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		<title>Quicken Picks Redesign Launched</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 07:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Stanford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Information Architecture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interaction Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our redesign of the Quicken Picks website has just launched! Key features of our redesign effort: Three step home page for first time users: First time user experience clearly explains the benefits of cash back Deal badges: Deals are now presented in a consistent, streamlined manner Clean information architecture:  Flattened navigation to present primary store [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our redesign of the Quicken Picks website has just launched!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.quickenpicks.com"><img class="size-full wp-image-453 alignnone" style="border: black 1px solid;" title="new_home" src="http://slicedbreaddesign.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/new_home.png" alt="New home page" width="466" height="299" /></a></p>
<p>Key features of our redesign effort:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Three step home page for first time users:</strong> First time user experience clearly explains the benefits of cash back</li>
<li><strong>Deal badges: </strong>Deals are now presented in a consistent, streamlined manner</li>
<li><strong>Clean information architecture</strong>:  Flattened navigation to present primary store categories on the home page.</li>
<li><strong>Simple deal flow:</strong> Users can now get from the a deal on Quicken Picks to the target site in one click</li>
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<p>Here&#8217;s our three step design on the home page (it follows a design pattern we&#8217;ve blogged about before):</p>
<p><a href="http://www.quickenpicks.com"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-455" title="new_signin" src="http://slicedbreaddesign.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/new_signin.png" alt="new_signin" width="466" height="191" /></a></p>
<h2>Before our redesign</h2>
<p>Here are some screenshots of the site before our redesign to give you a sense of the impact of our work. It&#8217;s a bit green and gunky to say the least:</p>
<p><strong>Home page &#8211; Logged in</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-452" title="home" src="http://slicedbreaddesign.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/home.png" alt="home" width="466" height="339" /></p>
<p><strong>Home page &#8211; First time visitor</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-451" title="signin" src="http://slicedbreaddesign.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/signin.png" alt="signin" width="466" height="341" /></p>
<p>Feel free to check out the redesign yourself at the <a href="http://www.quickenpicks.com" target="_self">www.quickenpicks.com</a>.</p>
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