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Wow, just when I thought “Organ-ease” was as cheesy a post title as I could possibly make…
This latest screenshot shows a feature of the new Beckett.com that will be a giant hit, graphical population reports. No more staring at black and white numeric charts, that is just “soooooo 2007.”
Thankfully I really don’t have much to try explain on this one. This shows the population (number) of cards graded and the grades they got. As you can see, there are choices of graphs as well, and you can get as specific as you want, or just get a general overview like the one shown here.
This top of this screenshot also shows the tabs that are at the bottom of every player’s page….wait!
Have I mentioned that every player has their own page? Every team? Every product? Every…everything.
There will be much more on that in one of the next posts, but for now here is a sneak-peak-in-a-sneak-peak of Tom Brady’s player page.
Ok, back to where I was going in the first place, the tabs. On every-”things” page, (”thing” being player, team, product, ect.) those tabs will allow you to easily choose what you want to do there.
Want to see grading stats? Want to read the latest news on some “thing?” Want to trade for it? Want to see who has it to sell? Want pricing? In the case of Tom Brady, this screenshot shows discussions (think message boards) about him. I am not sure why someone hates you Tom (or whoever that ‘you’ actually refers to), but people are free to say what they like there, within reason, of course.
Whatever kind of page you are on (player, team, product, individual card) those tabs will relate accordingly.
This started off as just a quick “show off” post while I worked on long-winded explanations of other features…but I am learning as soon as I explain something, it brings up a dozen related things to talk about. Everything fits together on the new site, so if I don’t talk in depth about something, rest assured I will get to it!
Still, don’t be afraid to ask about stuff that I just gloss over quickly!
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Hmmm, interesting. It would also be nice, because it in some way deals with collecting, to be able to see what the people are rating players in terms of popularity. I mean, it doesn’t directly relate to…”Oh, that card is going to be worth something,” but at least people will know that someone’s rookie just went down in value because everyone’s not happy with their rap (not talking about any Kazaam character at all). Just an idea. I do like the individual pages though. Keep it up.
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Comment by XstreamINsanity July 3, 2008 @ 4:29 pmeh, I’m a simple folk and don’t really care for all the bells, whistles, hoo ha’s, ding dangs, and son of a guns. can’t wait to see it though.
Comment by President Obama July 3, 2008 @ 4:40 pmFair enough. I am pretty simple myself (some would probably say “simpleton”), and I simply like how simple it is to navigate through the new site. I am as excited as anyone.
(As a side note, my enthusiasm for the new site is not simply blowing smoke or simple brown-nosing the Beckett-powers-that-be, I honestly mean it.)
Now, I know what “bells, whistles, ding dangs, and son of a guns,” are, but what exactly is a “hoo ha?”
Comment by ejahnke July 3, 2008 @ 5:17 pmSo what if I want to view the black & white, plain old number system for the population reports. Will I have that option?
Comment by Mark July 8, 2008 @ 7:51 am