharing Servive" isn't sexy enough.

A contiguous really long word (common use case: a crazylong url) will, if
long enough, flow off 

right side of box, and make scroll bar appear on bottom of the box.

On the home page, under today's most popular links, pages without a favicon
don't have any icon in front of them, making it harder to differentiate
what is a link, and what is just the title of the link wrapping.  Adding a
'default' favicon would help this problem.  Personal recommendation: A box
with the letters 'url' inside of it.

Similarly, in the 'By' column, while users that have registered but haven't
uploaded a picture get the default picture, unregistered users just have a
blank space instead of a picture.  I think it would look better if the
default picture was used for all users who haven't uploaded a user image,
or create a special icon (maybe silhouette w/ question mark over it) for
non-signed in users.

While making the chatbox a different color to differentiate it from the
background is a good idea, the specific choice of grey on white makes it
look like it is a 'dead' or inactive text box.  It should be white inside,
and possibly change the background if needed.  Just not grey.

At the top of the chat box, above the text is a short box with only my
single user image.  

If that always the case, than it is just way too much white space, and
needs some redesign.

It does occur to me that that could be an "active users in this room"
field, in which case this needs to be messaged clearer, as much of the time
it will look exactly as it does now, especially just after creating a link.
 There too much white space.  Maybe if you are the only person in the room,
put some text in there that says, "You are the only person on this page,
invite more people to chat."  Or at least just indicate "1 person on this
page." to make it clearer.

Either way, shouldn't be that much white space ever.

If you are trying to play up the "come chat with random people on the
internet" thing (which is not necessarily the right direction, but...) On
the home page, you should highlight links which have people in them
actively chatting, so people on the homepage can see that there is actually
something going on on that page right at this moment.  

Right now, any chat which has lively discussion probably will bubble up
pretty high, but actively messaging that a ongoing conversation is
happening gives users a different and additional reason as to why they
might want to click the link.

Similarly, you might want to create a "someone's here" or "3 people here"
icon (presumably same one used on homepage), so when you are browsing
through any list of links on the site (ex. your own profile), you will
immediately notice which pages have the possibility for live chat.