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A New Look for Facebook

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Re: A New Look for Facebook

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Post by sprobertson »

ojr wrote: post #99
the_bear wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This seems like a pretty common mistake among designers. As a matter of fact, Facebook made this same mistake themselves not too long ago. When they release the "cover photo" feature, they showed off how great it looked when applied to a bunch of professional designers' profiles. When normal people started uploading low-res, vertically oriented images, it was instantly clear how silly of an idea the cover photo is. F…

Cover photo a bad idea? Thats a weird thing to say because after facebook made cover photos available twitter got a header cover, then google plus, and even app.net... The cover photo tells a lot about the person

Everyone copying Facebook's design decisions doesn't mean Facebook makes good design decisions...

Re: A New Look for Facebook

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Post by pbreit »

newhouseb wrote: post #74
risratorn wrote: post #40

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I always thought the timeline was the worst thing that could happen to the your profile usability wise ... I was just proven wrong.

What were your issues with timeline usability wise? I think it's great, so genuinely curious.

Scanning two columns is not easy at all. The right column has some fixed elements but it also has regular newsfeed elements scattered around. It's really a terrible design.

Re: A New Look for Facebook

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Post by anthemcg »

cookiecaper wrote: post #116
catshirt wrote: post #107

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this is not a fair analogy. if a model chooses to wear a shirt that fit poorly, then you are allowed to question the model's ability to dress themselves. likewise, if Facebook chooses to saturate their pages with images they know are generally poorly shot, you are allowed to question Facebook's ability to dress itself.

but facebook doesn't choose what photos get uploaded. They simply provide the platform for it and the content is up to the users. Most users take photos with camera phones, not DSLRs.

But to be fair, when you present your designs for the consideration of stock holders ( which this probably is) its important to make it look its best and since Facebook users technically can upload awesome DSLR style photos and it makes the design look far better, I forgive him and understand that this kind of presentation is more nessesary than really representing what it will look like.

Re: A New Look for Facebook

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Post by chimpscanfly »

The full use of the screen is quite nice when there is less is happening, such as the About page. And while the Dashboard/news page is clean, it could be rather overwhelming to look at and visually cluttered with poor pictures.

The one area I think he did fantastic in is of the displaying of individual pictures, events, finding friends, and company pages.

Re: A New Look for Facebook

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Post by youssefsarhan »

The hype around this Facebook redesign is a testament to the fact that the user never knows what they want. He neglected revenue, typography, balance, rhythm and purpose, but that's obvious, I guess, I hope. Frozen within the current paradigm of Facebook, bickering with itself, it fails to push the argument in any direction. Good man for trying, but we have to think higher. Does Facebook even need to be a website or an app? If we're going to design so recklessly, why not commit to it? What if the solution was no Facebook?

Re: A New Look for Facebook

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Post by revskill »

Facebook is all about marketing, marketing yourself to the world. That's why i hate it, i prefer the tool like Yahoo Blog: very ugly design but it's useable and useful. Facebook's new design just makes the marketing faster.

Re: A New Look for Facebook

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Post by edwardunknown »

tangue wrote: post #126
hnriot wrote: post #2

It's much easier to make it look "gorgeous" when the timeline is full of gorgeous people, beautifully photographed.

I just uploaded a version with some crap instead [1], and it still works fine. These Metro styled tiles looks great whatever content you put in, the problem is the space wasted to achieve this look. http://imgur.com/H9Tri

Lol at least it will confuse grandma
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