3 Tips to make Daytrotter even better Jason Moore [email_address] 27-Apr-2007

Show it – Don’t say it the download page is nested off the article page it’s easy to miss the link – even with the “Don’t miss this page!” Proposal: Use fewer words to make link clearer Increase link visibility to emphasize importance Use verb to emphasize action (“Get free…”, “Download…”, “Listen to…” Repeat link at bottom of page current proposed INTERACTION PRINCIPLES 1.

the download page is nested off the article page

it’s easy to miss the link – even with the “Don’t miss this page!”

Proposal:

Use fewer words to make link clearer

Increase link visibility to emphasize importance

Use verb to emphasize action (“Get free…”, “Download…”, “Listen to…”

Repeat link at bottom of page

Allow for Multitasking reading about the songs is on song list page listening to song on listen/download page nothing to read on listen/download page (except the same generic text that is on every listen/download page) INTERACTION PRINCIPLES SONG LIST LISTEN/DOWNLOAD 2.

reading about the songs is on song list page

listening to song on listen/download page

nothing to read on listen/download page (except the same generic text that is on every listen/download page)

Allow for Multitasking Proposal: Allow visitors to listen or download music while reading merge song list and listen/download pages INTERACTION PRINCIPLES 2.

Proposal:

Allow visitors to listen or download music while reading

merge song list and listen/download pages

Faster Downloads flash (swf) player and download both use the same mp3 file URLs for mp3 and flash player are different two URLs for the same file, defeats the browser cache. To listen to a song, and then download it, requires two separate downloads and twice the bandwidth. INTERACTION PRINCIPLES 3.

flash (swf) player and download both use the same mp3 file

URLs for mp3 and flash player are different

two URLs for the same file, defeats the browser cache. To listen to a song, and then download it, requires two separate downloads and twice the bandwidth.

Faster Downloads Proposal: the file_download script (which counts downloads and prevents leeching) should use an HTTP redirect to point to the same URL as the flash player uses. The 2nd request would come from the browser’s cache. Result: Faster downloads, and less bandwidth. HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:52:20 GMT Location: http://www.daytrotter.com/files/RPC_Daytrotter_Session_1.mp3 GET /file_download/352 HTTP/1.1 INTERACTION PRINCIPLES 3.

Proposal: the file_download script (which counts downloads and prevents leeching) should use an HTTP redirect to point to the same URL as the flash player uses. The 2nd request would come from the browser’s cache.

Result: Faster downloads, and less bandwidth.

Thanks for reading. Keep up the good work!

Thanks for reading.

Keep up the good work!