Hey, check out the new colorful polls on Pollsb.com!

We’ve just launched two major changes on Pollsb. The first is a new “Answer Me” box on the homepage, that shows you which people vote like you. It’ll make it way easier to find people you share opinions with, and hopefully match you up with the right Pollsb crowd. It’s just the first from a list of cool features we’re planning for that box on the homepage. Let’s just say, it’s going to be your ticket for the Pollsb ride. We’ve also cleaned up the homepage a bit and made it more neat and organized.

Another big (huge!) change is our new user page which was completely redesigned, and includes a set of profile questions for each user to fill out. Questions range from “Do you Smoke?” to “Do you believe in god?” and are awesome ways to let other people know more about you. We’ll be adding/switching questions as we go along. In the future, we’re going to do some pretty cool stuff with your answers to these questions and how they relate to your opinions… but we’re still keeping these plans hush-hush. Another great big change is an “Answer Me” box on your user page, that allows visitors to answer all of your questions right there on your page.

Still here? What are you waiting for? Go fix your new user page!

If you follow this blog you know we’ve been working on a new homepage for Pollsb for quite some time. We almost launched it in July, but then decided to take a moment and rethink some areas, rework some glitches, and improve other areas on the site. So today we’re proud to present you with not just a new homepage, but a whole new look for Pollsb, with a refreshed look for every internal page on the site and added functionalities.

We consider this new version a public beta, and want to encourage you, dear Pollsb community, to help us map all the remaining bugs and glitches. Go, explore the site, and if you find any problem, we’d love to hear about it. To report any bugs, email us at: info [at] pollsb [dot] com.

To learn more about new areas of the homepage, and what we were thinking when we created them, visit our past blog posts about the new homepage.

Work on the new homepage is still underway. Red-eyed, scruffy developers crowd the water cooler as the race enters its last phase. We’ve been playing with the monster for a week now, and we like it a lot. It will certainly make an impace on the site.

One dilemma we still have, and wish to share with you, is the Obsessive Pollsters dilemma: as you can see, the bottom of our new homepage is dedicated to top users. It includes the following weekly charts:

• Top Voters: users who voted on most polls that week.

• Top commentators: users who commented the most that week.

• Popular pollsters: users who have created the most popular polls that week.

• Obsessive pollsters: users who have created the most polls that week.

We’re not 100% sure about that last term. What do you think? Should we keep calling it Obsessive pollsters? Or should we change it to something else? got any specific ideas? Let us know.

Vote and comment on our poll:

It’s crunch time here. Will the team make it with a ready for QA homepage on Thursday?  Who will win the office pool? (we placed bets on the date in which the new homepage will be ready). In the meantime, here’s another great homepage feature: the Pollsb spirit:

The spirit section is a graphical interpretation of the most discussed topics of that week on Pollsb. So, for example, the more political polls get posted, the bigger the politics chunk of the pie chart will be. The drop down menu will also allow you to see the pie chart for different demographics of the general voter population on Pollsb. It’ll show you the most dominant age group in the site, as well as where most voters come from, and what’s the gender segmentation for any given week.

Day two of our homepage marathon.

Spent some time last night reading all of the comments we received on the homepage poll. Most of you loved it. Some thought it was a bit too busy. We suspect it appears busier than it actually is in the screenshot: the actual design is much bigger, and will spread across your entire screen. At least that’s the opinion of our design guru:

Today I want to write a bit about one of the most exciting elements of our new homepage: the “Your Feeds” section.

Appearing only when a user is logged into the site, and taking the center stage of the new homepage, is a new feed box that will hopefully revolutionize the way you use Pollsb.

It looks something like this (click on the image to enlarge):

The feed box will make it easier to stay on top of everything that’s going on with the site. It’ll notify you whenever someone replies to a comment you made or commented on your polls or on your user page. It’ll let you know when friends of yours post new polls, or vote. It’ll update you on votes your polls are getting, and even send you a notice when a friend of yours adds someone as a friend.

We hope this box will become the first thing you look at, when you log into pollsb, and we designed it to match with lots of feedback we received on our current activity section. As usual, we’d love to get your opinion on this new feature, so just comment here, or send feedback a message on the site. We appreciate it.

We’ve been secretive about it, but the rumors are true: Pollsb is about to refresh its front page with a whole new look and feel.

Some major changes include moving to a larger screen resolution of 1024×768, featuring results as well as polls, and adding a feed box with updates on your polls, comments, and friends.

People here at the office have already began playing with this beast of a page, testing it out and debugging. We have Thursday set as a possible launch date. So this week at Pollsb HQ, is all about the homepage: design, functionality, bugs, and interface.

I’m going to post updates as the week progresses, and try and get as much feedback from pollsb users as I can. to start, here’s a sneak preview of the new design (click on the thumbnail to enlarge the image). I’d love to hear some first impressions. Just message me on the site with your input, or leave a comment here.