Medium 1.0

#1

Post by awwstn » Wed, Dec 04, 2013, 9:50 PM UTC

Medium 1.0
medium.com

Re: Medium 1.0

#2

Post by marban » Wed, Dec 04, 2013, 10:44 PM UTC

kudos to ev & medium — a word-class UX and product.

Re: Medium 1.0

#3

Post by swah » Wed, Dec 04, 2013, 10:45 PM UTC

Page down, space, down arrow: nothing can move the screen! Took me a good 15 seconds...

Re: Medium 1.0

#4

Post by andrewcooke » Wed, Dec 04, 2013, 10:49 PM UTC

marban wrote: post #2

kudos to ev & medium — a word-class UX and product.

no it's not. it just sits there while you press space bar, page down, etc etc. this is not world class ux.

Re: Medium 1.0

#5

Post by s_kilk » Wed, Dec 04, 2013, 10:52 PM UTC

swah wrote: post #3

Page down, space, down arrow: nothing can move the screen! Took me a good 15 seconds...

Jesus, even the up and down arrow buttons don't work, that's awful.

Re: Medium 1.0

#6

Post by ihuman » Wed, Dec 04, 2013, 10:52 PM UTC

swah wrote: post #3

Page down, space, down arrow: nothing can move the screen! Took me a good 15 seconds...

It only works if you move the scroll bar or middle mouse wheel.

Re: Medium 1.0

#7

Post by hugi » Wed, Dec 04, 2013, 11:06 PM UTC

swah wrote: post #3

Page down, space, down arrow: nothing can move the screen! Took me a good 15 seconds...

It's been like that since the beginning, makes reading their sites a real hassle.

Re: Medium 1.0

#8

Post by sdpope » Wed, Dec 04, 2013, 11:07 PM UTC

what browsers are people who can't navigate the page with page up/down / arrow keys / space? I'm running firefox and can do so without issue.

Re: Medium 1.0

#9

Post by rkudeshi » Wed, Dec 04, 2013, 11:08 PM UTC

Is it just me or is this worse than before? Slower, much less responsive, and harder to read.

Heck, one of their own graphics shows the issue with the responsive cover images. The "Imagining the Post-Antibiotics Future" article's cover image almost completely crops out the woman on the left when viewed on an iPad or iPhone, which is to my eyes the most poignant part of the image.

I absolutely adored the old Medium design. I applaud them for continuing to innovate, but this one is going to have to grow on me.

Re: Medium 1.0

#10

Post by mgraczyk » Wed, Dec 04, 2013, 11:11 PM UTC

I can't read anything on medium on my Nexus 5 with the latest version of Chrome. When I stop scrolling the page, it hiccups and jumps 2-3 lines so I lose my place.

Looks like I'll have to wait for 2.0 to see if I am interested in the content.