In a long-awaited promotion from the “public beta” status it has enjoyed for the last 18 months, the new Gradefix.com is finally live. Many hands have played a role in getting this to where it stands today, not the least of which is Luke Larsen, who did the design built the HTML/CSS for the new site. But the face isn’t all that’s new – the back end has been overhauled with new and improved algorithms and features that our users have been asking for. Some of them were so anxious that they switched all their Gradefix use to the beta server to start enjoying the new features now. (There’s also another good reason to revisit the site: there are actually 6 different design themes that you’ll see as you visit the site. The cookie that sticks you to a single theme for your visit is valid for an hour, so either wait and come back, or delete the cookie to see the other themes.)
Screenshot of the Blue theme of the new and improved Gradefix.com
Gradefix is one example of a project that we at Code Greene conceived, planned, designed, and built for ourselves. After building enough sites for other people that make them a bundle of money, you eventually decide to make one yourself, and that’s part of how Gradefix came about. Our CEO, Mark Polson, had the dream of what Gradefix could be back in about 2003 or 2004, and we partnered up and started building it in 2005. It launched to the public in 2006, after 2 full rounds of reworking and rebuilding, and has had a few major updates to the internals in the first few years. This is not only a major improvement to the algorithm in response to user feedback, but also a dramatically improved look and feel based on the response our target audience has had to the site. It was hard at first to get used to the idea of letting go of the old look, but I’ve grown attached to the new one now, and I think it is a lot more trendy and up-to-date and will succeed a lot better with our user base, which is primarily college and high school students.
We’re always looking for feedback on Gradefix, so let us know what you think or how you think we could improve it. Feel free to blog your own reviews, or if you’re interested in an interview etc. for your own blog, let us know and we’d be happy to talk to you about it.
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Iphone app would be AWESOME. I would pay 5.99 for it and that is about the going rate for these types of apps. Funny thing though is that no one in that space is doing your timing algorithm and that is the killer feature that I want in an iphone app.
Get someone on board that can code it and we will come!! and pay!!
Thanks.