Marissa Mayer Rolls Out a New Yahoo.com

It's cleaned up, but looks like its missing something. I waited for a while after the page loaded expecting more style/design. I would think they could come up with something a little more exciting.

Re: Marissa Mayer Rolls Out a New Yahoo.com

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Post by ngokevin » Wed, Feb 20, 2013, 2:28 PM UTC

efbenson wrote: post #4

It's cleaned up, but looks like its missing something. I waited for a while after the page loaded expecting more style/design. I would think they could come up with something a little more exciting.

Good design takes iteration. I always find new design launches are underwhelming and have many flaws, but they always get fixed up nicely.

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Post by rscott » Wed, Feb 20, 2013, 2:28 PM UTC

I'm getting redirected to Yahoo's mobile site for some reason. Chrome 24 on Ubuntu 12.04.

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Post by bpatrianakos » Wed, Feb 20, 2013, 2:31 PM UTC

"Overall it was important to me that the page be dynamic, that it feel very fresh, and that it be very intuitive, and that it really tries to embody beautiful design"

Is that really supposed to mean anything? It sounds like buzzword soup. It should kind of go without saying that she wants the site to be fresh, intuitive, and beautiful. I don't think anyone wants a stale, frustrating and ugly website. That said, news feeds, AJAX, and oAuth don't necessarily make the site all 3 of those things.

I'm really rooting for Mayer but I couldn't let that quote go.

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Post by miles_matthias » Wed, Feb 20, 2013, 2:32 PM UTC

I've only looked at the mobile site on my iPhone, but it looks great. One of my complaints about Yahoo's homepage has always been their gossipy headline news stories in big pictures on the front page. I'm sure that got them lots of clicks with most people, but for me it just made me despise going to Yahoo's website. It looks like they've replaced that with actual news so far.

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Post by prezjordan » Wed, Feb 20, 2013, 2:32 PM UTC

bpatrianakos wrote: post #7

"Overall it was important to me that the page be dynamic, that it feel very fresh, and that it be very intuitive, and that it really tries to embody beautiful design" Is that really supposed to mean anything? It sounds like buzzword soup. It should kind of go without saying that she wants the site to be fresh, intuitive, and beautiful. I don't think anyone wants a stale, frustrating and ugly website. That said, news…

She's the face of a large corporation, is that really unexpected? I figure anyone in her position would throw around marketing lingo - seems like it's part of the job.

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Post by bpatrianakos » Wed, Feb 20, 2013, 2:35 PM UTC

prezjordan wrote: post #9

bpatrianakos wrote: post #7

"Overall it was important to me that the page be dynamic, that it feel very fresh, and that it be very intuitive, and that it really tries to embody beautiful design" Is that really supposed to mean anything? It sounds like buzzword soup. It should kind of go without saying that she wants the site to be fresh, intuitive, and beautiful. I don't think anyone wants a stale, frustrating and ugly website. That said, news…

She's the face of a large corporation, is that really unexpected? I figure anyone in her position would throw around marketing lingo - seems like it's part of the job.

I know that. I'm being a little harsh and I am kidding a bit too. I usually don't go out of my way to say anything about these sorts of things because of exactly what you said but this one just struck me so hard I could not let it go.