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Comment by maukdaddy | Hacker News Reader

Obligatory clickable:

I'd lose the atrocious bevel on logo, looks positively amateurish. What's wrong with plain old outlined font? Also, you need the bare minimum of added value: let users rate games. Put the ratings in a database. There, you just add some value.

Alternatively, a hand-picked selection of games is more value to me as a visitor, than if you had every flash game in the universe embedded on that page. No one has the time to play all those. Choosing which ones are worthy of wasting your time is the hardest part.

Logo changed. I just dropped the bevel as advised. Better?

Ratings and comments "incoming" - on the list. There's a lot of feedback on here so It's going to take me a few days to prioritize everything.

Facebook comments are quick though. I've done that before.

looks weird on opera. the enlarged preview for a game on mouseover gets too big for the grid, so that the entire next row is pushed back.

thanks :) I can't bear to even think about how it looks in IE.

I'm honestly thinking of just putting an <!//--[if IE]-- sorry this website is not supported in IE, but here's an animated gif of a dancing bear for your amusement ---!>

around the entire site.

You probably don't want to do this, since there is (anecdotally at least) a correlation between ad clicks and less sophisticated visitors. It may be a pain, but there's a good chance that IE users will be where you make the most money.

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