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Re: Redesigning The World Cup 2014 Brazil

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Post by ufo »

notahacker wrote: post #23
k-mcgrady wrote: post #15

I notice there are no screenshots of these terrible UI's the author mentions. Probably because they are not terrible. They show a clock | team name | score | score | team name. It couldn't get much simpler to understand.

Here's the BBC one for instance: http://www.aotplaza.com/Files/Sport/Football/Euro%202012%20-... If there's one part of this you might want to "solve", it's the possible ambiguity with using three letter abbreviations for team names, which is the one thing the redesign doesn't attempt to change.

One possible solution to the abreviations that I have seen some TVs do is that at the start of the game and every once in a while they show an expanded score with the full names and than after a couple of seconds it goes back to the 3-letter names.

Writing the full team name all the time wastes some space and is sort of redundant. Not only are most people watching the game already aware of who the teams are (they wouldnt be watching otherwise) but the commentators are constantly saying the team names anyway.

Re: Redesigning The World Cup 2014 Brazil

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Post by sehr »

AznHisoka wrote: post #44
alex_doom wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is just a designer jerk-off to get attention. Just like someone porting 2048 to whatever hot new language is out this week. :)

I agree. I bet the OP wasn't expecting comments like yours, just praise, but he/she is wrong. This is totally unnecessary, and is an elegant solution to an nonexistent problem.

Seriously? I've yet to come across a redesign presented on here that wasn't immediately shot down and trampled on.

Re: Redesigning The World Cup 2014 Brazil

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Post by PM_Tech »

akbiggs wrote: post #49
AznHisoka wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree. I bet the OP wasn't expecting comments like yours, just praise, but he/she is wrong. This is totally unnecessary, and is an elegant solution to an nonexistent problem.

I think both this, the parent comment, and a fair amount of other comments on this post are unnecessarily harsh towards the designers. Pointing out design issues is always helpful for improvement and reiteration, but attacking their motivations just makes everyone hostile and gets nothing accomplished.

It appears that the hostility stems from a deep misunderstanding of football, the current UX and why it evolved the way it has.

You can hardly blame the community for reacting harshly when presented with a product they never asked for claiming that their current experience is somehow broken when it is not.

The worst part is the new UX is sub-standard.

Re: Redesigning The World Cup 2014 Brazil

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Post by PM_Tech »

wting wrote: post #58
ntaso wrote: post #20

I'm used to the visual design of ARD/ZDF in Germany. Thoughts: * One team is "above" the other. This implies ranking between the teams. Who decides who's on top of the other? Imho a bad idea. * The clock is unnecessarily bloated. I find the added visual markers distracting. The stoppage time is misleading, because additional play time is not a stopwatch or a timer . It is merely a suggestion and while most judges adh…

In American sports, the home team is always on the bottom. "New York playing at Dallas." If what @surreal says in a sister comment is true, then they could do the same thing for FIFA.

Why would they adopt a US-centric practice?

In all likelihood it would be more suitable for the USA to adopt FIFA conventions. FIFA tournaments are astronomically more popular worldwide than any US sports. Even the USA-Portugal game had higher viewing figures in the USA than the World Series and the NBA finals.

Skipping the World Cup for a second...in 2011 the Premier League was broadcast in 212 territories around the world, working with 80 different broadcasters. The TV audience for Premier League games is 4.7 BILLION , and the number of homes reached last season increased 11 per cent to 643m.

It's a bit arrogant to assume some of the best UX designers in the world have not been hired to design and test the experience for a global audience. TV has forgotten more than the Web knows about user experience.

Re: Redesigning The World Cup 2014 Brazil

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Post by raverbashing »

PM_Tech wrote: post #63
akbiggs wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think both this, the parent comment, and a fair amount of other comments on this post are unnecessarily harsh towards the designers. Pointing out design issues is always helpful for improvement and reiteration, but attacking their motivations just makes everyone hostile and gets nothing accomplished.

It appears that the hostility stems from a deep misunderstanding of football, the current UX and why it evolved the way it has. You can hardly blame the community for reacting harshly when presented with a product they never asked for claiming that their current experience is somehow broken when it is not. The worst part is the new UX is sub-standard.

I think you are correct

It's expected from a design work a much deeper understanding of the issue at hand (and current practices and conventions)

This design work is not aware of a lot of things in soccer AND TV production.

"Let's make something flat" what does this has to do with soccer: nothing.

Re: Redesigning The World Cup 2014 Brazil

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Post by [deleted] »

praeivis wrote: post #13
nikcub wrote: post #9

They left out the sponsors and the FIFA logo, which makes it a non-starter. Anybody following the EPL would know that they have their on-screen graphics done very well, especially starting last season. Minimalist but informative (and with sponsors!): http://images.mukki.org/11-08/21/tv_shows/EPL.2011.08.20.Eve... But what football really needs is a way to scratch below the surface and expose casual fans to the tactic…

why clicking on image endup in some casino site with many redirects?

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Re: Redesigning The World Cup 2014 Brazil

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Post by dang »

goldenkey wrote: post #35
nikcub wrote: post #9

They left out the sponsors and the FIFA logo, which makes it a non-starter. Anybody following the EPL would know that they have their on-screen graphics done very well, especially starting last season. Minimalist but informative (and with sponsors!): http://images.mukki.org/11-08/21/tv_shows/EPL.2011.08.20.Eve... But what football really needs is a way to scratch below the surface and expose casual fans to the tactic…

The image redirects to a scam casino. What scum.

Not sure what happened there, but nikcub is definitely a legit user, so we should give him the benefit of the doubt.
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