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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 maigret »

the_bear wrote: post #91
hnriot wrote: post #2

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

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…

Maybe this has something with us having different friend types, but most people I know put quite acceptable, and in many case fine pictures.

Re: A New Look for Facebook

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Post by [deleted] »

reustle wrote: post #180
ojr wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Pretty sure google plus had cover photos from the beginning, which was before FB implemented them.

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Post by azharcs »

IMO, its an extremely average redesign.

Major problem is responsive design, its not scalable for content heavy sites. Same code scaling for different screens, makes sense in theory but is nightmare in practice. I've been part of couple of projects where-in we learnt the hard way. Hence, you don't see any big site use responsive design in major way. Almost all sites (Facebook, Amazon, Flipkart) go with a different sites for mobile & desktop.

Also the use of white text on dark background is extremely hard to read. Hence you see pretty much every content-rich site uses white or light background with dark/grey text. An exception might be Myspace which went with dark background approach and failed miserably in engagement.

When using any site, we like consistency. By incorporating panels which open up from both left and right side, it provides an inconsistent feel while using the site. My usage might be completely different from yours. It is important to keep the overall layout consistent with content personalized based on users needs.

Re: A New Look for Facebook

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Post by catshirt »

Terretta wrote: post #217
catshirt wrote: post #178

Earlier quoted context omitted.

your confusion may stem from the fact that i mistook the original analogy. they were calling the shirt into question. my response was calling the model into question. my mistake should be clear if you read both posts carefully. i will elaborate just in case. every photo on Facebook is user generated. an overwhelming majority of them are bad photos. Facebook is completely aware of this. as such, it would be an irrespo…

You've descended to name calling, taking offense over people not realizing your "mistake should be clear". I respectfully submit that had what you meant to say been so clear, or had you followed your own advice to "read both posts carefully", perhaps you wouldn't have made the mistake twice.

not offended by any realization or lack thereof. i conceded; my point was entirely backwards given my misinterpretation. but the parent reply didn't warrant an apologetic tone. snark begets snark. i don't think "your tone sounds dickish" is name calling. but you're right, uncalled for nonetheless.
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