My startup idea: ClipArena.com - I made it in one week. What do you think?

[pramodbiligiri]

Wow, nice idea and executed excellently. One week? I gather you are a webdev in your day job then? XHTML Strict, jquery etc...

A couple of suggestions: For about 20 secs I couldn't figure out what this site was. Maybe a helpful tagline close to the logo? The vertical list of arenas next to the videos jerks a bit as I hover. A little unsettling. Some extra margin or padding for those boxes should fix it.

Try some viral angle - "Tell a Friend" or something. Maybe a Gabbly box to chat with anyone else who is on at the same time.

Best of luck. I hope you don't get porned.

[vuknje]

thank you for your time and suggestions. yes, i was a webdev in my day job before i quit

you're right - some tagline should be fine.. any ideas?

for viral angle: i plan to make generated code for embeding arena into a web site

gabbly looks interesting, i didn't see it before. thanks for information

cheers

[codeLullaby]

Nice concept, nice design. Great job vuknje.

But there is a bug in there. If you click multiple times fast enough(or if the same arena is opened in multiple tabs before i start voting ), it accepts each click as a valid vote.

Do not depend on UI components/client side script for validation.

And in UI, it says "New Arenas (1 - 10) " although it shows only 1-3 (/new.php)

Hope this helps. All the best vuknje.

[vuknje]

thanks for feedback!

i fixed a bug you've found.

[ed]

Just a thought: do the winners in each category bubble up to the top? It'd be cool to try and "challenge the #1 spot" with your own video.

[jaed]

Feature request: Please change the UI so it doesn't look so Web 2.Oh :-)

[vuknje]

hmm.. but it would take me an additional week.. it's too much time in a web2.0 world ;) btw, your site (altruistiq.com) looks awesome.

[Lockheed]

Honestly, it looks GREAT! and it works great! I love the concept. Kind of HotOrNot+Video mashup. Sweet.

[get rid of that "sexy " stuff. Look at dailymotion.com .Now they are working hard to get rid of the porn content.Reason, they didnt care about it in the beginning ]

[vuknje]

Thank you for your feedback. Hmm.. there is a difference between "sexy" and "porn".. but, maybe you're right..

[rchambers]

Nice layout. Easy to use. Good Luck!

[vuknje]

Thanks!

[mattrandle]

Its fantastic & very entertaining.

A true testament to what can be achieved with skill, knowledge, and an idea.

Well done.

[vuknje]

Thanks, dude.

[iamwil]

btw, myyearbook.com has implemented something similar. At least your site doesn't give me motion sickness.

[sgraham]

I see no way to vote. (FF2)

[sabat]

I like the idea a lot. I have no idea how you vote for a clip, though. You should make that dead obvious.

[vuknje]

There are big green "vote" buttons under each video. They disappear if you have voted, and result is shown.

[aarontait]

Looks gorgeous. Where's the business model? You can't have a business without a way for it to make money.

[sabat]

All you need is a regular audience of visitors and you can make money. Take PlentyOfFish.com for instance. Revenues of more then $5 million per year, all ad-driven.