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Re: Myspace previews complete redesign

#61

As a computer scientist and an Opera user this actually insults me: http://i.imgur.com/7k0bN.png Ironically Opera was the one who proposed the -tag which this site uses for it's rotating LP, in 2007. [1] Way to exclude users. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5_video#History_of_.3Cvideo...

I hate it when design agencies try this hard to be cool.

Or just try. Go do something else if you're not.

Re: Myspace previews complete redesign

#62

As a computer scientist and an Opera user this actually insults me: http://i.imgur.com/7k0bN.png Ironically Opera was the one who proposed the -tag which this site uses for it's rotating LP, in 2007. [1] Way to exclude users. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5_video#History_of_.3Cvideo...

well seriously thou why would someone use opera ...

/s?

Re: Myspace previews complete redesign

#63
post #53

Reminds me of similar design sensibilities to Microsoft Windows 8 (Metro). Is this kinda stuff in vogue these days?

Yeah. I'm a UI Designer and I really like the aesthetics of this sort of interface, although I'm not totally on-board on reducing the total content on-screen in favor of endless scrolling GIGANTIC TEXT and images.

It's good for browsing but terrible for finding something specific, which is why it's a good interface for Pinterest and a terrible interface for Windows 8. It's probably a good interface for MySpace 2.0.

Re: Myspace previews complete redesign

#64

Reminds me of similar design sensibilities to Microsoft Windows 8 (Metro). Is this kinda stuff in vogue these days?

Yes. Metro as a design language is essentially a style guide that appears to be defining a large number of current sites in the way the "Web 2.0 look" did back between 2005-2009 (rounded corners, gradients, Verdana, etc.)

Re: Myspace previews complete redesign

#65

Just watched the video [1] in entirety. One point, you can tell this is a total work in progress/concept, and that the UI is also most likely staged at this point. (I make this observation based on the fact that every post had "12 Connects", "3 Comments" and "2 Shares". Surely if you put this much effort into production of a video you would change these numbers?) Anyway, features which I picked up from the video... -…

I don't know why, but for some reason I felt that, while reading your comment, you were for some reason biased towards wanting to find faults in MySpace's announcement.

Just because the UI is staged, it doesn't mean they won't be able to execute on it- matter of fact, with a team the size of myspace's, they'll likely do execute, and execute it well.

You mentioned that the video clearly used test data, but seemed to forget that when mentioning the affinity feature.

Maybe they sync people's instagram photos on their myspace profile.

Point being, give Myspace a fair change. They're certainly not the new kid on the block, are experienced, and this seems like a good new effort.

Re: Myspace previews complete redesign

#68

As a computer scientist and an Opera user this actually insults me: http://i.imgur.com/7k0bN.png Ironically Opera was the one who proposed the -tag which this site uses for it's rotating LP, in 2007. [1] Way to exclude users. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5_video#History_of_.3Cvideo...

Opera doesn't support websockets. I'm sure some socket.IO fans will tell me that's not a big deal, but it kind of is. modern browsers support websockets.

and i know, this demo doesn't use it and will work fine in opera if you spoof the UA, but it's a lot easier to develop if you pick a feature set you're going to support, and skim out any browsers that don't support that feature set.

Re: Myspace previews complete redesign

#69

As a computer scientist and an Opera user this actually insults me: http://i.imgur.com/7k0bN.png Ironically Opera was the one who proposed the -tag which this site uses for it's rotating LP, in 2007. [1] Way to exclude users. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5_video#History_of_.3Cvideo...

well seriously thou why would someone use opera ...

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Re: Myspace previews complete redesign

#70
post #15

Too little, too late. Their brand is tarnished forever and they'll never recover.

Bullshit. Go ask a twelve year old who's going to start creating their online persona this year what Myspace is. They won't know what you're talking about.

Then their eighteen year old brother will flick them in the ear and call them a loser and a noob and they'll quickly learn.
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