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12 points by wilsonlin45 14 years ago · 7 comments

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prodigal_erik 14 years ago

Clean meaningful markup that works without js makes you far better than the median web author. It'd be nice if the images were also links, since the titles are pretty small Fitts' Law targets. Nobody is in the market for everything so I'd want to filter on price and maybe words like brands.

Have you considered how Craigslist reacted to PadMapper? So far they have not been happy or even coöperative about people building better alternatives to their UI. Good luck.

  • wilsonlin45OP 14 years ago

    Thanks for the feedback! We're going to be working on images being links. We heard about what happened to PadMapper but we still figured this is a nicer way to browse, nicer UI, etc.

wilsonlin45OP 14 years ago

Me and a buddy built this over this site over the weekend. We believe that pictures sell and that people want to see what they're buying. SnickSnaps posts craigslist ads that only have images in an easy to browse way. So far we're only showing 3 categories to see the feedback on what we've done so far.

therealarmen 14 years ago

I applaud the effort. With all the recent hubbub surrounding Padmapper I would have expected startups to avoid messing with Craigslist.

The best way to get a giant like Craigslist to move is to step on its' toes.

edemont1 14 years ago

Nice sleek design, I think this would definitely be much more appealing to browse through craigslist.

1obennet 14 years ago

Awesome website!

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