I know it’s been a while since I last posted here, but let’s just move past that for now, and get to the bit where I talk about…
Last week I managed, by chance, to get a sneak peek at the site before its official launch yesterday. It actually looked pretty good on the surface; obviously borrowing heavily from Trade Me, for better or for worse. There were UI quirks here and there, but it looked fairly polished, and performed exceptionally fast (as it should under pretty much no load).
Yesterday, however, it became apparent that you didn’t have to scratch very deep to discover some alarming issues; the two of note being: