New Google+ is beautiful?

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Post by alexdong » Thu, May 16, 2013, 8:48 PM UTC

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Post by thebear » Thu, May 16, 2013, 10:30 PM UTC

I find the two-column layout hard to deal with. I think I have figured out an algorithm for visually determining the chronological order of the posts, without having to read the timestamp in each post. But my algorithm requires considerable visual and intellectual effort. Is there an intuitive way to see the chronology of the posts? BTW, I'm not a huge fan of facebook's two-column layout either, but at least the arrows pointing to the time axis show the order of the posts.

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Post by Kylekramer » Thu, May 16, 2013, 10:36 PM UTC

Seems to be operating under the assumption that text = photos for the user. My observations of social networks has definitely not borne that out. People love photos. Due to the demographics of Google+, What's Hot is skew toward tech news. But I am pretty sure the intention of Google+ is not to provide news, but to appeal to the general public. General public loves pictures.

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Post by billnguyen » Thu, May 16, 2013, 10:36 PM UTC

I find it makes more sense when you're zoomed out enough to have it rearrange itself into 3 columns vs 2.

When its at 2 columns I waste a lot of eye and brain strength trying to make some order out of it. But when its at 3 columns my brain just stops trying to make any sense of order and just starts consuming content.

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Post by thrill » Thu, May 16, 2013, 10:43 PM UTC

I am a Google Fan Boy. The new G+ is simply horrid.

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Post by jack-r-abbit » Thu, May 16, 2013, 10:48 PM UTC

thebear wrote: post #2

I find the two-column layout hard to deal with. I think I have figured out an algorithm for visually determining the chronological order of the posts, without having to read the timestamp in each post. But my algorithm requires considerable visual and intellectual effort. Is there an intuitive way to see the chronology of the posts? BTW, I'm not a huge fan of facebook's two-column layout either, but at least the arro…

two? I have three on my monitor. I really hate what Pinterest did for UI... the multi-column layout with blocks of various heights. I scan left to right, top to bottom. This layout breaks that horribly. Maybe they were not the first but that is where I first saw it and right after they took off... I saw it everywhere. So I blame them for it. lol

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Post by minimaxir » Thu, May 16, 2013, 10:52 PM UTC

It's interesting that Google+ switched to the tile-style method of presenting information immediately after Facebook tried that with Timelines and failed miserably.

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Post by thebear » Thu, May 16, 2013, 10:55 PM UTC

jack-r-abbit wrote: post #6

thebear wrote: post #2

I find the two-column layout hard to deal with. I think I have figured out an algorithm for visually determining the chronological order of the posts, without having to read the timestamp in each post. But my algorithm requires considerable visual and intellectual effort. Is there an intuitive way to see the chronology of the posts? BTW, I'm not a huge fan of facebook's two-column layout either, but at least the arro…

two? I have three on my monitor. I really hate what Pinterest did for UI... the multi-column layout with blocks of various heights. I scan left to right, top to bottom. This layout breaks that horribly. Maybe they were not the first but that is where I first saw it and right after they took off... I saw it everywhere. So I blame them for it. lol

As I learned from billnguyen's post, you can make it change the number of columns by zooming in and out. With the 3 column layout your mind immediately gives up on wanting to figure out the chronological order. Am I the only one who thinks that the chronology matters?

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Post by jack-r-abbit » Thu, May 16, 2013, 10:58 PM UTC

thebear wrote: post #8

jack-r-abbit wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

two? I have three on my monitor. I really hate what Pinterest did for UI... the multi-column layout with blocks of various heights. I scan left to right, top to bottom. This layout breaks that horribly. Maybe they were not the first but that is where I first saw it and right after they took off... I saw it everywhere. So I blame them for it. lol

As I learned from billnguyen's post, you can make it change the number of columns by zooming in and out. With the 3 column layout your mind immediately gives up on wanting to figure out the chronological order. Am I the only one who thinks that the chronology matters?

zoom in and out? I don't see that option in G+. And I very much care that things are in order. I can't understand random (or even a complex, non random, non time-based order). This is shit.

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Post by billnguyen » Thu, May 16, 2013, 10:58 PM UTC

thebear wrote: post #8

jack-r-abbit wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

two? I have three on my monitor. I really hate what Pinterest did for UI... the multi-column layout with blocks of various heights. I scan left to right, top to bottom. This layout breaks that horribly. Maybe they were not the first but that is where I first saw it and right after they took off... I saw it everywhere. So I blame them for it. lol

As I learned from billnguyen's post, you can make it change the number of columns by zooming in and out. With the 3 column layout your mind immediately gives up on wanting to figure out the chronological order. Am I the only one who thinks that the chronology matters?

no, but its pretty apparent that the G+ team doesn't think it matters. 3 columns just helps my brain get on that same wavelength, whether I agree with it or not :)