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exercise to improve
UI/UX skills.
Bug Spotting: Market Watch
This might seem kind of weird, but to improve my design skills, I’m redesigning some more or less well-known sites. Basically I’m putting my opinions to the test; if I think a layout is overrated, can I really do better?
One of these is Market Watch and after a little inspection, I’ve found a whole slew of existing design problems.
Some images in the slideshow were out of place. Haven’t determined how.
On some pages where there is a search for symbols or keywords, the text is a bit cut off. One example is the Dow Jones page.
I could be wrong, but I think these lines are meant to align. Not vital.
Bonus
Not pointing out errors, just how curious some of the names are for various DIVs. “blanket” and “hat_div” are among my favorites. Weird choices, IMHO, for “topchrome” and “chrome”.